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.[1][2]

Orthodera
Orthodera ministralis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Mantidae
Subfamily: Orthoderinae
Genus: Orthodera
(Burmeister, 1838)
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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Mantodea.SpeciesFile.org genus Orthodera Burmeister, 1838
  3. ^ [1] Texas A&M University