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[Corresponding relationship between Mantis and Mantidis Oötheca (Sangpiaoxiao)]
Long-Lian Wen1, De-Guang Wan, Yan Ren
1School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China.
Abstract:
Mantidis Oötheca is commonly used Chinese medicine. Because of the used medicinal part is oötheca and many mantis species can yield ootheca, it is not possible to identify its original animal accurately. There is no unanimous conclusion about the corresponding relationship between Mantis and Mantidis Oötheca (Sangpiaoxiao). This relationship is the basis of the Mantidis Oötheca research. Our study combined the methods of artificial incubation oötheca and capture the living mantis to identify the species of Mantis and Mantidis Oötheca. The results showed that the origin insects of Mantidis Oötheca was Tenodera, Hierodula and Statilia genus insects. This has laid a foundation for further study of Mantidis Oötheca.
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