Rhombodera

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: Mantinae
Tribus: Paramantini
Genus: Rhombodera
Species: R. atricoxis – R. basalis – R. boschmai – R. brachynota – R. butleri – R. crassa – R. doriana – R. extensicollis – R. extraordinaria – R. fratricida – R. fusca – R. gabonica – R. handschini – R. italii – R. javana – R. javanica – R. keiana – R. kirbyi – R. laticollis – R. latipronotum – R. lingulata – R. megaera – R. mjobergi – R. ornatipes – R. papuana – R. parmata – R. philippina – R. rennellana – R. rollei – R. sjostedti – R. stali – R. taprobanae – R. tectiformis – R. thorectes – R. titania – R. valida – R. woodmasoni
Name
Rhombodera Burmeister, 1838
Rhombodera is a genus of praying mantises native to Asia and possessing common names such as shield mantis, hood mantis (or hooded mantis), and leaf mantis (or leafy mantis) because of their extended, leaf-like thoraxes.[1][2]

Species

These 29 species belong to the genus Rhombodera:

Rhombodera basalis de Haan, 1842
Rhombodera boschmai Deeleman-Reinhold, 1957
Rhombodera brachynota Wang & Dong, 1993
Rhombodera crassa Giglio-Tos, 1912
Rhombodera doriana Laidlaw, 1931
Rhombodera extensicollis Serville, 1839
Rhombodera extraordinaria Beier, 1942
Rhombodera fratricida Wood-Mason, 1878
Rhombodera handschini Werner, 1933
Rhombodera javana Giglio-Tos, 1912
Rhombodera keiana Giglio-Tos, 1912
Rhombodera kirbyi Beier, 1952
Rhombodera laticollis Burmeister, 1838
Rhombodera latipronotum Zhang
Rhombodera lingulata Stal, 1877
Rhombodera megaera Rehn, 1904
Rhombodera mjobergi Werner, 1930
Rhombodera morokana Giglio-Tos, 1912
Rhombodera ornatipes Werner, 1922
Rhombodera palawanensis Beier, 1966
Rhombodera papuana Werner, 1929
Rhombodera rennellana Beier, 1968
Rhombodera rollei Beier, 1935
Rhombodera sjostedti Werner, 1930
Rhombodera stalii Giglio-Tos, 1912
Rhombodera taprobanae Wood-Mason, 1878
Rhombodera titania Stal, 1877
Rhombodera valida Burmeister, 1838
Rhombodera zhangi Wang & Dong, 1993

See also

List of mantis genera and species
Mantodea of Asia
Leaf mantis
Shield mantis

References

"Rhombodera". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-27.

Otte, Daniel; Spearman, Lauren; Stiewe, Martin B. D. (2019). "genus Rhombodera Burmeister, 1838". Mantodea species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

Agudelo Rondón, Antonio Arnovis; Lombardo, Francesco; Jantsch, Lauro José (2007). "Checklist of the neotropical mantids (Insecta, Dictyoptera, Mantodea)" (PDF). Biota Colombiana. 8 (2): 105–158.
Brannoch, S. K.; Wieland, F.; Rivera, J.; Klass, K-D; et al. (2017). "Manual of praying mantis morphology, nomenclature, and practices (Insecta, Mantodea)". ZooKeys (696): 1–100. doi:10.3897/zookeys.696.12542. PMC 5673847. PMID 29200926.
Patel, Shveta; Singh, Rajendra (2016). "Updated Checklist and Distribution of Mantidae (Mantodea : Insecta) of the World". International Journal of Research Studies in Zoology. 2 (4).
Schwarz, Christian J.; Roy, Roger (2019). "The systematics of Mantodea revisited: an updated classification incorporating multiple data sources (Insecta: Dictyoptera)". Annales de la Société entomologique de France. 55 (2). doi:10.1080/00379271.2018.1556567.