TY - JOUR AU - Thinh, Ta Huy PY - 2012/05/08 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - A list of praying mantids (Mantodea, Insecta) of Vietnam JF - Academia Journal of Biology JA - AJB VL - 32 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.15625/0866-7160/v32n1.647 UR - https://vjs.ac.vn/index.php/vjbio/article/view/647 SP - 17-25 AB - <p>The mantids were collected by net and light trap from defferent localities in Vietnam during the period from 2000 to warch 2010. The <a href="http://mantodea.myspecies.info/en/biblio/author/Giglio-Tos">Giglio - Tos</a> &amp; Beier classification of Mantodea was applied for identifying collected mantid specimens. Deposited in Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources (IEBR).</p> <p>A total of 50 Identified mantid species belong to 31 genera of two families Hymenopodidae (12 species) and Mantidae (38 species). In spite of the widespread species <em>Mantis religiosa</em>, all mantids collected are of Oriental fauna. Among 50 recorded species, 16 species are widespread in Oriental Region, 14 species distributed in range of Indian - Indochina - Malaya peninsula and South East Asian archipelagos, 10 species  were distributed spread in South China area and 10 ones were only recorded in Vietnam.</p> <p>This paper deals with 18 new records for Vietnam, namely <em>Theopropus</em> <em>elegans</em>, <em>Acromantis</em> <em>formosana</em>, <em>Acromantis indica</em>, <em>Odontomantis</em> <em>monticola</em>, <em>Theopompa servillei</em>, <em>Toxodera</em> <em>denticulata</em>, <em>Paratoxodera</em> <em>meggitti</em>, <em>Haania doroshenkoi</em>, <em>Haania</em> <em>vitalisi</em>, <em>Gimantis</em> <em>authaemon</em>, <em>Gonypeta</em> <em>brigittae</em>, <em>Bimantis</em> <em>malaccana</em>, <em>Deiphobe</em> <em>incisa</em>, <em>Deiphobe</em> <em>yunnanensis</em>, <em>Tenodera fasciata</em>, <em>Rhombodera</em> <em>basalis</em>, <em>Rhombodera</em> <em>valida</em> and <em>Hierodula</em> <em>membranacea</em>.</p> ER -