Checklist of Order Mantodea Burmeister, 1838 (Mantes)
for Botswana (Southern Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 315
2337
4562 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 313
2335
4557 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 297
2273
4403 | 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
Genera for Botswana
26 Genera with 36 Species
| Antistia Stål, 1876 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bisanthe Stal, 0 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cilnia Stal, 1871 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Danuria Stal, 1856 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dystacta Saussure, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Episcopomantis Uvarov, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Galepsus Stål, 1911 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Gonypetella Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Harpagomantis Kirby, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heterochaeta Westwood, 1963 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hoplocoryphella Giglio-Tos, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ligaria Stål, 0 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Ligariella Giglio-Tos, 1899 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mantis Linnaeus, 1758 | Mantes | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Miomantis Saussure, 1911 | African praying mantis | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Omomantis Saussure, 1843 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oxyothespis Saussure, 1996 | Grass mantises | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oxypiloidea Schulthess-S..., 1889 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Oxypilus Serville, 1871 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parentella Giglio-Tos, 1908 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Popa Serville, 1856 | Twig Mantises | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrgomantis Gerstaecker, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Setoxypilus Roy, 1787 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sphodromantis Stal, 1858 | African mantis | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tarachodes Burmeister, 1996 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zouza Strand, 1907 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
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, 1871 | Wide-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, 1758 | European mantid | | Miomantis exilis Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Omomantis zebrata Charpentier, 1843 | | | Oxyothespis meridionalis Kaltenbach, 1996 | Firtree 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, 1858 | African Mantis | | Tarachodes (Tarachodes) circuliferoides Kaltenbach, 1996 | | | Zouza radiosa Giglio-Tos, 1907 | |
Subnodes of Mantodea with occurrences in Botswana
 | | Mantodea (Burmeister 1838) |
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