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Checklist for Order Mantodea Burmeister, 1838 (Mantes)
and region Tamil Nadu (South India, India)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
287
2180
4314
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
286
2178
4312
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
271
2122
4231
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
31
83
98
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mantodea
Burmeister, 1838
Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids
6
10
12
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Tamil Nadu
6 Families width 12 Species and 2 Subspecies
Mantidae Burmeister, 1838Mantids6SpeciesTaxom
Tarachodidae Handlirsch, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Empusidae Burmeister, 1838Violin mantises1SpeciesTaxom
Liturgusidae Giglio-Tos, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Hymenopodidae Giglio-Tos, 1919Flower mimic mantises2SpeciesTaxom
Thespidae Giglio-Tos, 19191SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Tamil Nadu
10 Genera with 12 Species
Asiadodis Roy, 1869Hood Mantis1SpeciesTaxom
Didymocorypha Wood-Mason, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Gongylus Thunberg, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Gonypeta Saussure, 04SpeciesTaxom
Humbertiella Saussure, 1930bark mantis1SpeciesTaxom
Mantis Linnaeus, 1758Mantes1SpeciesTaxom
Odontomantis Saussure, 17922SpeciesTaxom
Schizocephala Serville, 1758Order1SpeciesTaxom
Tenodera Burmeister, 18131SpeciesTaxom
Thespis Serville, 18891SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tamil Nadu
12 Species and 2 Subspecies
Asiadodis squilla Saussure, 1869Asian Shield Mantis
Didymocorypha lanceolata Fabricius, 1798
Gongylus gongylodes Linnaeus, 1758Indian Rose Mantis
Gonypeta lateralis (Uvarov, 1933)⇒ Gonypeta punctata Haan, 1842
Gonypeta punctata Haan, 1842
Gonypeta punctata lateralis Werner, 1933
Gonypeta punctata punctata
Humbertiella nigrospinosa Sjostedt, 1930
Mantis religiosa Linnaeus, 1758European mantid
Odontomantis planiceps Giglio-Tos, 1913Asian ant mantis
Odontomantis pulchra Olivier, 1792
Schizocephala bicornis Linné, 1758
Tenodera aridifolia Stoll, 1813Chinese Mantis
Thespis dissimilis Westwood, 1889

Subnodes of Mantodea with occurrences in Tamil Nadu
SuperfamilyMantoidea
Handlirsch, 1903
2
6
8
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyEmpusidae
Burmeister, 1838
Violin mantises
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyLiturgusidae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyTarachodidae
Handlirsch, 1930
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyThespidae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
1
1
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