Tenodera

[Maarten..]

I've got a kind of Tenodera mantids as pets, but I'm not sure about the exact species. In Belgium its quite rare and the person who sold them to me just knew to mention Tenodera sp. If they're ressemblent to the one living in America, the species is Tenodera aridifolia sinensis. I suspect it's that one, though I'm not sure.

 

[Allpet Roaches]

The photos seem to be of a captive reared Tenodera aridifolia sinensis (wild ones are bigger and can have the reverse coloration but the other coloration is generally not seen in captive specimens).

 

[Peter Clausen]

A reliable source for Germany has told me that the mantis mentioned here is no longer referred to as T. aridifolia sinensis, but that the word aridifolia is invalid, leaving the proper name for this species as Tenodera sinensis.