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Orthodera
Orthodera ministralis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mantodea
Family:	Mantidae
Subfamily:	Orthoderinae
Genus:	Orthodera (Burmeister, 1838)
Species
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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.

Species

• Orthodera australiana Giglio-Tos, 1917 Australia, New Zealand?
• 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

See also

• List of mantis genera and species

References

1. Ramsay, G. W. 1990. Mantodea (Insecta) with a review of aspects of functional morphology and biology. Fauna of New Zealand. ISBN 0-477-02581-1. Published 13 June 1990.
2. Mantodea.SpeciesFile.org genus Orthodera Burmeister, 1838
3. Texas A&M University

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