Rhombodera valida

Rhombodera valida is a species of praying mantises in the family Mantidae, found in Indomalaya.[2][3][4]

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

Etymology

In Latin "valida" means strong, powerful or valid.[1][5] Rhomboid shape. In Greek dera means neck.[6]

Description

Rhombodera valida has a broader, sub-circular, rhomboidal pronotum than Rhombodera basalis.[1]

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gollark: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CP_violation
gollark: I assume you have particle accelerators.
gollark: Well, the obvious approach is to use the weird asymmetric things in particle physics which I recall existing.
gollark: You could transmit an image, obviously, but there's no guarantee you'll write it down the same way round.

See also

References
  1. "Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia". 72. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 1920: 68. ISSN 0097-3157. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. "Rhombodera valida". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
  3. Otte, Daniel; Spearman, Lauren; Stiewe, Martin B. D. (2019). "species Rhombodera valida Burmeister, 1838". Mantodea species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  4. Patel, Shveta; Singh, Rajendra (2016). "Updated Checklist and Distribution of Mantidae (Mantodea : Insecta) of the World". International Journal of Research Studies in Zoology. 2 (4). doi:10.20431/2454-941X.0204003.
  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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