Tarachodidae

Tarachodidae is a now obsolete family in the order Mantodea, of genera found in Africa and Asia.[1]

Tarachodidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Tarachodidae
Handlirsch, 1930
Subfamilies

see text

Former subfamilies

The family previously consisted of two subfamilies of "bark mantises":[2]

Caliridinae

These genera have now been moved to the new families:

Tarachodinae

This subfamily has now been moved to the Eremiaphilidae. These genera are now placed in the subfamily Iridinae:

See also

References
  1. Daniel Otte, Lauren Spearman, Martin B.D. Stiewe, David C. Eades Mantodea Species File - Version 5.0 (retrieved 15 August 2018)
  2. ITIS Catalogue of Life
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