Ants
Ants
Arachnids
Arachnids
Bees
Bees
Beetles
Beetles
Booklice
Booklice
Bugs
Bugs
Bumblebees
Bumblebees
Butterflies
Butterflies
Cicadas
Cicadas
Crane flies
Crane flies
Dragonflies
Dragonflies
Earwigs
Earwigs
Flies
Flies
Isopods
Isopods
Locusts
Locusts
Mantises
Mantises
Mayflies
Mayflies
Mosquitoes
Mosquitoes
Myriapods
Myriapods
Net-winged
Net-winged
Plant-parasitic
Plant-parasitic
Scorpion flies
Scorpion flies
Termites
Termites
Wasps
Wasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist of Order Mantodea Burmeister, 1838 (Mantes)
for Costa Rica (Central America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
609
11807
34482
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
606
11803
34480
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
577
11648
34014
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
70
509
1107
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mantodea
Burmeister, 1838
Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids
8
43
84
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Costa Rica
8 Families width 84 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acanthopidae Burmeister, 183817SpeciesTaxom
Mantidae Burmeister, 1838Mantids37SpeciesTaxom
Chaeteessidae Handlirsch, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Liturgusidae Giglio-Tos, 191910SpeciesTaxom
Thespidae Giglio-Tos, 191915SpeciesTaxom
Mantoididae Giglio-Tos, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Amorphoscelidae Stål, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Hymenopodidae Giglio-Tos, 1919Flower mimic mantises2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Costa Rica
43 Genera with 84 Species
#
A
C
D
F
H
L
M
N
O
P
R
S
T
V
X

