| Liturgusidae | |
|---|---|
| |
| Liturgusa maya | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Liturgusidae Giglio-Tos, 1919 |
Liturgusidae is a family of praying mantises in the new (2019) Neotropical superfamily Acanthopoidea. A substantial number of genera, previously placed here, have recently been moved to the new or revived other families:[1]
- Dactylopterygidae
- Gonypetidae
- Epaphroditidae: subfamily Gonatistinae
- Majangidae: subfamily Majanginae
- Mantidae: subfamily Mellierinae
- Nanomantidae: subfamily Fulciniinae
Tribes and Genera[edit]
The Mantodea Species File now lists two tribes, containing the following genera:[2]
- tribe Hagiomantini
- Hagiomantis Serville, 1839
- tribe Liturgusini
- Corticomantis Svenson, 2014 - monotypic (Corticomantis atricoxata (Beier, 1931))
- Fuga Svenson, 2014
- Liturgusa Saussure, 1869 (lichen mantises)
- Velox Svenson, 2014 - monotypic (Velox wielandi Svenson, 2014)
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Otte, Daniel; Spearman, Lauren; Stiewe, Martin B. D. (2019). "family Liturgusidae". Mantodea species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
- [1] Spermatophore feeding and mating behaviour in praying mantids (Mantodea: Liturgusidae), G. I. Holwell, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW, Australia
External links[edit]
Media related to Liturgusidae at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Liturgusidae at Wikispecies
