Hymenopodidae | |
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Adult female Hymenopus coronatus | |
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Adult female Hestiasula brunneriana | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Cohort: | Polyneoptera |
Superorder: | Dictyoptera |
Order: | Mantodea |
Family: | Hymenopodidae Giglio-Tos, 1927 |
Subfamilies | |
Hymenopodidae is a family of the order Mantodea (mantises), which contains six subfamilies. Some of the species in this family mimic flowers and are found camouflaged among them; these are called flower mantises. Their coloration is aggressive mimicry, luring prey to approach close enough to be seized and eaten.
Subfamilies, tribes and genera
[edit]The Mantodea Species File[1] lists:
Auth: Giglio-Tos, 1919
- tribe Acromantini
- Acromantis Saussure, 1870
- Ambivia Stal, 1877
- Citharomantis Rehn, 1909
- Majangella Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Metacromantis Beier, 1930
- Oligomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Parapsychomantis Shcherbakov, 2017
- Psychomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Rhomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
- tribe Otomantini
- Anasigerpes Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Chrysomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Otomantis Bolivar, 1890
- Oxypiloidea Schulthess, 1898
Auth: Giglio-Tos, 1919
- tribe Anaxarchini
- Anaxarcha Stal, 1877
- Euantissa Giglio-Tos, 1927
- Heliomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Nemotha Wood-Mason, 1884
- Odontomantis Saussure, 1871
- Werneriana Shcherbakov, Ehrmann & Borer, 2016
- tribe Hymenopodini
- Chlidonoptera Karsch, 1892
- Chloroharpax Werner, 1908
- Creobroter (Westwood, 1889)
- Helvia Stal, 1877
- Hymenopus (Serville, 1831)
- Panurgica Karsch, 1896
- Pseudocreobotra Saussure, 1870
- Theopropus Saussure, 1898
Auth: Giglio-Tos, 1919
- tribe Hestiasulini
- Astyliasula Schwarz & Shcherbakov, 2017
- Catestiasula Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Ephestiasula Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Hestiasula Saussure, 1871
- Pseudohestiasula' Schwarz & Shcherbakov, 2017
- tribe Oxypilini
- Ceratomantis Wood-Mason, 1876
- Junodia Schulthess-Rechberg, 1899
- Oxypilus Serville, 1831
- Pachymantis Saussure, 1871
- Pseudoxypilus Giglio-Tos, 1915
Phyllocraniinae
[edit]Africa:
- Phyllocrania Burmeister, 1838
Phyllothelyinae
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South-East Asia:
- tribe Parablepharini
- Parablepharis Saussure, 1870
- tribe Phyllothelyini
- Ceratocrania Westwood, 1889
- Phyllothelys Wood-Mason, 1877
Africa:
- Leptosibylla Roy, 1996
- Presibylla Bolivar, 1908
- Sibylla Stal, 1856
NB: The Epaphroditinae Giglio-Tos, 1915 (from the Caribbean) are now placed in a separate family Epaphroditidae.
Gallery
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Sudanese Hymenopodid Mantis, Pseudocreobotra species
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Adult female Chlidonoptera vexillum
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Adult female Pseudoharpax virescens
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Adult female Creobroter species from West Java
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Adult female Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii
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Adult male Creobroter gemmatus
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Dead adult female C. gemmatus
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Adult female Acromantis japonica
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Adult female Ephestiasula species
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Four dead adult female Hymenopus coronatus
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Dead adult male Hymenopus coronatus
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Subadult female Hymenopus coronatus head
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Subadult female H. coronatus
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Subadult female H. coronatus eating
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Adult female pakyulisis titinggalit
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Subadult female Phyllocrania paradoxa
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Two adult female P. paradoxa
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Subadult female P. paradoxa
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Male Phyllocrania paradoxa, probably subadult
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Adult female Hestiasula brunneriana
See also
[edit]References
[edit]External links
[edit]Media related to Hymenopodidae at Wikimedia Commons
- Tree of Life - Hymenopodidae
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