Acanthops Serville, 18706SpeciesTaxom
Acontiothespis Rehn, 18945SpeciesTaxom
Acontista Saussure, 18943SpeciesTaxom
Ameles Burmeister, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Angela Serville, 18893SpeciesTaxom
Antemna Stal, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Asiadodis Roy, 1869Hood Mantis1SpeciesTaxom
Callimantis Stal, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Chaeteessa Burmeister, 18712SpeciesTaxom
Choeradodis Serville, 1813Hood Mantis4SpeciesTaxom
Ciulfina Giglio-Tos, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Deroplatys Westwood, 1889Dead Leaf Mantis1SpeciesTaxom
Fuga Svenson, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Harpagonyx Saussure, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Liturgousa Saussure, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Liturgusa Saussure, 18946SpeciesTaxom
Mantoida Newman, 19512SpeciesTaxom
Melliera Saussure, 18724SpeciesTaxom
Metilia Stal, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Musonia Stal, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Musoniola Giglio-Tos, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Nesoxypilus Beier, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Odontomantis Saussure, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Oligonicella Giglio-Tos, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Parastagmatoptera Saussure, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Phasmomantis Saussure, 18613SpeciesTaxom
Phyllovates Kirby, 18943SpeciesTaxom
Pogonogaster Rehn, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Pseudacanthops Saussure, 18692SpeciesTaxom
Pseudomiopteryx Saussure, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Pseudomusonia Werner, 18945SpeciesTaxom
Pseudovates Saussure, 1836Stick mantises2SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoxypilus Giglio-Tos, 17881SpeciesTaxom
Raptrix Terra, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Stagmatoptera Burmeister, 18944SpeciesTaxom
Stagmomantis Saussure, 187012SpeciesTaxom
Theopompella Giglio-Tos, 18831SpeciesTaxom
Thesprotia Stal, 1894American grass mantises2SpeciesTaxom
Thesprotiella Giglio-Tos, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Thrinaconyx Saussure, 18944SpeciesTaxom
Tithrone Stål, 18702SpeciesTaxom
Vates Burmeister, 19583SpeciesTaxom
Xystropeltis Rehn, 19351SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Costa Rica
84 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acanthops centralis Lombardo & I..., 2004
Acanthops erosula Stal, 1877
Acanthops falcata Stal, 1877Boxer Mantis
Acanthops godmani Saussure & Z..., 1894
Acanthops tuberculata Saussure, 1870
Acanthops tuberculatus Saussure, 1870
Acontiothespis cordillerae Saussure, 1869
Acontiothespis fraterna Saussure & Z..., 1894
Acontiothespis mexicana Saussure & Z..., 1894
Acontiothespis multicolor Saussure, 1870
Acontiothespis vitrea Saussure & Z..., 1894
Acontista cordillerae (Saussure, 1869)⇒ Acontiothespis cordillerae Saussure, 1869
Acontista fraterna (Saussure & Z..., 1894)⇒ Acontiothespis fraterna Saussure & Z..., 1894
Ameles spallanzania Rossi, 1792European dwarf mantis
Angela armata De Hann, 1842
Angela guianensis Rehn, 1906
Angela perpulchra Westwood, 1889
Antemna rapax Stål, 1877
Asiadodis squilla Saussure, 1869Asian Shield Mantis
Chaeteessa caudata Saussure, 1871
Choeradodis rbombicollis Latreille, 1833
Choeradodis rhombicollis Latreille, 1833Peruvian Shield Mantis
Choeradodis rhomboidea Stoll, 1813Hooded Mantis
Ciulfina liturgusa Giglio-Tos, 1915
Deroplatys trigonodera Westwood, 1889Dead Leaf Mantis
Fuga annulipes Serville, 1839
Harpagonyx carlottae (Rehn, 1904)⇒ Pseudomusonia fera Saussure & Z..., 1894
Liturgousa maya (Saussure & Z..., 1894)⇒ Liturgusa maya Saussure & Z..., 1894
Liturgusa annulipes Serville, 1839
Liturgusa atricoxata Beier, 1931
Liturgusa cayennensis Saussure, 1869
Liturgusa charpentieri Giglio-Tos, 1927
Liturgusa cursor Rehn, 1951
Liturgusa maya Saussure & Z..., 1894Mantis
Mantoida schraderi Rehn, 1951
Melliera brevipes Beier, 1935
Melliera chorotega Rehn, 1935
Melliera major Saussure, 1872
Metilia brunnerii Saussure, 1871
Musonia surinama Saussure, 1869
Musoniola dohrniana Saussure & Z..., 1894
Nesoxypilus pseudomyrmex Milledge, 1990
Odontomantis rhyssa Werner, 1930
Oligonicella punctulata Saussure & Z..., 1894
Parastagmatoptera flavoguttata Serville, 1839
Phasmomantis championi Saussure & Z..., 1894
Phasmomantis sumichrasti Saussure, 1861
Phyllovates chlorophaea Blanchard, 1836Mexican unicorn mantis
Phyllovates chlorophaena Blanchard, 1836Texas unicorn mantis
Phyllovates cornuta Saussure & Z..., 1894
Pogonogaster tristani Rehn, 1918
Pseudacanthops caelebs Saussure, 1869
Pseudomiopteryx infuscata Saussure & Z..., 1894
Pseudomusonia fera Saussure & Z..., 1894
Pseudomusonia lineativentri Stål, 1877
Pseudomusonia lineativentris Stål, 1877
Pseudomusonia rapax Saussure & Z..., 1894
Pseudovates chlorophaea Blanchard, 1836
Pseudoxypilus hemerobius Stoll, 1788
Raptrix perspicua Fabricius, 1787
Stagmatoptera biocellata Saussure, 1869
Stagmatoptera insatiabilis (Rehn, 1904)⇒ Stagmomantis theophila Rehn, 1904
Stagmatoptera septentrionalis Saussure & Z..., 1894
Stagmomantis carolina Johansson, 1763Carolina mantid
Stagmomantis centralis (Giglio-Tos, 1917)⇒ Stagmomantis vicina Saussure, 1870
Stagmomantis gracilipes Rehn, 1907Arizona Tan Mantis
Stagmomantis heterogamia Saussure & Z..., 1894
Stagmomantis montana Rehn, 1935Mountain Mantis
Stagmomantis montana montana Saussure & Z..., 1894
Stagmomantis nahua Saussure, 1869Rustic borer
Stagmomantis parvidentata Beier, 1931
Stagmomantis theophila Rehn, 1904
Stagmomantis venusta Saussure & Z..., 1894
Stagmomantis vicina Saussure, 1870
Theopompella heterochroa Gerstaecker, 1883
Thesprotia insolita Rehn, 1935Costa Rican Grass Mantis
Thesprotia macilenta Saussure & Z..., 1894Bolivian Grass Mantis
Thrinaconyx fumosa Saussure & Z..., 1894
Thrinaconyx fumosus Saussure & Z..., 1894
Thrinaconyx kirschianus Saussure & Z..., 1894
Tithrone roseipennis Saussure, 1870
Vates pectinata Saussure, 1871
Vates pectinicornis Stål, 1877
Vates weyrauchi Beier, 1958
Xystropeltis lankesteri Rehn, 1935

Subnodes of Mantodea with occurrences in Costa Rica
SuperfamilyMantoidea
Handlirsch, 1903
3
19
40
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAcanthopidae
Burmeister, 1838
7
17
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAmorphoscelidae
Stål, 1877
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyChaeteessidae
Handlirsch, 1920
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLiturgusidae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
5
10
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyThespidae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
10
15
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Mantodea (Burmeister 1838)
Mantodea (Burmeister 1838)


Links, sources and further information