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Checklist for Tribe Acanthopini
and region Brazil (Northern South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
758
16427
71407
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
755
16419
71389
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
702
16115
70324
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
97
1072
3504
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mantodea
Burmeister, 1838
Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids
9
77
272
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAcanthopidae
Burmeister, 1838
12
44
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyAcanthopinae
Burmeister, 1838
4
14
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeAcanthopini
4
14
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Brazil
4 Genera with 14 Species
Acanthops Serville, 18708SpeciesTaxom
Lagrecacanthops Roy, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Metilia Stal, 18712SpeciesTaxom
Pseudacanthops Saussure, 18703SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Brazil
14 Species
Acanthops amazonica (Beier, 1930)⇒ Metilia amazonica Beier, 1930
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 parva Beier, 1941
Acanthops tuberculata Saussure, 1870
Acanthops tuberculatus Saussure, 1870
Lagrecacanthops brasiliensis Roy, 2004
Metilia amazonica Beier, 1930
Metilia brunnerii Saussure, 1871
Pseudacanthops caelebs Saussure, 1869
Pseudacanthops spinulosa Saussure, 1870
Pseudacanthops spinulosus Saussure, 1870