Orthodera

Orthodera
Orthodera ministralis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mantodea
Family:	Mantidae
Subfamily:	Orthoderinae
Genus:	Orthodera (Burmeister, 1838)
Species
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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.[1][2]

Species

• Orthodera australiana Giglio-Tos, 1917 Australia, New Zealand?[3]
• 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

See also

• List of mantis genera and species

References

1. Ramsay, G. W. 1990. Mantodea (Insecta) with a review of aspects of functional morphology and biology. Fauna of New Zealand. ISBN 0-477-02581-1. Published 13 June 1990.
2. Mantodea.SpeciesFile.org genus Orthodera Burmeister, 1838
3. [1] Texas A&M University