sentences:  The species may be distinguished from "Mantis religiosa" and other mantids with which it shares a range and general size and shape by the red-orange spot on the ventral side of the fourth (second to last) abdominal segment; also, its cerci are shorter than those of "M. religiosa".The species is distinctive in having two large startling violet-brown eyespots on its hind wings which are revealed when its wings are unfolded.The adult is more slender than "Tenodera sinensis", more like "Mantis religiosa" in shape.