Checklist of Order Mantodea Burmeister, 1838 (Mantes)
for Cameroon (Central Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 426
5796
18192 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 426
5796
18192 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 408
5715
17984 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 49
507
1065 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Order
| Mantodea
Burmeister, 1838
Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids | 10
71
170 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Cameroon
10 Families width 170 Species and 8 Subspecies | Mantidae Burmeister, 1838 | Mantids | 80 | Species | Taxom | | Amorphoscelidae Stål, 1877 | | 17 | Species | Taxom | | Hymenopodidae Giglio-Tos, 1919 | Flower mimic mantises | 28 | Species | Taxom | | Toxoderidae Giglio-Tos, 1919 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tarachodidae Handlirsch, 1930 | | 25 | Species | Taxom | | Liturgusidae Giglio-Tos, 1919 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Iridopterygidae Giglio-Tos, 1919 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Thespidae Giglio-Tos, 1919 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Empusidae Burmeister, 1838 | Violin mantises | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sibyllidae Stål, 1872 | | 3 | Species | Taxom |
Genera for Cameroon
71 Genera with 170 Species
| Achlaena Karsch, 1889 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Alalomantis Giglio-Tos, 1889 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Amorphoscelis Stål, 1913 | | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Anasigerpes Giglio-Tos, 1908 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Anoplosigerpes Werner, 1933 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Asiadodis Roy, 1869 | Hood Mantis | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Belomantis Giglio-Tos, 2017 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Bolivaroscelis Roy, 1962 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Calospilota Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Catasigerpes Giglio-Tos, 1912 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cataspilota Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Caudatoscelis Roy, 1892 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chiropacha Charpentier, 1911 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Chlidonoptera Karsch, 1892 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Chloroharpax Werner, 1883 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Congoharpax La Greca, 1963 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dactylopteryx Karsch, 1963 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Danuria Stal, 1883 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Deromantis Giglio-Tos, 1892 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Elaea Stal, 1847 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epitenodera Giglio-Tos, 1963 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Galepsus Stål, 1883 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Galinthias Stal, 1930 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Gigliotoscelis Roy, 1913 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gonypetella Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hapalomantis Saussure, 1908 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heterochaeta Westwood, 1841 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Hoplocorypha Stal, 1881 | African stick mantises | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Idolomorpha Burmeister, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ischnomantis Stal, 1916 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Junodia Schulthess-R..., 1942 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptocola Gerstaecker, 1889 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Leptosibylla Roy, 1996 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Macrodanuria Sjostedt, 1883 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Maculatoscelis Roy, 1908 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mantis Linnaeus, 1960 | Mantes | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Miomantis Saussure, 1917 | African praying mantis | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Negromantis Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Omomantis Saussure, 1949 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Onychogalepsus Beier, 1911 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Otomantis Bolivar, 1915 | Boxer mantises | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oxyothespis Saussure, 1870 | Grass mantises | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oxypiloidea Schulthess-S..., 1898 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oxypilus Serville, 1966 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Panurgica Karsch, 1915 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Paragalepsus Beier, 1930 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Paramantis Ragge & Roy, 1872 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Parentella Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phyllocrania Burmeister, 1838 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Plistospilota Giglio-Tos, 1883 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Polyspilota Burmeister, 1911 