Checklist for Order Mantodea Burmeister, 1838 (Mantes)
and region Africa (Continents)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 943
36180
241410 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 939
36100
241106 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 896
35668
239021 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 142
2517
10595 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Mantodea
Burmeister, 1838
Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids | 15
217
1163 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Africa
15 Families width 1163 Species and 62 Subspecies | Acanthopidae Burmeister, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Amorphoscelidae Stål, 1877 | | 49 | Species | Taxom | | Chaeteessidae Handlirsch, 1920 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Empusidae Burmeister, 1838 | Violin mantises | 19 | Species | Taxom | | Eremiaphilidae Wood-Mason, 1889 | | 53 | Species | Taxom | | Hymenopodidae Giglio-Tos, 1919 | Flower mimic mantises | 147 | Species | Taxom | | Iridopterygidae Giglio-Tos, 1919 | | 60 | Species | Taxom | | Liturgusidae Giglio-Tos, 1919 | | 19 | Species | Taxom | | Mantidae Burmeister, 1838 | Mantids | 528 | Species | Taxom | | Mantoididae Giglio-Tos, 1927 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Nanomantidae | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sibyllidae Stål, 1872 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Tarachodidae Handlirsch, 1930 | | 219 | Species | Taxom | | Thespidae Giglio-Tos, 1919 | | 41 | Species | Taxom | | Toxoderidae Giglio-Tos, 1919 | | 20 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Mantodea with occurrences in Africa | Superfamily | Mantoidea
Handlirsch, 1903
| 3
127
675 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Acanthopidae
Burmeister, 1838
| 2
1 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Amorphoscelidae
Stål, 1877
| 9
49 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Chaeteessidae ♰
Handlirsch, 1920
| 2
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Empusidae
Burmeister, 1838
Violin mantises | 7
19 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Eremiaphilidae
Wood-Mason, 1889
| 2
53 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Iridopterygidae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
| 19
60 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Liturgusidae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
| 6
19 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Nanomantidae
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Sibyllidae
Stål, 1872
| 2
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Tarachodidae
Handlirsch, 1930
| 29
219 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Thespidae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
| 6
41 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Toxoderidae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
| 5
20 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
 | | Mantodea (Burmeister 1838) |
Links, sources and further information Mantodea at mantodea.speciesfile.org
Mantodea at papua-insects.nl
Mantodea at gbif.org
Mantodea at irmng.org
Mantodea at itis.gov
Mantodea at itis.gov
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