Deroplatys
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| Adult female Deroplatys desiccata photographed at Bristol Zoo in 2007 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Deroplatyidae |
| Subfamily: | Deroplatyinae |
| Tribe: | Deroplatyini |
| Genus: | Deroplatys Westwood (1839) |
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Deroplatys is a genus of mantis in the family Deroplatyidae. They are native to Asia and several share the common name of dead leaf mantis.[1]
Species[]
The Mantodea Species File lists:[2]
- Deroplatys angustata (Westwood, 1845)
- Deroplatys cordata (Fabricius, 1798)
- Deroplatys desiccata (Westwood, 1839) - type species
- Deroplatys gorochovi (Anisyutkin, 1998)
- Deroplatys indica (Roy, 2007)
- Deroplatys lobata (Guérin-Méneville (1838)
- Deroplatys moultoni (Giglio-Tos, 1917)
- Deroplatys philippinica (Werner, 1922)
- Deroplatys rhombica (Brunner, 1897)
- Deroplatys sarawaca (Westwood, 1889)
- Deroplatys trigonodera (Westwood, 1889)
- Deroplatys truncata (Guerin-Meneville, 1843)
Captivity[]
There are 4 Deroplatys species that are kept and bred in captivity (as exotic pets) and they are:
Additional images[]
1st instar Deroplatys lobata nymph on a hand
Adult male Deroplatys lobata
Adult male Deroplatys lobata
Adult female Deroplatys lobata
Adult female Deroplatys lobata
Adult female Deroplatys lobata
Adult female Deroplatys lobata
Adult female Deroplatys lobata guarding her ootheca from Cologne Zoo, Germany.
2nd instar Deroplatys lobata nymph hiding
2nd instar Deroplatys lobata nymph eating
1st instar Deroplatys lobata nymphs, one on the right is hiding
1st instar Deroplatys lobata nymph on a bedbug bitten hand
1st instar Deroplatys lobata nymph on a bedbug bitten hand
2nd instar Deroplatys lobata nymph hiding
4th instar female Deroplatys lobata nymph's thorax
4th instar male Deroplatys lobata nymph's thorax
Dead 1st instar Deroplatys lobata nymph
Dead 1st instar Deroplatys lobata nymph
Dead 1st instar Deroplatys lobata nymph
2nd instar Deroplatys lobata nymph hiding
4th instar Deroplatys lobata nymphs. Female on the left and male on the right.
4th instar Deroplatys lobata nymphs. Female on the left and male on the right.
4th instar male Deroplatys lobata nymph
4th instar male Deroplatys lobata nymph
4th instar male Deroplatys lobata nymph on a finger
4th instar male Deroplatys lobata nymph on a finger
4th instar Deroplatys lobata nymphs. Female on the right, male on the left.
4th instar Deroplatys lobata nymphs. Female on the right, male on the left.
Deroplatys lobata 4th instar nymphs female and male thorax. Male on the left and female on the right.
Adult female Deroplatys lobata
Dead adult female Deroplatys lobata
Dead adult male Deroplatys desiccata
See also[]
- List of mantis genera and species
Media related to Deroplatys at Wikimedia Commons
References[]
- ^ [1] Dead Leaf Praying Mantis
- ^ Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)
- Deroplatys
- Mantodea genera
- Deroplatyinae
- Mantodea of Asia
- Mantodea of Southeast Asia
- Taxa named by John O. Westwood