Tenodera Burmeister, 1838

= Paratenodera Rehn 1903

Exhibits a Paleotropical distribution, with 13 species in Africa, Eurasia and Australasia, of which three are currently known from Borneo. Tenodera species are generalist ambushers, exhibiting green/brown polyphenism. Found on higher weeds in open habitats. Two species introduced in North America.

Tenodera fasciata (Olivier, 1792) §

Mantis fasciata Olivier, 1792

= Mantis leptelytra Lichtenstein, 1802

= Mantis attenuata Stoll, 1813

= Mantis exsiccata Audinet-Serville, 1839

= Tenodera intermedia Saussure, 1870

Distribution. Myanmar, Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Java, Borneo, Sulawesi, Philippines, Talaud Islands, Flores, Sumba, Maluku Islands (Giglio-Tos 1912, 1927, Werner 1923, 1933, Ehrmann 2002).

Bornean record. Kalimantan: Wain (Beier 1958).

Remarks. This species is often confused with the African T. superstitiosa (Fabricius, 1781) (see, e. g. Saussure 1871, Westwood 1889, Krauss 1901, Rehn 1903, 1909, Werner 1908).

Tenodera aridifolia (Stoll, 1813)

Mantis aridifolia Stoll, 1813

= Mantis chlorodeuta Burmeister, 1838

Distribution. India, Taiwan, S China, Myanmar, Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Labuan, Sulawesi, Philippines, Lombok, Flores, Sumba (Giglio-Tos 1912, 1927, Ehrmann 2002).

Bornean records. Sarawak: Bandar Sri Aman (CS in situ), Mt. Dulit (Beier 1937); Sabah: Mt. Benom (SMNK), Labuan Island (Hebard 1920).

Remarks. Widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions. Other synonyms listed by Ehrmann (2002), such as Mantis japonica Saussure, 1869, Mantis mandarinea Saussure, 1871, and Tenodera aridifolia brevicollis Beier, 1933, are not attributable to T. aridifolia as as currently conceived. There is much confusion in the literature between this species and Tenodera sinensis Saussure, 1871 . The latter species is distributed in temperate regions of E Asia. Considerable intraspecific variability, in addition to the erroneous inclusion of T. sinensis as a subspecies of T. aridifolia added to the confusion. The genitalia of both species are depicted in Jensen et al. 2009. A thorough revision of the T. aridifolia complex is needed.

Tenodera blanchardi Giglio-Tos, 1912

= Mantis costalis Blanchard, 1853 (partim)

= Mantis fusca Blanchard, 1853 (partim)

Distribution. India (?), Borneo, Sulawesi, Maluku Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, N Australia (Giglio-Tos 1912, Beier 1958, 1965, Ehrmann 2002, Jensen et al. 2009).

Bornean records. Kalimantan: Long Navang (Werner 1930).

Remarks. Regarded as a subspecies of T. fasciata by Beier (1958, 1965); confused with the African (!) T. bokiana (Giglio-Tos, 1907) (synonym of T. superstitiosa) in Jensen et al. (2009).