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Checklist for Family Acanthopidae Burmeister, 1838
and region French Guiana (Northern South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
380
5457
14498
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
380
5457
14498
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
361
5373
14341
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
55
433
792
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mantodea
Burmeister, 1838
Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids
8
46
95
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAcanthopidae
Burmeister, 1838
12
24
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for French Guiana
12 Genera with 24 Species
Acanthops Serville, 18705SpeciesTaxom
Acontiothespis Rehn, 19124SpeciesTaxom
Acontista Saussure, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Callibia Stal, 18131SpeciesTaxom
Lagrecacanthops Roy, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Metilia Stal, 18712SpeciesTaxom
Ovalimantis Roy, 20151SpeciesTaxom
Paratithrone Lombardo, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Pseudacanthops Saussure, 18704SpeciesTaxom
Raptrix Terra, 17872SpeciesTaxom
Stenophylla Westwood, 20051SpeciesTaxom
Tithrone Stål, 18701SpeciesTaxom


Species list for French Guiana
24 Species
Acanthops erosula Stal, 1877
Acanthops falcataria Goeze, 1778South American Dead Leaf Mantis
Acanthops fuscifolia (Olivier, 1792)⇒ Acanthops falcataria Goeze, 1778
Acanthops soukana Roy, 2002
Acanthops tuberculatus Saussure, 1870
Acontiothespis cayennensis Saussure & Z..., 1894
Acontiothespis chopardi Giglio-Tos, 1927
Acontiothespis cordillerae Saussure, 1869
Acontiothespis maroniensis Chopard, 1912
Acontista gracilis Chopard, 1911
Callibia diana Stoll, 1813
Lagrecacanthops guyanensis Roy, 2004
Metilia amazonica Beier, 1930
Metilia brunnerii Saussure, 1871
Ovalimantis maculata Roy, 2015
Paratithrone royi Lombardo, 1995
Pseudacanthops angulata Lichtenstein, 1802
Pseudacanthops caelebs Saussure, 1869
Pseudacanthops spinulosa Saussure, 1870
Pseudacanthops spinulosus Saussure, 1870
Raptrix fusca (Olivier, 1792)⇒ Raptrix perspicua Fabricius, 1787
Raptrix perspicua Fabricius, 1787
Stenophylla gallardi Roy, 2005
Tithrone roseipennis Saussure, 1870

Subnodes of Acanthopidae with occurrences in French Guiana
SubfamilyAcanthopinae
Burmeister, 1838
4
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyAcontiothespinae
Hebard, 1924
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyAcontistinae
Hebard, 1924
6
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyStenophyllinae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Acanthopidae at gbif.org
Acanthopidae at irmng.org