Nanomantidae
The Nanomantidae are a new (2019) family of praying mantises, based on the type genus Nanomantis. As part of a major revision of mantid taxonomy,[1] genera and tribes have been moved here, substantially replacing the old family Iridopterygidae.
| Nanomantidae | |
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| Hyalomantis punctata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Superorder: | Dictyoptera |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Nanomantidae |
The new placement is in superfamily Nanomantoidea (of group Cernomantodea) and infraorder Schizomantodea. The recorded distribution of genera includes: Africa including Madagascar, the Himalayas, SE Asia through to Australia and Pacific islands.[2]
Subfamilies, tribes and selected genera
The Mantodea Species File lists four subfamilies:[2]
Fulciniinae
- tribe Fulciniini
- Calofulcinia Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Fulcinia Stal, 1877
- Ima (insect) Tindale, 1924
- Tylomantis Westwood, 1889
- tribe Neomantini
- Kongobatha Hebard, 1920
- Neomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
- tribe Paraoxypilini (Australasia, Oceania):
- subtribe Bolbina
- Bolbe Stal, 1877
- Papubolbe Beier, 1965
- subtribe Paraoxypilina
- Cliomantis Giglio-Tos, 1913
- Exparoxypilus Beier, 1929
- Gyromantis Giglio-Tos, 1913
- Metoxypilus Giglio-Tos, 1913
- Myrmecomantis Giglio-Tos, 1913
- Nesoxypilus Beier, 1965
- Paraoxypilus Saussure, 1870
- Phthersigena Stal, 1871
- subtribe Bolbina
- tribe Stenomantini
- Ciulfina Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Fulciniola Giglio-Tos, 1915 monotypic (F. snelleni Saussure, 1871)
- Stenomantis Saussure, 1871 - monotypic (S. novaeguineae de Haan, 1842)
Hapalomantinae
- tribe Hapalomantini: mainland Africa - genera:
- tribe Nilomantini: Madagascar
- Chloromantis Kaltenbach, 1998
- Cornucollis Brannoch & Svenson, 2016
- Enicophlebia Westwood, 1889
- Hyalomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Ilomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Melomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Negromantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Nilomantis Werner, 1907
- Platycalymma Westwood, 1889
Tropidomantinae
- tribe Epsomantini (monotypic)
- Epsomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915 (monotypic)
- tribe Tropidomantini
- Eomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Tropidomantis Stal, 1877
References
- 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 (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 11 July 2020)
External links
Media related to Nanomantidae at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Iridopterygidae at Wikispecies
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