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Checklist for Order Mantodea Burmeister, 1838 (Mantes)
and region Botswana (Southern Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
315
2340
4567
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
313
2338
4562
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
297
2276
4408
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
30
124
163
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mantodea
Burmeister, 1838
Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids
5
26
36
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Botswana
5 Families width 36 Species and 4 Subspecies
Tarachodidae Handlirsch, 19307SpeciesTaxom
Mantidae Burmeister, 1838Mantids22SpeciesTaxom
Hymenopodidae Giglio-Tos, 1919Flower mimic mantises5SpeciesTaxom
Thespidae Giglio-Tos, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Liturgusidae Giglio-Tos, 19191SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Botswana
26 Genera with 36 Species
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Antistia Stål, 18761SpeciesTaxom
Bisanthe Stal, 03SpeciesTaxom
Cilnia Stal, 18712SpeciesTaxom
Danuria Stal, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Dystacta Saussure, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Episcopomantis Uvarov, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Galepsus Stål, 19113SpeciesTaxom
Gonypetella Giglio-Tos, 19154SpeciesTaxom
Harpagomantis Kirby, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Heterochaeta Westwood, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Hoplocoryphella Giglio-Tos, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Ligaria Stål, 04SpeciesTaxom
Ligariella Giglio-Tos, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Mantis Linnaeus, 1758Mantes1SpeciesTaxom
Miomantis Saussure, 1911African praying mantis1SpeciesTaxom
Omomantis Saussure, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Oxyothespis Saussure, 1996Grass mantises1SpeciesTaxom
Oxypiloidea Schulthess-S..., 18892SpeciesTaxom
Oxypilus Serville, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Parentella Giglio-Tos, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Popa Serville, 1856Twig Mantises1SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgomantis Gerstaecker, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Setoxypilus Roy, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Sphodromantis Stal, 1858African mantis1SpeciesTaxom
Tarachodes Burmeister, 19961SpeciesTaxom
Zouza Strand, 19071SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Botswana
36 Species and 4 Subspecies
Antistia maculipennis Stål, 1876
Bisanthe menyharthi raggei Kaltenbach, 1994
Bisanthe pulchripennis Stål, 1876
Bisanthe raggei
Cilnia chopardi Werner, 1927
Cilnia humeralis Saussure, 1871Wide-armed Mantis
Danuria (Danuria) thunbergi Stal, 1856
Dystacta alticeps Schaum, 1852
Episcopomantis chalybea Burmeister, 1838
Galepsus (Lygdamia) lenticularis Saussure, 1872
Galepsus (Onychogalepsus) damaranus (Giglio-Tos, 1911)⇒ Onychogalepsus damaranus Giglio-Tos, 1911
Galepsus (Onychogalepsus) femoratus (Giglio-Tos, 1911)⇒ Onychogalepsus femoratus Giglio-Tos, 1911
Gonypetella kilimandjarica Sjöstedt, 1909
Gonypetella kilimandjarica kilimandjarica Sjostedt, 1909
Gonypetella kilimandjarica similis (Giglio-Tos, 1915)⇒ Gonypetella kilimandjarica kilimandjarica Sjostedt, 1909
Gonypetella similis⇒ Gonypetella kilimandjarica Sjöstedt, 1909
Harpagomantis tricolor Linné, 1758
Heterochaeta occidentalis Beier, 1963
Hoplocoryphella grandis Brancsik, 1895
Ligaria brevicollis ignota Kaltenbach, 1996
Ligaria aberrans Karny, 1908
Ligaria affinis Kaltenbach, 1996
Ligaria ignota
Ligariella trigonalis Saussure, 1899
Mantis religiosa Linnaeus, 1758European mantid
Miomantis exilis Giglio-Tos, 1911
Omomantis zebrata Charpentier, 1843
Oxyothespis meridionalis Kaltenbach, 1996Firtree borer
Oxypiloidea (Oxypiloidea) tridens Saussure, 1872
Oxypiloidea subcornuta Westwood, 1889
Oxypilus (Anoxypilus) capensis (Saussure, 1871)⇒ Setoxypilus nasutus Fabricius, 1787
Parentella laticollis Karny, 1908
Popa spurca (Stal, 1856)⇒ Popa undata
Pyrgomantis rhodesica Giglio-Tos, 1917
Setoxypilus nasutus Fabricius, 1787
Sphodromantis gastrica Stål, 1858African Mantis
Tarachodes (Tarachodes) circuliferoides Kaltenbach, 1996
Zouza radiosa Giglio-Tos, 1907

Subnodes of Mantodea with occurrences in Botswana
SuperfamilyMantoidea
Handlirsch, 1903
2
19
27
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyLiturgusidae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyTarachodidae
Handlirsch, 1930
5
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyThespidae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
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