Deroplatys

Deroplatys is a genus of mantis in the family Deroplatyidae. They are native to Asia and several share the common name of dead leaf mantis.

Deroplatys
Adult female Deroplatys desiccata photographed at Bristol Zoo in 2007
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mantodea
Family:	Deroplatyidae
Subfamily:	Deroplatyinae
Tribe:	Deroplatyini
Genus:	Deroplatys Westwood (1839)
Species
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Species

The Mantodea Species File lists:

• Deroplatys angustata (Westwood, 1845)
• Deroplatys cordata (Fabricius, 1798)
• Deroplatys desiccata (Westwood, 1839) - type species
• Deroplatys gorochovi (Anisyutkin, 1998)
• Deroplatys indica (Roy, 2007)
• Deroplatys lobata (Guérin-Méneville (1838)
• Deroplatys moultoni (Giglio-Tos, 1917)
• Deroplatys philippinica (Werner, 1922)
• Deroplatys rhombica (Brunner, 1897)
• Deroplatys sarawaca (Westwood, 1889)
• Deroplatys trigonodera (Westwood, 1889)
• Deroplatys truncata (Guerin-Meneville, 1843)

Captivity

There are 4 Deroplatys species that are kept and bred in captivity (as exotic pets) and they are:

• Deroplatys lobata
• Deroplatys desiccata
• Deroplatys truncata
• Deroplatys trigonodera

Additional images

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  1st instar Deroplatys lobata nymph on a hand
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  Adult male Deroplatys lobata
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  Adult male Deroplatys lobata
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  Adult female Deroplatys lobata
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  Adult female Deroplatys lobata
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  Adult female Deroplatys lobata
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  Adult female Deroplatys lobata
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  Adult female Deroplatys lobata guarding her ootheca from Cologne Zoo, Germany.
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  2nd instar Deroplatys lobata nymph hiding
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  2nd instar Deroplatys lobata nymph eating
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  1st instar Deroplatys lobata nymphs, one on the right is hiding
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  1st instar Deroplatys lobata nymph on a bedbug bitten hand
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  1st instar Deroplatys lobata nymph on a bedbug bitten hand
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  2nd instar Deroplatys lobata nymph hiding
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  4th instar female Deroplatys lobata nymph's thorax
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  4th instar male Deroplatys lobata nymph's thorax
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  Dead 1st instar Deroplatys lobata nymph
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  Dead 1st instar Deroplatys lobata nymph
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  Dead 1st instar Deroplatys lobata nymph
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  2nd instar Deroplatys lobata nymph hiding
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  4th instar Deroplatys lobata nymphs. Female on the left and male on the right.
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  4th instar Deroplatys lobata nymphs. Female on the left and male on the right.
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  4th instar male Deroplatys lobata nymph
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  4th instar male Deroplatys lobata nymph
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  4th instar male Deroplatys lobata nymph on a finger
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  4th instar male Deroplatys lobata nymph on a finger
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  4th instar Deroplatys lobata nymphs. Female on the right, male on the left.
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  4th instar Deroplatys lobata nymphs. Female on the right, male on the left.
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  Deroplatys lobata 4th instar nymphs female and male thorax. Male on the left and female on the right.
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  Adult female Deroplatys lobata
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  Dead adult female Deroplatys lobata
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  Dead adult male Deroplatys desiccata
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  Adult female of an undetermined species

See also

• List of mantis genera and species

External links

• Media related to Deroplatys at Wikimedia Commons