Hierodula tenuidentata

Hierodula tenuidentata is a species of praying mantis, sharing its common name giant Asian mantis with other large members of genus Hierodula in the family Mantidae.^[2][3] It is native to India,^[4] and has been introduced to Greece^[1] and elsewhere in southern Europe, including Hungary, Romania, and Serbia. ^[5]

Hierodula tenuidentata
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mantodea
Family:	Mantidae
Subfamily:	Hierodulinae
Tribe:	Hierodulini
Genus:	Hierodula
Species:	H. tenuidentata
Binomial name
Hierodula tenuidentata Saussure, 1869
Subspecies
Hierodula tenuidentata darvasica Lindt, 1963 Hierodula tenuidentata tenuidentata Saussure, 1869

Behaviour

It has learned to opportunistically prey on fish.^[6]

Subspecies

There are two valid subspecies belong to the species Hierodula tenuidentata