Checklist of Order Mantodea Burmeister, 1838 (Mantes)
for Cape (Republic South Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 612
8112
20932 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 611
8101
20891 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 584
7978
20649 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 69
418
904 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Mantodea
Burmeister, 1838
Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids | 6
39
61 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Cape
6 Families width 61 Species and 2 Subspecies
Genera for Cape
39 Genera with 61 Species
| Antistia Stål, 1996 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Asiadodis Roy, 1869 | Hood Mantis | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bolbella Giglio-Tos, 1871 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Carvilia Stal, 1996 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chroicoptera Stal, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cilnia Stal, 1871 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Compsothespis Saussure, 1872 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dystacta Saussure, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dystactula Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Entella Stal, 1839 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Episcopomantis Uvarov, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Galepsus Stål, 1954 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Geothespis Giglio-Tos, 1916 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Harpagomantis Kirby, 1758 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hemiempusa Saussure & Z..., 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heterochaeta Westwood, 1963 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hoplocorypha Stal, 1856 | African stick mantises | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hoplocoryphella Giglio-Tos, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Idolomorpha Burmeister, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ischnomantis Stal, 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ligariella Giglio-Tos, 1899 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mantis Linnaeus, 1815 | Mantes | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Miomantis Saussure, 1872 | African praying mantis | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Namamantis Kaltenbach, 1996 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Neocilnia Beier, 1930 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Omomantis Saussure, 1843 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oxypilus Serville, 1871 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paramantis Ragge & Roy, 1815 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phyllocrania Burmeister, 1838 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Polyspilota Burmeister, 1911 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Popa Serville, 0 | Twig Mantises | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudocreobotra Saussure, 1871 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudoxypilus Giglio-Tos, 1788 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrgomantis Gerstaecker, 1784 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Setoxypilus Roy, 1787 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sphodromantis Stal, 1858 | African mantis | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tarachina Werner, 1908 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tarachodes Burmeister, 1871 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Yersiniops Hebard, 1908 | Grasshopper Mantids | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Cape
61 Species and 2 Subspecies | Antistia maculipennis Stål, 1876 | | | Antistia parva Beier, 1953 | | | Antistia robusta Kaltenbach, 1996 | | | Antistia vicina Kaltenbach, 1996 | | | Asiadodis squilla Saussure, 1869 | Asian Shield Mantis | | Bolbella punctigera Stal, 1871 | | | Carvilia gracilis Kaltenbach, 1996 | | | Chroicoptera saussurei Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | | Cilnia humeralis Saussure, 1871 | Wide-armed Mantis | | Cilnia humeralis humeralis Saussure, 1871 | | | Compsothespis anomala Saussure, 1872 | | | Dystacta alticeps Schaum, 1852 | | | Dystactula grisea Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | | Entella (Entella) delalandi Saussure, 1870 | | | Entella (Entella) exilis Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | | Entella (Entella) nebulosa Serville, 1839 | | | Episcopomantis chalybea Burmeister, 1838 | | | Galepsus (Onychogalepsus) capensis (Beier, 1930) | ⇒ Onychogalepsus capensis Beier, 1930 | | Galepsus (Onychogalepsus) transvaalensis (Beier, 1954) | ⇒ Onychogalepsus transvaalensis Beier, 1954 | | Geothespis australis Giglio-Tos, 1916 | | | Harpagomantis discolor Stål, 1877 | | | Harpagomantis tricolor Linné, 1758 | | | Hemiempusa capensis Burmeister, 1838 | | | Heterochaeta occidentalis Beier, 1963 | | | Hoplocorypha macra Stål, 1856 | | | Hoplocoryphella grandis Brancsik, 1895 | | | Idolomorpha dentifrons Saussure & Z..., 1895 | Alien head mantis | | Ischnomantis fatiloqua Stal, 1856 | | | Ligariella trigonalis Saussure, 1899 | | | Mantis religiosa Linnaeus, 1758 | European mantid | | Mantis sacra (Thunberg, 1815) | ⇒ Paramantis sacra Thunberg, 1815 | | Miomantis brachyptera Saussure, 1899 | | | Miomantis caffra (Saussure, 1871) | ⇒ Miomantis monacha Fabricius, 1787 | | Miomantis coxalis Saussure, 1898 | | | Miomantis exilis Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Miomantis fenestrata Fabricius, 1781 | | | Miomantis minuta Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Miomantis monacha Fabricius, 1787 | | | Miomantis prasina Burmeister, 1838 | | | Miomantis quadripunctata Saussure, 1898 | | | Miomantis semialata Saussure, 1872 | | | Namamantis cruciata Beier, 1953 | | | Namamantis nigropunctata Kaltenbach, 1996 | | | Neocilnia gracilis Beier, 1930 | | | Omomantis zebrata Charpentier, 1843 | | | Oxypilus (Anoxypilus) capensis (Saussure, 1871) | ⇒ Setoxypilus nasutus Fabricius, 1787 | | Paramantis sacra Thunberg, 1815 | | | Phyllocrania paradoxa Burmeister, 1838 | Ghost Mantis | | Polyspilota aeruginosa Goeze, 1778 | Madagascan Marbled Mantis | | Polyspilota caffra Westwood, 1889 | | | Polyspilota magna Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Popa spurca (Stal, 1856) | ⇒ Popa undata | | Popa spurca spurca Stal, 1856 | | | Popa undata | | | Pseudocreobotra wahlbergi Stål, 1871 | Spiny Flower Mantis | | Pseudoxypilus hemerobius Stoll, 1788 | | | Pyrgomantis nasuta Thunberg, 1784 | | | Setoxypilus nasutus Fabricius, 1787 | | | Sphodromantis gastrica Stål, 1858 | African Mantis | | Tarachina schultzei Karny, 1908 | | | Tarachodes (Tarachodes) lucubrans Burchell, 1822 | | | Tarachodes (Tarachodes) sanctus Saussure, 1871 | | | Yersiniops sophronica Rehn & Hebard, 1908 | Yersin´s ground mantis |
Subnodes of Mantodea with occurrences in Cape
 | | Mantodea (Burmeister 1838) |
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