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Checklist for Order Mantodea Burmeister, 1838 (Mantes)
and region Kenya (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
503
7105
22102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
501
7100
22096
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
482
7015
21853
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
60
436
1014
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mantodea
Burmeister, 1838
Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids
9
78
213
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Kenya
9 Families width 213 Species and 14 Subspecies
Amorphoscelidae Stål, 18773SpeciesTaxom
Empusidae Burmeister, 1838Violin mantises6SpeciesTaxom
Eremiaphilidae Wood-Mason, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Hymenopodidae Giglio-Tos, 1919Flower mimic mantises35SpeciesTaxom
Iridopterygidae Giglio-Tos, 19198SpeciesTaxom
Liturgusidae Giglio-Tos, 19192SpeciesTaxom
Mantidae Burmeister, 1838Mantids109SpeciesTaxom
Tarachodidae Handlirsch, 193040SpeciesTaxom
Thespidae Giglio-Tos, 19199SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Mantodea with occurrences in Kenya
SuperfamilyMantoidea
Handlirsch, 1903
2
53
144
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyAmorphoscelidae
Stål, 1877
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyEmpusidae
Burmeister, 1838
Violin mantises
3
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyEremiaphilidae
Wood-Mason, 1889
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyIridopterygidae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
5
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyLiturgusidae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyTarachodidae
Handlirsch, 1930
13
40
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyThespidae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
1
9
Genus
Species

Taxom



Mantodea (Burmeister 1838)
Mantodea (Burmeister 1838)


Links, sources and further information
Mantodea at mantodea.speciesfile.org
Mantodea at papua-insects.nl
Mantodea at gbif.org
Mantodea at irmng.org
Mantodea at itis.gov
Mantodea at itis.gov