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Orthodera
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Orthodera

Orthodera is a genus of praying mantis 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.

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10 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Australian Garden Mantis

speciesOrthodera ministralis

New Zealand Mantis

speciesOrthodera novaezealandiae

Orthodera marginata

speciesOrthodera marginata

Orthodera gracilis

speciesOrthodera gracilis

Burmeister's Mantis

speciesOrthodera burmeisteri

Orthodera australiana

speciesOrthodera australiana

Orthodera gunni

speciesOrthodera gunni

Orthodera insularis

speciesOrthodera insularis

Orthodera rubrocoxata

speciesOrthodera rubrocoxata

Orthodera timorensis

speciesOrthodera timorensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 126825.