Tenodera superstitiosa

{{Short description|Species of praying mantis}}

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| image = Day 87 Stick Mantis (Tenodera superstitiosa) (53400847427).jpg

| genus = Tenodera

| species = superstitiosa

| authority = (Fabricius, 1781)

| synonyms = * Tenodera fabricius madagascariensis (Saussure & Zehntner, 1895)

| synonyms_ref = {{Cite web|url=http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1790|title = Subspecies Tenodera superstitiosa bokiana Giglio-Tos, 1907: Mantodea Species File}}

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Tenodera superstitiosa is a species in the family Mantidae.

Range

It is found in West Africa (Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Ghana, Mauritania, Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso).{{Cite web|url=http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1788&Next=Taxa.aspx|title = Subspecies Tenodera superstitiosa superstitiosa (Fabricius, 1781): Mantodea Species File}}

Subspecies

  • Tenodera superstitiosa superstitiosa (Fabricius, 1781)
  • Tenodera superstitiosa bokiana (Giglio-Tos, 1907), may not be a valid subspecies

References