Species list, Checklist of Order Mantodea (Mantes) for West Bengal (East India, India)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	296 2543 5157	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	295 2542 5156	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	279 2478 5055	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Polyneoptera Martynov, 1923	23 68 80	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Mantodea Burmeister, 1838 Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids	2 5 5	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for West Bengal
2 Families width 5 Species

Hymenopodidae Giglio-Tos, 1919	Flower mimic mantises	2	Species	Taxom
Mantidae (Burmeister, 1838)	Mantids	3	Species	Taxom

Genera for West Bengal
5 Genera with 5 Species

Species list for West Bengal
5 Species

Anaxarcha graminea Stål, 1877
Creobroter gemmatus Stoll, 1813	Indian Flower Mantis
Hierodula tenuidentata Saussure, 1869	Giant Asian Mantis
Schizocephala bicornis Linné, 1758
Tenodera sinensis (Saussure, 1871)	⇒ Tenodera aridifolia Stoll, 1813

Subnodes of Mantodea with occurrences in West Bengal

Superfamily

2
5
5

Families
Genera
Species

Mantodea (Burmeister 1838)

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