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Checklist for Tribe Acanthopini
and region America (Continents)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1321
50475
424947
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1315
50409
424765
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1179
49568
420027
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
227
3446
17386
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mantodea
Burmeister, 1838
Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids
14
135
589
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAcanthopidae
Burmeister, 1838
15
102
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyAcanthopinae
Burmeister, 1838
6
40
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeAcanthopini
6
40
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for America
6 Genera with 40 Species
Acanthops Serville, 187023SpeciesTaxom
Astollia Kirby, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Lagrecacanthops Roy, 20042SpeciesTaxom
Metilia Stal, 18713SpeciesTaxom
Miracanthops Roy, 20045SpeciesTaxom
Pseudacanthops Saussure, 18706SpeciesTaxom


Species list for America
40 Species
Acanthops amazonica (Beier, 1930)⇒ Metilia amazonica Beier, 1930
Acanthops angulata (Goeze, 1778)⇒ Acanthops royi Lombardo & I..., 2004
Acanthops bidens Hebard, 1922
Acanthops centralis Lombardo & I..., 2004
Acanthops chocoensis Salazar, 2005
Acanthops coloradensis Salazar, Gon..., 2011
Acanthops contorta (Gerstaecker, 1889)⇒ Acanthops falcataria Goeze, 1778
Acanthops elegans Lombardo & I..., 2004
Acanthops erosa (Serville, 1839)⇒ Acanthops falcataria Goeze, 1778
Acanthops erosula Stal, 1877
Acanthops falcata Stal, 1877Boxer Mantis
Acanthops falcataria Goeze, 1778South American Dead Leaf Mantis
Acanthops fuscifolia (Olivier, 1792)⇒ Acanthops falcataria Goeze, 1778
Acanthops godmani Saussure & Z..., 1894
Acanthops mortuifolia (Goeze, 1778)⇒ Acanthops royi Lombardo & I..., 2004
Acanthops occidentalis Lombardo & I..., 2004
Acanthops onorei Lombardo & I..., 2004
Acanthops parafalcata Lombardo & I..., 2004South American Dead Leaf Mantis
Acanthops parva Beier, 1941
Acanthops royi Lombardo & I..., 2004
Acanthops soukana Roy, 2002
Acanthops tuberculata Saussure, 1870
Acanthops tuberculatus Saussure, 1870
Astollia chloris Olivier, 1792
Lagrecacanthops brasiliensis Roy, 2004
Lagrecacanthops guyanensis Roy, 2004
Metilia amazonica Beier, 1930
Metilia boliviana Werner, 1927
Metilia brunnerii Saussure, 1871
Miracanthops eseejja Rivera, 2005
Miracanthops essjja Rivera, 2005
Miracanthops lombardoi Roy, 2004
Miracanthops occidentalis Lombardo & I..., 2004
Miracanthops poulaini Roy, 2004
Pseudacanthops angulata Lichtenstein, 1802
Pseudacanthops caelebs Saussure, 1869
Pseudacanthops clorindae Lombardo, Ip..., 2013
Pseudacanthops lobipes La Greca & L..., 1997
Pseudacanthops spinulosa Saussure, 1870
Pseudacanthops spinulosus Saussure, 1870