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Checklist of Subfamily Hierodulinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (Giant Oriental Praying Mantises)
for India (South Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
701
14106
56149
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
697
14097
56137
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
660
13851
55355
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
79
825
2256
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mantodea
Burmeister, 1838
Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids
11
85
201
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Mantoidea
Handlirsch, 1903
2
51
143
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMantidae
Burmeister, 1838
Mantids, Mantis, Praying Mantis, Praying mantises
37
100
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyHierodulinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Giant Oriental Praying Mantises
5
28
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for India
5 Genera with 28 Species
Hierodula Burmeister, 1912Giant Asian mantis18SpeciesTaxom
Rhombodera Burmeister, 1931Hood Mantis9SpeciesTaxom
Rhombomantis Ehrmann & Borer, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Tamolanica Werner, 1878Hood Mantis1SpeciesTaxom
Titanodula Vermeersch, 18701SpeciesTaxom


Species list for India
28 Species and 1 Subspecies
Hierodula (Hierodula) patellifera Serville, 1839Asian Mantis
Hierodula (Hierodula) saussurei (Kirby, 1904)⇒ Hierodula patellifera Serville, 1839
Hierodula assamensis Mukherjee, 1995
Hierodula beieri Mukherjee, 1995Narrows Cave beetle
Hierodula coarctata Saussure, 1869
Hierodula doveri Chopard, 1924
Hierodula dyaka Westwood, 1889
Hierodula grandis (Saussure, 1870)⇒ Tamolanica atricoxis Wood-Mason, 1878
Hierodula keralensis Vyjayandi & ..., 2003
Hierodula membranacea Burmeister, 1838Giant Asian mantis
Hierodula nicobarica Mukherjee, 1995
Hierodula oraea Werner, 1933
Hierodula tenuidentata Saussure, 1869Giant Asian Mantis
Hierodula tenuidentata tenuidentata Saussure, 1869
Hierodula unimaculata Olivier, 1792
Hierodula venosa Olivier, 1792
Hierodula ventralis Giglio-Tos, 1912
Rhombodera basalis De Haan, 1842Giant Malaysian shield mantis
Rhombodera butleri Wood-Mason, 1878
Rhombodera crassa Giglio-Tos, 1912
Rhombodera doriana Laidlaw, 1931
Rhombodera fratricida Wood-Mason, 1878
Rhombodera mjoebergi Werner, 1930
Rhombodera tectiformis Saussure, 1870
Rhombodera valida Burmeister, 1838
Rhombodera woodmasoni Werner, 1931
Rhombomantis woodmasoni Werner, 1931
Tamolanica atricoxis Wood-Mason, 1878
Titanodula grandis Saussure, 1870

Subnodes of Hierodulinae with occurrences in India
TribeHierodulini
Brunner de Wattenwyl, 1893
5
28
Genera
Species
 
Taxom