Mantidae
Mantidae | |
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Eight-spot Mantis, Mantis octospilota | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Mantodea |
Family: | Mantidae Burmeister, 1838 |
Subfamilies | |
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Mantidae is one of the largest families in the order of praying mantises, based on the type species Mantis religiosa; however, most genera are tropical or subtropical. Historically, this was the only family in the order, and many references still use the term "mantid" to refer to any mantis. Technically, however, "mantid" refers only to members of the family Mantidae, and not the 14 remaining families of mantises. Some of the most recent classifications have promoted a number of the mantid subfamilies to the rank of family, e.g. Iridopterygidae, Sibyllidae, Tarachodidae, Thespidae, and Toxoderidae,[1] while other classifications have reduced the number of subfamilies without elevating to higher rank.
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Subfamilies and genera[]
Following the major revision of the Mantodea in 2019,[2] the Mantodea Species File includes ten subfamilies:[3]
Choeradodinae[]
The Americas, Asia
- Asiadodis Roy, 2004
- Choeradodis Serville, 1831
- † Piton, 1940
Deromantinae[]
Africa
- Giglio-Tos, 1916
- Beier, 1931
Hierodulinae[]
Africa, Asia, Australia
- Archimantis Saussure, 1869
- Sjostedt, 1918
- Sjostedt, 1918
- Giglio-Tos, 1917
- Chlorocalis Stiewe, Shcherbakov & Vermeersch, 2019
- Giglio-Tos, 1917
- Milledge, 1997
- Shcherbakov & Vermeersch, 2020
- Ephierodula Giglio-Tos, 1912
- Werner, 1923
- Hierodula Burmeister, 1838
- Giglio-Tos, 1912
- Schwarz, Ehrmann & Shcherbakov, 2018
- Tindale, 1923
- Pnigomantis Giglio-Tos, 1917
- Saussure, 1869
- Rhombodera Burmeister, 1838
- Rhombomantis Ehrmann & Borer, 2015
- Stal, 1871
- Beier, 1942
- Tamolanica Werner, 1923
- Roy, 1973
- Titanodula Vermeersch, 2020
- Giglio-Tos, 1917
- Tindale, 1924
Mantinae[]
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Mellierinae[]
Australia
- Saussure, 1892
- Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Giglio-Tos, 1917
- Milledge, 1989
- Rehn, 1935
Omomantinae[]
- Saussure, 1899
Orthoderinae[]
- Orthodera Burmeister, 1838
- Sjostedt, 1918
Stagmomantinae[]
The Americas
- Stal, 1877
- Rodrigues, Rivera, Reid & Svenson, 2017
- Phasmomantis Saussure, 1869
- Stagmomantis Saussure, 1869
- Giglio-Tos, 1917
Tenoderinae[]
Africa, Europe
- Alalomantis Giglio-Tos, 1917
- Giglio-Tos, 1917
- Giglio-Tos, 1911
- Paramantis Ragge & Roy, 1967
- Mantasoa Mériguet, 2005
- Mesopteryx Saussure, 1870
- Meriguet, 2018
- Tindale, 1923
- Giglio-Tos, 1911
- Polyspilota Burmeister, 1838
- Bolivar, 1908
- Giglio-Tos, 1912
- Sphodromantis Stal, 1871
- Brancsik, 1892
- Tenodera Burmeister, 1838
- Roy & Ehrmann, 2014
- Giglio-Tos, 1917
Vatinae[]
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South America
- Svenson, Medellin & Sarmiento, 2015
- Roy, 2003
- Catoxyopsis Giglio-Tos, 1914
- Chopardiella Giglio-Tos, 1914
- Saussure, 1872
- Lobocneme Rehn, 1911
- Oxyopsis Caudell, 1904
- Parastagmatoptera Saussure, 1871
- Pseudovates Saussure, 1869
- Pseudoxyops Saussure & Zehntner, 1894
- Stagmatoptera Burmeister, 1838
- Vates Burmeister, 1838
- Zoolea Serville, 1839
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Ehrmann, R. 2002. "Mantodea: Gottesanbeterinnen der Welt". Natur und Tier, Münster
- ^ Schwarz CJ, Roy R (2019) The systematics of Mantodea revisited: an updated classification incorporating multiple data sources (Insecta: Dictyoptera) Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.) International Journal of Entomology 55 (2): 101-196.
- ^ Mantodea Species File: family Mantidae (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 11 July 2020)
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