Tenodera fasciata
Creators: name: Oshima, Kazuyuki
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Mantodea
Mantidae
Tenodera
Tenodera fasciata

description: Identification key to instars and sexes of nymphal Tenodera fasciata
1. Profemur with basalmost spine longest among discoidal spines............................ 1st-instar male and female
- Profemur with subapical spine longest among discoidal spines................................................. 2
2. Body length less than 15 mm ........................................................................... 3
- Body length more than 18 mm .......................................................................... 4
3. Short groove present on posterior margin of sternite IX between gonoplacs.......................... 2nd-instar female
- Short groove absent on posterior margin of sternite IX between gonoplacs............................ 2nd-instar male
4. Body length less than 22 mm; wing pads lacking............................................................ 5
- Body length more than 25 mm; wing pads present........................................................... 6
5. Posterior margin of abdominal sternite VII weakly curved posteriorly.............................. 3rd-instar female
- Posterior margin of abdominal sternite VII straight.............................................. 3rd-instar male
6. Body length less than 32 mm ........................................................................... 7
- Body length more 34 mm .............................................................................. 8
7. Posterior margin of abdominal sternite VII curved posteriorly..................................... 4th-instar female
- Posterior margin of abdominal sternite VII straight............................................... 4th-instar male
8. Body length less than 41 mm; cerci at least 10-segmented, length 0.07× body length................................ 9
- Body length more than 41 mm; cerci at least 12-segmented or more, length at least 0.08× body length................. 10
9. Posterior margin of abdominal sternite VII curved posteriorly..................................... 5th-instar female
- Posterior margin of abdominal sternite VII straight............................................... 5th-instar male
10. Apex of hind wing pad not reaching posterior margin of abdominal tergite I..................................... 11
- Apex of hind wing pad reaching posterior margin of abdominal tergite I........................................ 12
11. Posterior margin of abdominal sternite VII straight........................... antepenultimate-instar (6th-instar) male
- Posterior margin of abdominal sternite VII extended posteriorly.......... antepenultimate-instar (6th or 7th-instar) female
12. Apex of hind wing pad reaching posterior margin of abdominal tergite I........................................ 13
- Apex of hind wing pad strongly extended to posterior margin of abdominal tergite I............................... 14
13. Posterior margin of abdominal sternite VII extended posteriorly............. penultimate-instar (7th or 8th-instar) female
- Posterior margin of abdominal sternite VII straight......................... penultimate-instar (6th or 7th-instar) male
14. Posterior margin of abdominal sternite VII extended posteriorly.................... last-instar (8th or 9th-instar) female
- Posterior margin of abdominal sternite VII straight at middle part..................... last-instar (7th or 8th-instar) male
description: Published as part of Oshima, Kazuyuki, 2022, Morphological study of nymphal stages in Tenodera fasciata (Olivier, 1792) (Mantodea: Mantidae), pp. 579-595 in Zootaxa 5129 (4) on page 594, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5129.4.7, http://zenodo.org/record/6504186