Orthodera

{{Short description|Genus of praying mantises}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Orthodera ministralis.jpg

| image_caption = Orthodera ministralis

| taxon = Orthodera

| authority = (Burmeister, 1838)

| subdivision = See text

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Orthodera is a genus of praying mantises 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.Ramsay, G. W. 1990. Mantodea (Insecta) with a review of aspects of functional morphology and biology. Fauna of New Zealand. {{ISBN|0-477-02581-1}}. Published 13 June 1990.[http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1185060 Mantodea.SpeciesFile.org genus Orthodera Burmeister, 1838]