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Tenodera sinensis (Chinese Mantis) for sale

Tenodera sinensis (Chinese Mantis) is a species of praying mantis native to Asia and the nearby islands. In 1896 this species was accidentally introduced by a nurseryman at Mt. Airy near Philadelphia, United States.

The Chinese mantis is a long, slender, brown and green praying mantis, reaching between 9-11cm in length. and is spread throughout the Northeast United States). Its color can vary from overall green to brown with a green lateral stripe on the borders of the front wings in the brown color form. In low light the eyes of the mantis appear black, but in daylight appear to be clear, matching the color of the head.

Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_mantis

family Mantidae
subfamily Mantinae
tribe Polyspilotini

genus Tenodera Burmeister, 1838

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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Citations (22):
  • Burmeister. 1838. Handb. Ent., Burm. 2:534 >> Note: Mantis (Tenodera)
  • Saussure. 1869. Mitt. schweiz. ent. Ges. 3:57, 69 >> Note: Mantites
  • Saussure. 1871. Mem. Soc. Hist. nat. Geneve 21:242 >> Note: Mantites (legio)
  • Saussure. 1871. Mem. Soc. Hist. nat. Geneve 21:416
  • Stal. 1871. Ofvers. K. VetensAkad. Forh. Stockh. 28(3):399 >> Note: Mantina (sbfam)
  • Stal. 1877. Bih. K. svenska VetensAkad. Handl. 4(10):37 >> Note: Mantidae (sbfam)
  • Westwood. 1889. Revis. Mant. 13 >> Note: Mantides
  • Kirby. 1890. Proc. R. Dublin Soc. 6:566
  • Brunner v. W. 1893. Annali Mus. civ. Stor. nat. Genova 2 13(33):62 >> Note: Tenoderae
  • Rehn. 1903. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 1903:704 >> Note: Mantidae: Mantinae
  • Kirby. 1904. Syn. Cat. Orth. 1:238 >> Note: Mantidae: Mantinae
  • Jacobson & Bianki. 1905. Prem. i Lozhn. Ross. Imp. 148 >> Note: Mantidae
  • Giglio-Tos. 1912. Bull. Soc. ent. Ital. 43:30 >> Note: Tenoderae
  • Giglio-Tos. 1927. Tierreich 50:412 >> Note: Mantidae: Mantinae: Tenoderae (group)
  • Beier. 1935. Genera Insect. 203:93 >> Note: Mantidae: Mantinae: Mantini
  • Chopard. 1943. Faune Emp. fr. 1:79 >> Note: Mantinae
  • Paulian. 1957. Faune Madagascar 5:61 >> Note: Mantidae
  • Beier. 1964. Bronn’s Klass. Ordn. Tierreiches 5 3(6):948 >> Note: Mantidae: Mantinae: Mantini
  • Roy. 1973. Biologia gabon. 8(3-4):264 >> Note: Mantidae: Mantinae: Polyspilotini
  • Balderson. 1984. Austr. CSIRO Div. Entomol. Tech. Pap. 23:11 >> Note: Mantidae: Mantinae
  • Wang. 1993. Synopsis on Classif. Mantodea from China 126 >> Note: of China
  • Ehrmann. 2002. Mantodea der Welt 348
• Type species:  Tenodera fasciata Olivier (= fasciata fasciata)
• No first use as family-group name is recorded in the database.

• synonym Epitenodera Giglio-Tos, 1911
• synonym Paratenodera Giglio-Tos, 1912
• species acuticauda Yang, 1997
• species angustipennis Saussure, 1869
• species aridifolia Stoll, 1813
  • subspecies aridifolia Stoll, 1813
  • subspecies brevicollis Beier, 1933
• species australasiae Leach, 1814
  • synonym darchii Mac Leay, 1827
  • synonym tessellata Burmeister, 1838
• species brevipennis Saussure, 1871
• species capitata Saussure, 1869
  • subspecies capitata Saussure, 1869
  • subspecies ibana Giglio-Tos, 1912
  • subspecies madimbana Giglio-Tos, 1912
• species caudafissilis Wang, 1992
• species chloreudeta Burmeister, 1838
• species costalis Blanchard, 1853
  • synonym fusca Blanchard, 1853
• species equatoriana La Greca, 1993
• species fasciata Olivier, 1792
  • subspecies blanchardi Giglio-Tos, 1912
  • subspecies fasciata Olivier, 1792
• species gambiensis Beier, 1931
• species herbacea Serville, 1839
  • subspecies brevelytra Giglio-Tos, 1927
  • subspecies herbacea Serville, 1839
• species houyi Werner, 1928
• species intermedia Saussure, 1870
• species iringana Giglio-Tos, 1912
• species nimbana Roy, 1963
• species parasinensis Otte & Spearman, 2005
• species philippina Beier, 1929
• species rungsi Uvarov, 1935
• species sinensis Saussure, 1871
• species stotzneri Werner, 1929
• species superstitiosa Fabricius, 1781
  • subspecies bokiana Giglio-Tos, 1907
  • subspecies superstitiosa Fabricius, 1781

Reference: http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1184312