Amorphoscelidae

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Amorphoscelidae
Amorphoscelis elegans.jpg
Amorphoscelis elegans
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Superfamily:
Family: Amorphoscelidae
Stål, 1877
Subfamilies
  • Amorphoscelinae
  • Perlamantinae
Synonyms
  • Amorphoscelididae Stål, 1877

Amorphoscelidae is a family of mantises in the order Mantodea.

Subfamilies and Genera[]

There are eight genera in two subfamilies recognized in the family Amorphoscelidae:[1]

Subfamily Amorphoscelinae[]

Distribution: Africa, Yemen, tropical Asia

Subfamily Perlamantinae[]

Distribution: Africa, Europe

  • Werner, 1907 - monotypic - Werner, 1907
  • Perlamantis Guerin-Meneville, 1843


See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "family Amorphoscelidae: Mantodea Species File". mantodea.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2020-11-03.

External links[]

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