| Hierodula tenuidentata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Mantidae |
| Subfamily: | Hierodulinae |
| Tribe: | Hierodulini |
| Genus: | Hierodula |
| Species: | H. tenuidentata |
| Binomial name | |
| Hierodula tenuidentata Saussure, 1869 | |
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Hierodula tenuidentata is a species of praying mantis, sharing its common name giant Asian mantis with other large members of genus Hierodula in the family Mantidae.[2][3] It is native to India,[4] and has been introduced to Greece.[1]
Behaviour
It has learned to opportunistically prey on fish.[5]
Subspecies
There are two valid subspecies belong to the species Hierodula tenuidentata
References
- 1 2 Shcherbakov, E. & Battiston, R. (2020). "Hierodula tenuidentata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T118892125A118892175. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T118892125A118892175.en. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ↑ "Hierodula tenuidentata". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
- ↑ Otte, Daniel; Spearman, Lauren; Stiewe, Martin B. D. (2019). "species Hierodula tenuidentata Saussure, 1869". Mantodea species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ Battiston, R.; Puttaswamaiah, R.; Manjunath, N. (2018). "The fishing mantid: predation on fish as a new adaptive strategy for praying mantids (Insecta: Mantodea)". Journal of Orthoptera Research. 27 (2): 155–158. doi:10.3897/jor.27.28067.
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