Miomantinae

Miomantinae is the larger subfamily of insects in the new (2019) family Miomantidae of order Mantodea. As part of a major revision of mantid taxonomy;[1] an additional subfamily Solygiinae contains the sole genus Solygia and the tribe Rivetinini has essentially been elevated to family Rivetinidae. A number of genera have also been transferred from here to the Hierodulinae.

Miomantinae
Adult female Miomantis paykullii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Mantidae
Subfamily: Miomantinae
Tribes & Genera

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The species are mostly found in western and central Africa[2] and similar in characteristics and behaviour to other mantids.

Subfamilies and Genera

The Mantodea Species File[2] lists two subfamilies:

Miomantinae

The following were previously placed the following in tribe Miomantini:

  • Cilnia Stal, 1876
  • Miomantis Saussure, 1870
  • Neocilnia Beier, 1930
  • Paracilnia Werner, 1909
  • Parasphendale Schulthess-Schildler, 1898
  • Taumantis Giglio-Tos, 1917

Solygiinae
  • Solygia Stal, 1877

References
  1. 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.
  2. Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0 retrieved 15 July 2020)
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