Orthodera
Sign in to saveOrthodera is a genus of praying mantises that can be found in Australia and Southeast Asia, with one species (Orthodera novaezealandiae) said to be the only native species of mantis of New Zealand.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 21
- Family
- Mantidae
- Collections
- NMV, AM, WAM
- Recorded in
- Australia
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Orthodera is a genus of praying mantises that can be found in Australia and Southeast Asia, with one species (Orthodera novaezealandiae) said to be the only native species of mantis of New Zealand.
==Species== Orthodera australiana Giglio-Tos, 1917 Australia, New Zealand? Orthodera burmeisteri Wood-Mason, 1889 Australia, New Zealand?, New Guinea, Micronesia Orthodera gracilis Giglio-Tos, 1917 Australia Orthodera gunnii Le Guillou, 1841 Australia, Tasmania Orthodera insularis Beier, 1952 Sumba Orthodera ministralis Fabricius, 1775 (garden mantis) Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii Orthodera novaezealandiae Colenso, 1882 (New Zealand mantis) New Zealand Orthodera rubrocoxata Serville, 1839 Australia Orthodera timorensis Werner, 1933 Timor
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