Deroplatys

Deroplatys desiccata

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Supercohort: Polyneoptera
Cohort: Dictyoptera
Ordo: Mantodea

Familia: Mantidae
Subfamilia: Deroplatyinae
Genus: Deroplatys

Species: D. angustata – D. cordata – D. desiccata – D. gorochovi – D. indica – D. lobata – D. moultoni – D. philippinica – D. rhombica – D. sarawaca – D. shelfordi – D. trigonodera – D. truncata
Name

Deroplatys Westwood, 1839
Vernacular names
English: Dead Leaf Mantis
日本語: カレハカマキリ

Deroplatys is a genus of mantis in the family Deroplatyidae. They are native to Asia and several share the common name of dead leaf mantis.[1]

Species

The Mantodea Species File lists:[2]

Deroplatys angustata (Westwood, 1845)
Deroplatys cordata (Fabricius, 1798)
Deroplatys desiccata (Westwood, 1839) - type species
Deroplatys gorochovi (Anisyutkin, 1998)
Deroplatys indica (Roy, 2007)
Deroplatys lobata (Guérin-Méneville (1838)
Deroplatys moultoni (Giglio-Tos, 1917)
Deroplatys philippinica (Werner, 1922)
Deroplatys rhombica (Brunner, 1897)
Deroplatys sarawaca (Westwood, 1889)
Deroplatys trigonodera (Westwood, 1889)
Deroplatys truncata (Guerin-Meneville, 1843)

Captivity

There are 4 Deroplatys species that are kept and bred in captivity (as exotic pets) and they are:

Deroplatys lobata
Deroplatys desiccata
Deroplatys truncata
Deroplatys trigonodera

References

[1] Dead Leaf Praying Mantis
Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)