Stick Mantis

Le genre Tenodera contient plusieurs espèces de mantes. Les mantoptères appartenant à ce genre sont identifiés par les fémurs de leurs pattes moyennes et postérieures présentant une pointe apicale.

Stick mantis and twig mantis are common names applied to numerous species of mantis that mimic sticks or twigs as camouflage. Often the name serves to identify entire genera such as is the case with: Brunneria (including Brunner's stick mantis, the Brazilian stick mantis and the small-winged stick mantis) Hoplocorypha (the African stick mantises) Paratoxodera (including the Borneo stick mantis and the giant Malaysian stick mantis) Popa (African twig mantis) In cases, some but not all members of a genera are called by a variation of one of these names. For example: Archimantis latistyla…

Tenodera superstitiosa superstitiosa es una subespecie de mantis de la familia Mantidae. Distribución geográfica Se encuentra en Angola, Etiopía, Australia, Gabón, Ghana, Guinea, India, Java, Camerún, Kenia, Comoras, Congo, Liberia, Malaui, Mozambique, Nigeria, Namibia, Natal (Sudáfrica) Zanzíbar, Senegal, Singapur, Somalia, Sudán, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda Zambia.