Checklist of Order Mantodea Burmeister, 1838 (Mantes)
for Sri Lanka (South Asia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 526
6183
14457 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 523
6178
14450 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 501
6074
14217 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 62
427
804 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Mantodea
Burmeister, 1838
Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids | 9
42
64 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Sri Lanka
9 Families width 64 Species and 1 Subspecies
Genera for Sri Lanka
42 Genera with 64 Species
| Aethalochroa Wood-Mason, 1841 | Stick Mantises | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Amantis Giglio-Tos, 1908 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ambivia Stal, 1877 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Amorphoscelis Stål, 1942 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Armeniola Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Asiadodis Roy, 1869 | Hood Mantis | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Calofulcinia Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cheddikulama Henry, 1927 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Choeradodis Serville, 1758 | Hood Mantis | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Compsomantis Saussure, 1929 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Creobroter Westwood, 1859 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Deiphobe Stal, 1870 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Deiphobella Giglio-Tos, 1876 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Didymocorypha Wood-Mason, 1798 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dysaules Stål, 1932 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Elmantis Giglio-Tos, 1869 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Euantissa Giglio-Tos, 1787 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Galepsus Stål, 1883 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gongylus Thunberg, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hapalopeza Stål, 1889 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hapalopezella Giglio-Tos, 1904 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hestiasula Saussure, 1956 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Heterochaetula Wood-Mason, 1927 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hierodula Burmeister, 1932 | Giant Asian mantis | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Humbertiella Saussure, 1891 | bark mantis | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Iridopteryx Saussure, 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptomantella Uvarov, 1956 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Mantis Linnaeus, 1758 | Mantes | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Metacromantis Beier, 1930 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Micromantis Saussure, 1870 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Muscimantis Henry, 1931 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Odontomantis Saussure, 1792 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Oxyophthalma Saussure, 1861 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Parathespis Saussure, 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pezomantis Uvarov, 1927 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudoxypilus Giglio-Tos, 1788 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhombodera Burmeister, 1878 | Hood Mantis | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Schizocephala Serville, 1758 | Order | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Statilia Stal, 1784 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tenodera Burmeister, 1792 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Toxoderopsis Wood-Mason, 1889 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tropidomantis Stal, 1877 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Sri Lanka
64 Species and 1 Subspecies | Aethalochroa ashmoliana Westwood, 1841 | Iranian Stick Mantis | | Amantis nawai Shiraki, 1908 | | | Ambivia popa (Stål, 1877) | ⇒ Ambivia undata Fabricius, 1793 | | Amorphoscelis annulicornis Stål, 1871 | | | Amorphoscelis brunneipennis Beier, 1956 | | | Amorphoscelis ceylonica (Roy, 1965) | ⇒ Amorphoscelis pellucida Westwood, 1889 | | Amorphoscelis pellucida Westwood, 1889 | | | Amorphoscelis spinosa Beier, 1942 | | | Armeniola laevis Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | | Asiadodis squilla Saussure, 1869 | Asian Shield Mantis | | Calofulcinia vindula Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | | Cheddikulama straminea Giglio-Tos, 1927 | | | Choeradodis cancellata (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Choeradodis strumaria Linnaeus, 1758 | | Choeradodis squilla (Saussure, 1869) | ⇒ Asiadodis squilla Saussure, 1869 | | Choeradodis strumaria Linnaeus, 1758 | Leaf Mantis | | Compsomantis ceylonica Werner, 1929 | | | Creobroter pictipennis Wood-Mason, 1878 | Indian Flower Mantis | | Creobroter signifer Walker, 1859 | | | Deiphobe infuscata Saussure, 1870 | | | Deiphobella laticeps Wood-Mason, 1876 | | | Didymocorypha lanceolata Fabricius, 1798 | | | Dysaules uvana Henry, 1932 | | | Elmantis lata Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | | Elmantis trincomaliae Saussure, 1869 | | | Euantissa pulchra Fabricius, 1787 | | | Galepsus (Lygdamia) oxycephalus Gerstaecker, 1883 | | | Gongylus gongylodes Linnaeus, 1758 | Indian Rose Mantis | | Hapalopeza (Hapalopeza) tigrina Westwood, 1889 | | | Hapalopezella maculata Kirby, 1904 | | | Hestiasula brunneriana Saussure, 1871 | | | Hestiasula ceylonica Beier, 1956 | | | Heterochaetula straminea Giglio-Tos, 1927 | | | Hierodula dyaka Westwood, 1889 | | | Hierodula harpyia Westwood, 1889 | Illinois cave beetle | | Hierodula membranacea Burmeister, 1838 | Giant Asian mantis | | Hierodula tenuidentata Saussure, 1869 | Giant Asian Mantis | | Hierodula unimaculata Olivier, 1792 | | | Hierodula versicolor Henry, 1932 | | | Humbertiella affinis Giglio-Tos, 1917 | | | Humbertiella ceylonica Saussure, 1869 | | | Humbertiella indica Saussure, 1869 | | | Humbertiella similis Giglio-Tos, 1917 | | | Humbertiella taprobanarum Wood-Mason, 1891 | | | Iridopteryx iridipennis Saussure, 1869 | | | Leptomantella (Leptomantella) ceylonica Beier, 1956 | | | Mantis religiosa Linnaeus, 1758 | European mantid | | Metacromantis oxyops Beier, 1930 | | | Micromantis glauca Saussure, 1870 | | | Muscimantis montana Henry, 1931 | | | Odontomantis micans Saussure, 1871 | | | Odontomantis pulchra Olivier, 1792 | | | Oxyophthalma engaea Wood-Mason, 1889 | | | Oxyophthalma engaeus Wood-Mason, 1889 | | | Oxyophthalma gracillis Saussure, 1861 | | | Parathespis humbertiana Saussure, 1869 | | | Pezomantis henryi Uvarov, 1927 | | | Pseudoxypilus hemerobius Stoll, 1788 | | | Rhombodera taprobana Wood-Mason, 1878 | | | Rhombodera taprobanae Wood-Mason, 1878 | | | Schizocephala bicornis Linné, 1758 | | | Statilia maculata Thunberg, 1784 | Ko-kamakiri {Japanese} | | Statilia maculata maculata Thungberg, 1784 | | | Tenodera aridifolia Stoll, 1813 | Chinese Mantis | | Tenodera fasciata Olivier, 1792 | | | Toxoderopsis spinigera Wood-Mason, 1889 | |
Subnodes of Mantodea with occurrences in Sri Lanka
 | | Mantodea (Burmeister 1838) |
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