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Popa Serville, 0 | Twig Mantises | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Presibylla Bolivar, 1996 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Prohierodula Bolivar, 1883 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudocreobotra Saussure, 1805 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudogalepsus Beier, 1907 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudoharpax Saussure, 1839 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudostagmatoptera Beier, 1973 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrgomantis Gerstaecker, 1917 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Solygia Stal, 1839 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sphodromantis Stal, 2010 | African mantis | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Statilia Stal, 1871 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stenopyga Karsch, 1963 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Tarachina Werner, 1928 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tarachodella Giglio-Tos, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tarachodes Burmeister, 1900 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Tarachodina Beier, 1900 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Taumantis Giglio-Tos, 1883 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tenodera Burmeister, 1781 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Theopompella Giglio-Tos, 1904 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Tismomorpha Roy, 1908 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Cameroon
170 Species and 8 Subspecies | Achlaena grandis Westwood, 1889 | | | Alalomantis muta Wood-Mason, 1889 | Cameroon Mantis | | Amorphoscelis elegans Giglio-Tos, 1913 | | | Amorphoscelis gnffini Giglio-Tos, 1913 | | | Amorphoscelis griffini Giglio-Tos, 1913 | | | Amorphoscelis grisea Giglio-Tos, 1931 | | | Amorphoscelis nigriventer Beier, 1930 | | | Amorphoscelis nubeculosa Werner, 1908 | | | Amorphoscelis opaca Bolivar, 1908 | | | Amorphoscelis pallida Giglio-Tos, 1913 | | | Amorphoscelis pulchra Bolivar, 1908 | | | Amorphoscelis punctata Bolivar, 1908 | | | Amorphoscelis tigrina Giglio-Tos, 1913 | | | Anasigerpes bifasciata Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | | Anasigerpes heydeni Werner, 1908 | | | Anoplosigerpes tessmanni Beier, 1933 | | | Asiadodis squilla Saussure, 1869 | Asian Shield Mantis | | Belomantis mirei Roy & Stiewe, 2017 | | | Bolivaroscelis bolivarii Giglio-Tos, 1913 | | | Bolivaroscelis carinata Bolivar, 1908 | | | Bolivaroscelis werneri Roy, 1962 | | | Calospilota armicollis Karsch, 1892 | | | Calospilota calabarica Westwood, 1889 | | | Calospilota lolodorfana Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Calospilota pulchra Roy, 1991 | | | Calospilota tristis Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Catasigerpes camerunensis (Giglio-Tos, 1915) | ⇒ Catasigerpes margarethae Werner, 1912 | | Catasigerpes congicus Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | | Catasigerpes margarethae Werner, 1912 | | | Cataspilota calabarica Westwood, 1889 | | | Cataspilota lolodorfana Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Caudatoscelis annulipes Karsch, 1892 | | | Chiropacha (Chiropacha) gilvus | | | Chiropacha (Chiropacha) saussurei Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Chlidonoptera chopardi Karsch, 1892 | | | Chlidonoptera lestoni Roy & Leston, 1975 | | | Chlidonoptera vexillum Karsch, 1892 | | | Chloroharpax modesta Gerstaecker, 1883 | Nigerian Flower Mantis | | Congoharpax aberrans Roy, 1963 | | | Dactylopteryx flexuosa Karsch, 1892 | | | Dactylopteryx intermedia Beier, 1963 | | | Danuria (Danuria) buchholzi Gerstaecker, 1883 | | | Deromantis limbalicollis Karsch, 1892 | | | Elaea marchali Reich & Fair..., 1847 | | | Epitenodera herbacea Serville, 1839 | | | Epitenodera houyi Werner, 1928 | | | Epitenodera nimbana Roy, 1963 | | | Galepsus (Galepsus) affinis Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Galepsus (Galepsus) buettneri Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Galepsus (Galepsus) globiceps Beier, 1942 | | | Galepsus (Galepsus) konakrynus Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Galepsus (Galepsus) laticeps (Werner, 1907) | ⇒ Galepsus affinis Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | Galepsus (Lygdamia) oxycephalus Gerstaecker, 1883 | | | Galinthias amoena Saussure, 1871 | | | Galinthias occidentalis Beier, 1930 | | | Galinthias occidentals Beier, 1930 | | | Gigliotoscelis simulans Giglio-Tos, 1913 | | | Gonypetella punctata Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | | Hapalomantis (Hapalomantis) rhombochir Werner, 1908 | | | Heterochaeta bernardii Roy, 1972 | | | Heterochaeta occidentalis Beier, 1963 | | | Heterochaeta tenuipes (Westwood, 1841) | ⇒ Heterochaeta occidentalis Beier, 1963 | | Hoplocorypha garuana Giglio-Tos, 1916 | Twig pruner | | Hoplocorypha rapax Saussure, 1881 | | | Idolomorpha lateralis Burmeister, 1838 | | | Ischnomantis gigas Saussure, 1870 | | | Ischnomantis werneri Giglio-Tos, 1916 | | | Junodia lameyi Beier, 1942 | | | Leptocola gracillima Gerstaecker, 1883 | | | Leptocola phthisica Saussure, 1869 | | | Leptocola stanleyana Westwood, 1889 | | | Leptosibylla gracilis Roy, 1996 | | | Macrodanuria elongata Borre, 1883 | | | Maculatoscelis