Rhombodera valida

Rhombodera valida
Nymph
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Mantidae
Tribe: Paramantini[1]
Genus: Rhombodera
Subgenus: Rhombodera[2]
Species: R. valida
Binomial name
Rhombodera valida
Burmeister, 1838
Synonyms
  • Mantis (Rhombodera) valida
    (Burmeister, 1838)[3]
  • Hierodula (Rhombodera) rotunda
    (Giglio-Tos, 1917)[2]
  • Hierodula (Rhombodera) valida[4]

Rhombodera valida is a species of praying mantis found in Asia and nearby islands.[2]

Etymology

In Latin "valida" means strong, powerful or valid.[3][5] Rhomboid shape. In Greek dera means neck.[6]

Distribution

Native to China, India, Japan, Malaysia, and Indonesia on Java, Moluccas, and Timor.[2]

Description

Rhombodera valida has a broader, sub-circular, rhomboidal pronotum than Rhombodera basalis.[3]

See also

References

  1. Mantodeaspeciefile.org species Rhombodera valida, Burmeister, 1838 Retrieval Date: August 29, 2014
  2. 1 2 3 4 Texas A&M University Retrieval Date: August 29, 2014
  3. 1 2 3 "Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia". 72. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 1920: 68. ISSN 0097-3157.
  4. Mantodeaspeciesfile.org synonym Rhombodera rotunda Giglio-Tos, 1917
  5. William Whitaker's Words valida
  6. Blatchley, Willis Stanley (1920). Orthoptera of northeastern America: with especial reference to the faunas of Indiana and Florida. The Nature Publishing Company. p. 122.


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