Species list, Checklist of Order Mantodea (Mantes) for Karnataka (South India, India)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	232 1417 2486	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	232 1417 2486	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	216 1374 2422	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Polyneoptera Martynov, 1923	24 49 55	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Mantodea Burmeister, 1838 Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids	4 6 9	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Karnataka
4 Families width 9 Species

Genera for Karnataka
6 Genera with 9 Species

Species list for Karnataka
9 Species

Aethalochroa insignis Wood-Mason, 1878	Indian Stick Mantis
Creobroter gemmatus Stoll, 1813	Indian Flower Mantis
Creobroter pictipennis Wood-Mason, 1878	Indian Flower Mantis
Gongylus gongylodes Linnaeus, 1758	Indian Rose Mantis
Hierodula (Hierodula) patellifera Serville, 1839	Asian Mantis
Hierodula coarctata Saussure, 1869
Hierodula tenuidentata Saussure, 1869	Giant Asian Mantis
Odontomantis planiceps Giglio-Tos, 1913	Asian ant mantis
Schizocephala bicornis Linné, 1758

Subnodes of Mantodea with occurrences in Karnataka

Superfamily	Mantoidea Handlirsch, 1903	2 4 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Empusidae Burmeister, 1838 Violin mantises	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Toxoderidae Giglio-Tos, 1919	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom

Mantodea (Burmeister 1838)

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