| Nanomantidae | |
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| Hyalomantis punctata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Superorder: | Dictyoptera |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Nanomantidae |
| Subfamilies and tribes | |
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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.
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
[edit]The Mantodea Species File lists four subfamilies:[2]
Fulciniinae
[edit]- tribe Fulciniini
- Calofulcinia Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Fulcinia Stal, 1877
- Hedigerella Werner, 1933
- Ima Tindale, 1924
- Inimia Connors, 2023
- Machairima Beier, 1965
- Nannofulcinia Beier, 1965
- Papugalepsus Werner, 1928
- Pilomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Tylomantis Westwood, 1889
- tribe Neomantini
- Kongobatha Hebard, 1920
- Neomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
- tribe Paraoxypilini (Australasia, Oceania):
- subtribe Bolbina
- 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
- tribe Stenomantini
- Ciulfina Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Fulciniola Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Stenomantis Saussure, 1871
Hapalomantinae
[edit]- tribe Hapalomantini: mainland Africa - genera:
- Bolbena Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Bolbula Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Hapalogymnes Kaltenbach, 1996
- Hapalomantis Saussure, 1871
- 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
Nanomantinae
[edit]- Miromantis Giglio-Tos, 1927
- Nanomantis Saussure, 1871
- Ormomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Oxymantis Werner, 1931
- Parananomantis Mukherjee, 1995
- Sceptuchus Hebard, 1920
Tropidomantinae
[edit]- tribe Epsomantini
- Epsomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
- tribe Tropidomantini
- Eomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Oligocanthopus Beier, 1935
- Pliacanthopus Giglio-Tos, 1927
- Sinomantis Beier, 1933
- Tropidomantis Stal, 1877
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.
- ^ a b Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 11 July 2020)
External links
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Media related to Nanomantidae at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Iridopterygidae at Wikispecies
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