Titanodula

Titanodula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mantodea
Family:	Mantidae
Tribe:	Hierodulini
Genus:	Titanodula; Vermeersch, 2020
Species
	4, see text.

Titanodula is a genus of mantids in the subfamily Hierodulinae. There are currently four species placed in Titanodula. The genus is endemic to Asia and is distinguished from the similar genus Hierodula by the large size and unique male genitalia of its member species.^[1]

Species[]

There are currently four described species in the genus Titanodula:^[1]

Vermeersch, 2020
Titanodula formosana (Giglio-Tos, 1912)^[2]
Titanodula fruhstorferi (Werner, 1916)
Titanodula grandis (Saussure, 1870)
Liu, 2021^[3]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Xavier H.C. Vermeersch. 2020. Titanodula gen. nov., A New Genus of Giant Oriental Praying Mantises (Mantodea: Mantidae: Hierodulinae). Belgian Journal of Entomology. 100: 1–18.
^ Otte, Daniel; Spearman, Lauren; Stiewe, Martin B. D. (2019). "species Hierodula formosana Giglio-Tos, 1912". Mantodea species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
^ Liu QP, Liu ZJ, Wang GL, Yin ZX. Taxonomic revision of the praying mantis subfamily Hierodulinae of China (Mantodea: Mantidae). Zootaxa. 2021 Apr 7;4951(3):zootaxa-4951.

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[:0-1] Xavier H.C. Vermeersch. 2020. Titanodula gen. nov., A New Genus of Giant Oriental Praying Mantises (Mantodea: Mantidae: Hierodulinae). Belgian Journal of Entomology. 100: 1–18.

[2] Otte, Daniel; Spearman, Lauren; Stiewe, Martin B. D. (2019). "species Hierodula formosana Giglio-Tos, 1912". Mantodea species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

[3] Liu QP, Liu ZJ, Wang GL, Yin ZX. Taxonomic revision of the praying mantis subfamily Hierodulinae of China (Mantodea: Mantidae). Zootaxa. 2021 Apr 7;4951(3):zootaxa-4951.

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