螳螂目昆蟲體小型、中型或相當(dāng)大型,為陸棲性捕食性昆蟲。體較扁平(圖1-1),少數(shù)種類呈棒狀,表皮堅硬。頭呈三角形或近五角形,活動自如?？谄鳛榈湫偷木捉朗娇谄?上顎發(fā)達(dá)。復(fù)眼較凸出,表面常光滑,少數(shù)具刺或呈尖錐狀。單眼3個...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    西方古代學(xué)者常把螳螂稱為祈禱者(prayingmantis),這是因為螳螂常舉起前足如祈禱者而得名,更有迷信螳螂有預(yù)卜先知的能力,所以又得名預(yù)言家(soothsayer)。我國對螳螂的生物學(xué)方面的研究,從古代就已經(jīng)開始了。“螳螂拳”就是我國勞動...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    螳螂類昆蟲的分類研究在過去很長時期內(nèi),國外學(xué)者將螳螂和其他直翅類列入鞘翅類(Coleopferoidea)或半翅類(Heteropteroidea)中,后又將螳螂并屬于革翅目(Dermaptera)或直翅目(Orthoptera)。1802年,螳螂與竹節(jié)蟲類并入步行類(Gressoria)。1902年,Verho...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    AnaxarchaStl,1877,Bih.SvenskaAK,4(10):81.AnaxarchaStl,Giglio-Tos1927,Mantidae,DasTierreich,50:520.AnaxarchaStl,Beier1934,Gen.Insect.,196:3.AnaxarchaStl,Wang1993,Syn.ontheClass.ofMantodeafromChina:30,31.模式種:AnaxarchagramicaStl,1877.頭頂明顯凹陷,具4條縱紋線,兩側(cè)的紋線較長,近達(dá)...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    KishinouyeumOuchi1938a,J.ShanghaiSci.3(4):23.KishinouyeumOuchi1938b,J.ShanghaiSci.3(4):27.KishinouyeumOuchi;Wang1993,Syn.ontheClass.ofMantodeafromChina:67,68.模式種:KishinouyeumsinensaeOuchi,1938.體色較暗。頭頂延長,延長部分基部呈錐狀,端部延長成屏狀。復(fù)眼長橢圓形,較凸...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    MantisLinnaeus1758,Syst.Nat,ed10:425.MantisLinnaeus,Giglio-Tos1927,Mantidae,DasTierreich,50:405.MantisLinnaeus,Wang1993,Sys.ontheClass.ofMantodeafromChina:119.模式種:MantisreligiosaLinnaeus,1758.額盾片寬略大于高。復(fù)眼卵圓形。雌、雄兩性后翅Cu1脈至少2次分支,前緣域和中域...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    StatiliaStl1877,Bih.SvenskaAk,4(10):36.StatiliaStl;Giglio-Tos1927,Mantidae,DasTierreich,50:410.StatiliaStl;Beier1935,Gen.Insect,203:92.StatiliaStl;Wang1993,Syn.ontheClass.ofMantodeafromChina:121,122.模式種:Statilianemoralis(Saussure,1870)體型中等,細(xì)長;額盾片寬略大于高,上緣及...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    TenoderaBurmeister1838,Handb.Ent.,2:534.TenoderaBurmeister;Giglio-Tos1927,Mantidae,DasTierreich,50:412.TenoderaBurmeister;Beier1935,Gen.Insect.,203:93.TenoderaBurmeister;Wang1993,Syn.ontheClass.ofMantodeafromChina:126.模式種:Tenoderafasciata(Olivier),1792.復(fù)眼...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    MantisBurmeister1838,Handb.Ent.,2:536.HierodulaBurmeister;Giglio-Tos1927,Mantidae,DasTierreich,50:435.HierodulaBurmeister;Beier1935,Gen.Insect.203:80.HierodulaBurmeister;Wang1993,Syn.ontheClassi.ofMantodeafromChina:131-137.模式種:Hierodulamembranacea(Burmeis...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    PseudogousaTinkham1937,LingnanSci.J.,16(3):490.PseudogousaTinkham;Wang1993,Syn.ontheClassi.ofMantodeafromChina:97.模式種:PseudogousasinensisTinkham,1937體型較小。頭頂光滑,較寬,略凹陷。復(fù)眼側(cè)面觀近卵圓形,較凸出。觸角較細(xì),長于體長。單眼及單眼后突較小。額...[繼續(xù)閱讀]