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Checklist for Order Mantodea Burmeister, 1838 (Mantes)
and region Benin (West Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
200
1305
2565
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
200
1305
2565
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
191
1271
2495
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
19
154
210
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mantodea
Burmeister, 1838
Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids
3
8
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Benin
3 Families width 8 Species
Amorphoscelidae Stål, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Mantidae Burmeister, 1838Mantids3SpeciesTaxom
Hymenopodidae Giglio-Tos, 1919Flower mimic mantises4SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Benin
8 Genera with 8 Species
Amorphoscelis Stål, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Heterochaeta Westwood, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Mantis Linnaeus, 1758Mantes1SpeciesTaxom
Miomantis Saussure, 1870
African praying mantis0SpeciesTaxom
Oxypilus Serville, 19662SpeciesTaxom
Phyllocrania Burmeister, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Polyspilota Burmeister, 17781SpeciesTaxom
Pseudocreobotra Saussure, 18051SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Benin
8 Species
Amorphoscelis tigrina Giglio-Tos, 1913
Heterochaeta strachani Kirby, 1904
Mantis religiosa Linnaeus, 1758European mantid
Oxypilus (Oxypilus) hamatus Roy, 1966
Oxypilus (Oxypilus) villiersi Roy, 1966
Phyllocrania paradoxa Burmeister, 1838Ghost Mantis
Polyspilota aeruginosa Goeze, 1778Madagascan Marbled Mantis
Pseudocreobotra ocellata Palisot, 1805African flower mantis

Subnodes of Mantodea with occurrences in Benin
SuperfamilyMantoidea
Handlirsch, 1903
2
7
7
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyAmorphoscelidae
Stål, 1877
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Mantodea (Burmeister 1838)
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