Orthodera

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: Orthoderinae
Genus: Orthodera
Species (9): O. australiana – O. burmeisteri – O. gracilis – O. gunni – O. insularis – O. ministralis – O. novaezealandiae – O. rubrocoxata – O. timorensis
Name

Orthodera Burmeister, 1838

References
Primary references

Burmeister 1838: Handb. Ent., 2 (2) no. 1, 529.

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Nomenclator Zoologicus

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