Hierodula patellifera

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

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

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] Java, Korean Peninsula, Philippines, New Guinea, Southern China, Taiwan, Vietnam, West Sumba,[4] Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa,[5][6][7]

Habitat

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

Additional images
  • Underside of adult female Hierodula patellifera Osaka-ful, Japan
  • Ootheca of Hierodula patellifera
  • Hierodula patellifera laying ootheca
  • Hierodula patellifera preying on Cicada

See also
  • List of mantis species and genera

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-01-15. Retrieved 2012-01-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. http://www.jasa.pe.kr/pulmuchi/sciname.htm
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-17. Retrieved 2014-02-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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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