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Chinese mantid

Tenodera sinensis Saussure, 1871

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The chinese mantid (Tenodera sinensis) is a species in the family Mantidae, order Mantodea.

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Quick facts about the chinese mantid

Weight
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Length
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Lifespan
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Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the chinese mantid live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the chinese mantid as introduced in 1 country.

  1. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the chinese mantid endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the chinese mantid classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderMantodea
  5. familyMantidae
  6. genusTenodera
  7. SpeciesTenodera sinensis Saussure, 1871

Synonyms Paratenodera sinensis, Tenodera aridifolia, Tenodera aridifolia sinensis

Other names and names in other languages (13)
  • Chinese mantisEnglish
  • فرس النبي الصينيArabic
  • kudlanka čínskáCzech
  • Große Chinesen-MantisGerman
  • Mante chinoiseFrench
  • Mantide cineseItalian
  • オオカマキリJapanese
  • 왕사마귀Korean
  • Modliszka chińskaPolish
  • Louva-a-deus-chinêsPortuguese
  • Китайский богомолRussian
  • ตั๊กแตนตำข้าวจีนThai
  • 中華大刀螳Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the chinese mantid

Other species in the same genus Tenodera.

Stick mantis

Tenodera superstitiosa

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the chinese mantid an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the chinese mantid as introduced in 1 country: United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the chinese mantid?

The chinese mantid (Tenodera sinensis) belongs to the family Mantidae in the order Mantodea.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Chinese mantid (Tenodera sinensis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/tenodera-sinensis

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@misc{tenodera_sinensis_2026,
  title = {Chinese mantid (Tenodera sinensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/tenodera-sinensis},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}