Hierodula patellifera

Giant Asian mantis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Mantidae
Genus: Hierodula
Species: H. patellifera
Binomial name
Hierodula patellifera
Serville, 1839

Hierodula patellifera, common name giant Asian mantis, Asian mantis or Indochina mantis,[1] is a species of praying mantis belonging to genus Hierodula.

Description

Male: 45~65 mm long, females: 65~75 mm long.[2] Can be green or brown in color.

Range

They are found in Malaysia, Hawaii, India,[3] Java, Korean Peninsula, Philippines, New Guinea, Southern China, Taiwan, Vietnam, West Sumba,[4] Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa,[5] Taiwan.[6][7]

Habitat

H. patellifera lives in trees and in grasslands at the edges of forests.[8]

Additional images

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.mantispets.com/mantids-for-sale.html
  2. ↑ http://www.jasa.pe.kr/pulmuchi/sciname.htm
  3. ↑ http://zsi.gov.in/checklist/mantodea.pdf
  4. ↑ Mantis (Hierodula patellifera) Family Mantidae.
  5. ↑ http://www.insects.jp/kon-kamaharabiro.htm
  6. ↑ http://www.jasa.pe.kr/pulmuchi/sciname.htm
  7. ↑ http://mantodea.myspecies.info/check-list-mantids-taiwan
  8. ↑ http://www.insects.jp/kon-kamaharabiro.htm
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