| Giant Asian mantis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Mantidae |
| Genus: | Hierodula |
| Species: | H. patellifera
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| Binomial name | |
| Hierodula patellifera Serville, 1839
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Hierodula patellifera, commonly known as giant Asian mantis, Asian mantis, Indochina mantis and Harabiro Mantis,[1] is a species of praying mantis in the family Mantidae.
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넓적배사마귀 Hierodula patellifera
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Description
Males are about 45–65 mm long and females around 65–75 mm long.[2] Individuals can vary from green to brown in color. Although this species is fairly large for mantises in general, it is among the smallest members of the genus Hierodula, of which many species can reach 110–150 mm.
Range
They are found in Malaysia, Hawaii, India, Nepal,[3] Italy (San Paolo Solbrito), Indonesia (Java, West Sumba,[4]), Korean Peninsula, Philippines, New Guinea, southern China, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa).[5][6][7]
Habitat
H. patellifera lives in trees and in grasslands at the edges of forests.[8]
Additional images
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Underside of adult female Hierodula patellifera Osaka-ful, Japan -
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Hierodula patellifera filmed in Tokyo, Japan
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Hierodula patellifera found in Seoul, South Korea.
See also
References
- ^ "Mantids for Sale - Mantis Pets - Home of the Praying Mantis". Archived from the original on 2012-01-15. Retrieved 2012-01-24.
- ^ "제목 없음".
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-17. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ [1] Mantis (Hierodula patellifera) Family Mantidae.
- ^ "ハラビロカマキリ".
- ^ "제목 없음".
- ^ "Check list of mantids from Taiwan | Mantis Study Group".
- ^ "ハラビロカマキリ".
This page was last edited on 17 May 2024, at 22:02