Thespidae
| Thespidae | |
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| Thespidae sp. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Thespidae Giglio-Tos, 1919 |
| Subfamilies | |
Thespidae is a family of Neotropical insects in the order Mantodea.[1][2][3][4] Following a major revision of this order in 2019, the old-world subfamilies Haaniinae and Hoplocoryphinae, previously placed here, have been upgraded to family level.
Subfamilies and genera[]
The following taxa are recognised in the family Thespidae:[5]
Bantiinae
- Bantia Stal, 1877
- Bantiella Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Diabantia Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Westwood, 1889
- Westwood, 1889
- Saussure, 1892
Miobantiinae
- Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Giglio-Tos, 1915 (synonym Emboicy Terra, 1995)
- Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Paradiabantia Toledo Piza, 1973
Musoniellinae
- Chopard, 1911
- Giglio-Tos, 1916
- Giglio-Tos, 1916
- Terra, 1982
Pseudomiopteriginae
- Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Saussure, 1870
Pseudopogonogastrinae
- Beier, 1942
Thespinae
- Bistanta Anderson, 2018
- Scudder, 1893
- Rehn & Hebard, 1938
- Oligonicella Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Oligonyx Saussure, 1869
- Rivera & Vergara-Cobián
- Thesprotia Stal, 1877
- Carrikerella Hebard, 1921
- Rehn, 1918
- Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Hebard, 1922
- Stal, 1877
- Giglio-Tos, 1917
- Rehn, 1904
- Werner, 1909
- Thespis Serville, 1831
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Catalogue of Life
- ^ Schwarz, Christian J.; Roy, Roger (2019). "The systematics of Mantodea revisited: an updated classification incorporating multiple data sources (Insecta: Dictyoptera)". Annales de la Société entomologique de France. 55 (2). doi:10.1080/00379271.2018.1556567.
- ^ Otte, Daniel; Spearman, Lauren; Stiewe, Martin B. D. (2019). "family Thespidae". Mantodea species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
- ^ Patel, Shveta; Singh, Garima; Singh, Rajendra (2016). "A checklist of global distribution of Liturgusidae and Thespidae (Mantodea: Dictyoptera)". Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies. 4 (6).
- ^ "family Thespidae: Mantodea Species File". mantodea.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
External links[]
Media related to Thespidae at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Thespidae at Wikispecies- Mantodea Species File
Categories:
- Thespidae
- Mantodea families