Checklist of Order Mantodea Burmeister, 1838 (Mantes)
for Gauteng (Republic South Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 331
2962
5500 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 330
2961
5499 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 313
2903
5412 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 28
103
118 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Mantodea
Burmeister, 1838
Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids | 4
23
28 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Gauteng
4 Families width 28 Species and 2 Subspecies
Genera for Gauteng
23 Genera with 28 Species
| Bisanthe Stal, 1876 | | 2 | 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 | | Entelloptera Beier, 1927 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Episcopomantis Uvarov, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epitenodera Giglio-Tos, 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Galepsus Stål, 1954 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Harpagomantis Kirby, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hemiempusa Saussure & Z..., 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ischnomantis Stal, 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ligaria Stål, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mantis Linnaeus, 1758 | Mantes | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Miomantis Saussure, 1911 | African praying mantis | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Omomantis Saussure, 1843 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phyllocrania Burmeister, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polyspilota Burmeister, 1889 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Popa Serville, 1856 | Twig Mantises | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudocreobotra Saussure, 1871 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrgomantis Gerstaecker, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sphodromantis Stal, 1838 | African mantis | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tarachodes Burmeister, 1871 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Gauteng
28 Species and 2 Subspecies | Bisanthe lagrecai Kaltenbach, 1996 | | | Bisanthe pulchripennis Stål, 1876 | | | 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 | | | Entelloptera rogenhoferi maesta Rehn, 1927 | | | Episcopomantis chalybea Burmeister, 1838 | | | Epitenodera capitata de Saussure, 1869 | | | Galepsus (Lygdamia) lenticularis Saussure, 1872 | | | Galepsus (Onychogalepsus) transvaalensis (Beier, 1954) | ⇒ Onychogalepsus transvaalensis Beier, 1954 | | Harpagomantis tricolor Linné, 1758 | | | Hemiempusa capensis Burmeister, 1838 | | | Ischnomantis fatiloqua Stal, 1856 | | | Ligaria quadrinotata Chopard, 1914 | | | Mantis religiosa Linnaeus, 1758 | European mantid | | Miomantis caffra (Saussure, 1871) | ⇒ Miomantis monacha Fabricius, 1787 | | Miomantis exilis Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Omomantis zebrata Charpentier, 1843 | | | Phyllocrania paradoxa Burmeister, 1838 | Ghost Mantis | | Polyspilota aeruginosa Goeze, 1778 | Madagascan Marbled Mantis | | Polyspilota caffra Westwood, 1889 | | | Popa spurca (Stal, 1856) | ⇒ Popa undata | | Pseudocreobotra wahlbergi Stål, 1871 | Spiny Flower Mantis | | Pyrgomantis rhodesica Giglio-Tos, 1917 | | | Sphodromantis gastrica Stål, 1858 | African Mantis | | Sphodromantis lineola Burmeister, 1838 | African Lined Mantis | | Tarachodes (Tarachodes) sanctus Saussure, 1871 | |
Subnodes of Mantodea with occurrences in Gauteng
 | | Mantodea (Burmeister 1838) |
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