ascalaphoides Bolivar, 1908 | | | Mantis eichleri | | | Mantis insignis Beier, 1954 | | | Mantis religiosa Linnaeus, 1758 | European mantid | | Mantis religiosa eichleri Bazyluk, 1960 | | | Miomantis diademata Werner, 1916 | | | Miomantis milmilena Giglio-Tos, 1917 | | | Miomantis misana Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Miomantis paykullii Stal, 1871 | Egyptian mantis | | Miomantis preussi Karsch, 1892 | | | Miomantis steelae Uvarov, 1935 | | | Miomantis togana Giglio-Tos, 1917 | | | Negromantis gracilis Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | | Negromantis lutescens Sjöstedt, 1900 | | | Negromantis modesta Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | | Omomantis sigma Rehn, 1949 | | | Onychogalepsus (Onychogalepsus) pentheri Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Otomantis capirica Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | | Oxyothespis senegalensis Saussure, 1870 | | | Oxypilus (Oxypilus) enei Roy, 1966 | | | Oxypilus (Oxypilus) falcatus Roy, 1966 | | | Oxypilus (Oxypilus) guentheri Roy, 1966 | | | Panurgica compressicollis Saussure, 1898 | | | Panurgica duplex Karsch, 1896 | | | Panurgica feae Griffini, 1907 | | | Panurgica fusca Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | | Paragalepsus gestri Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Paragalepsus gestri gestri | | | Paragalepsus nigericus Beier, 1930 | | | Paramantis natalensis Stal, 1856 | | | Paramantis nyassana Giglio-Tos, 1912 | | | Paramantis sacra Thunberg, 1815 | | | Paramantis togana Giglio-Tos, 1912 | | | Paramantis victoriana Werner, 1908 | | | Paramantis viridis Saussure, 1872 | | | Parentella major Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | | Phyllocrania insignis (Westwood, 1843) | ⇒ Phyllocrania paradoxa Burmeister, 1838 | | Phyllocrania paradoxa Burmeister, 1838 | Ghost Mantis | | Plistospilota camerunensis Giglio-Tos, 1917 | | | Plistospilota guineensis Roy, 1965 | Giant Mantis | | Plistospilota insignis Wood-Mason, 1882 | | | Plistospilota maxima Giglio-Tos, 1917 | | | Plistospilota nigerica Giglio-Tos, 1917 | | | Plistospilota validissima Gerstaecker, 1883 | | | Polyspilota aeruginosa Goeze, 1778 | Madagascan Marbled Mantis | | Polyspilota griffinii Giglio-Tos, 1911 | Griffin Mantis | | Popa spurca (Stal, 1856) | ⇒ Popa undata | | Popa spurca spurca Stal, 1856 | | | Popa undata | | | Presibylla elegans Bolivar, 1908 | | | Presibylla speciosa Roy, 1996 | | | Prohierodula brunnea La Greca, 1956 | | | Prohierodula flavipennis Karsch, 1892 | | | Prohierodula laticollis Karsch, 1892 | | | Prohierodula mundamensis Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Prohierodula picta Gerstaecker, 1883 | | | Pseudocreobotra ocellata Palisot, 1805 | African flower mantis | | Pseudogalepsus dispar Werner, 1907 | | | Pseudoharpax francoisi Bolivar, 1908 | | | Pseudoharpax virescens Serville, 1839 | Gambian Spotted-eye Flower Mantis | | Pseudoharpax virescens virescens Serville, 1839 | | | Pseudostagmatoptera infuscata Roy, 1973 | | | Pyrgomantis jonesi Kirby, 1904 | | | Pyrgomantis nasuta Thunberg, 1784 | | | Pyrgomantis pallida Giglio-Tos, 1917 | | | Solygia sulcatifrons Serville, 1839 | | | Sphodromantis aureoides Roy, 2010 | | | Sphodromantis biocellata Werner, 1906 | | | Sphodromantis centralis Rehn, 1914 | African Mantis | | Sphodromantis congica Beier, 1931 | Congo Mantis | | Sphodromantis gastrica Stål, 1858 | African Mantis | | Sphodromantis lineola Burmeister, 1838 | African Lined Mantis | | Sphodromantis lineola lineola Burmeister, 1838 | | | Sphodromantis lineola pinguis Roy, 1968 | | | Sphodromantis occidentalis (Werner, 1906) | ⇒ Sphodromantis gastrica Stål, 1858 | | Sphodromantis pavonina La Greca, 1955 | | | Sphodromantis pinguis | | | Sphodromantis viridis Forskal, 1775 | African Giant Praying Mantis | | Sphodromantis viridis occidentalis Werner, 1906 | | | Sphodromantis werneri Roy, 2010 | | | Statilia apicalis Saussure, 1871 | | | Stenopyga (Stenopyga) extera Karsch, 1892 | | | Stenopyga (Stenopyga) tenera Werner, 1908 | | | Stenopyga (Stenopyga) ziela Roy, 1963 | | | Tarachina occidentalis Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | | Tarachina rammei Werner, 1928 | | | Tarachodella monticola Giglio-Tos, 1917 | | | Tarachodes (Tarachodes) feae Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Tarachodes (Tarachodes) maurus Saussure, 1871 | | | Tarachodes (Tarachodes) rotundiceps Werner, 1907 | | | Tarachodes (Tarachodes) severini Werner, 1915 | | | Tarachodes (Tarachodina) dissimulator (Wood-Mason, 1882) | ⇒ Tarachodina dissimulator Wood-Mason, 1882 | | Tarachodes (Tarachodina) maculisternum (Sjostedt, 1900) | ⇒ Tarachodina maculisternum Sjöstedt, 1900 | | Tarachodina dissimulator Wood-Mason, 1882 | | | Tarachodina maculisternum Sjöstedt, 1900 | | | Taumantis cephalotes Gerstaecker, 1883 | | | Tenodera superstitiosa Fabricius, 1781 | | | Tenodera superstitiosa superstitiosa Fabricius, 1781 | | | Theopompella aurivillii Sjöstedt, 1900 | | | Theopompella fusca Giglio-Tos, 1917 | | | Theopompella heterochroa Gerstaecker, 1883 | | | Theopompella pallida Giglio-Tos, 1916 | | | Theopompella westwoodi Kirby, 1904 | | | Tismomorpha inexpectata La Greca, 1966 | | | Tismomorpha vitripennis Bolivar, 1908 | |
Subnodes of Mantodea with occurrences in Cameroon
 | | Mantodea (Burmeister 1838) |
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