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Checklist for Order Mantodea Burmeister, 1838 (Mantes)
and region Papua New Guinea (Melanesia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
458
5336
18787
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
455
5331
18781
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
433
5239
18576
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
45
249
594
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mantodea
Burmeister, 1838
Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids
5
15
29
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Papua New Guinea
5 Families width 29 Species and 2 Subspecies
Hymenopodidae Giglio-Tos, 1919Flower mimic mantises1SpeciesTaxom
Amorphoscelidae Stål, 18772SpeciesTaxom
Iridopterygidae Giglio-Tos, 19193SpeciesTaxom
Mantidae Burmeister, 1838Mantids21SpeciesTaxom
Liturgusidae Giglio-Tos, 19192SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Papua New Guinea
15 Genera with 29 Species
Acromantis Saussure, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Amorphoscelis Stål, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Gyromantis Giglio-Tos, 1872Bark Mantises1SpeciesTaxom
Hedigerella Werner, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Hierodula Burmeister, 1792Giant Asian mantis9SpeciesTaxom
Mantis Linnaeus, 1758Mantes3SpeciesTaxom
Mellierella Giglio-Tos, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Orthodera Burmeister, 1841New Zealand praying mantis3SpeciesTaxom
Pseudomantis Saussure, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Rhombodera Burmeister, 1929Hood Mantis1SpeciesTaxom
Statilia Stal, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Stenomantis Saussure, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Tamolanica Werner, 1923Hood Mantis2SpeciesTaxom
Tenodera Burmeister, 18533SpeciesTaxom
Tylomantis Westwood, 18892SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Papua New Guinea
29 Species and 2 Subspecies
Acromantis australis Saussure, 1871Island Mantis
Amorphoscelis papua Giglio-Tos, 1914
Gyromantis kraussii Saussure, 1872Spiny Bark Mantis
Hedigerella fasciatella Werner, 1932
Hierodula (Hierodula) majuscula Tindale, 1923Petrunkevitch´s cave beetle
Hierodula (Hierodula) patellifera Serville, 1839Asian Mantis
Hierodula lamasonga Giglio-Tos, 1912Nelson´s cave beetle
Hierodula pulchra Giglio-Tos, 1912
Hierodula pygmaea Werner, 1933
Hierodula ralumina Giglio-Tos, 1917
Hierodula sternosticta Wood-Mason, 1882
Hierodula sternosticta sternosticta Wood-Mason, 1882
Hierodula venosa Olivier, 1792
Mantis octospilota Westwood, 1889Blackbarred Mantid
Mantis religiosa Linnaeus, 1758European mantid
Mantis religiosa religiosa Linné, 1758
Mellierella biroi Giglio-Tos, 1915
Orthodera burmeisteri Wood-Mason, 1889Burmeister mantid
Orthodera gunni Le Guillou, 1841
Orthodera gunnii Le Guillou, 1841
Pseudomantis albofimbriata Stål, 1860False garden mantid
Rhombodera papuana Werner, 1929Painted hickory borer
Statilia apicalis Saussure, 1871
Stenomantis novaeguineae De Haan, 1842
Tamolanica katauana Giglio-Tos, 1912
Tamolanica tamolana Werner, 1923New Guinea shield mantis
Tenodera australasiae Leach, 1814Australian mantid
Tenodera blanchardi Giglio-Tos, 1912
Tenodera costalis Blanchard, 1853
Tylomantis armillata Beier, 1966
Tylomantis fuliginosa Westwood, 1889

Subnodes of Mantodea with occurrences in Papua New Guinea
SuperfamilyMantoidea
Handlirsch, 1903
2
9
22
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyAmorphoscelidae
Stål, 1877
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyIridopterygidae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyLiturgusidae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
2
2
Genera
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