Tenodera aridifolia, the Japanese giant mantis,[1] is a species of mantis in the subfamily Mantinae.

The Chinese mantis,[2] T. sinensis, was once considered to be a subspecies of T. aridifolia, but the species can be distinguished by the shape of male genitalia.

[3] Tenodera aridifolia is distributed in China, Japan, Taiwan, India, Philippines, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo and Indonesia.

Males are 67–73mm in length, and females are 77–84mm.

[4] There are two subspecies:[5]