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Checklist for Family Amorphoscelidae Stål, 1877
and region West Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
614
13248
40770
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
610
13239
40744
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
581
13079
40224
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
78
771
1758
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mantodea
Burmeister, 1838
Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids
13
96
243
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAmorphoscelidae
Stål, 1877
7
24
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for West Africa
7 Genera with 24 Species
Amorphoscelis Stål, 191315SpeciesTaxom
Bolivaroscelis Roy, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Caudatoscelis Roy, 19652SpeciesTaxom
Gigliotoscelis Roy, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Maculatoscelis Roy, 19653SpeciesTaxom
Nesoxypilus Beier, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Paramorphoscelis Werner, 19071SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Africa
24 Species
Amorphoscelis ascalaphoides (Bolivar, 1908)⇒ Maculatoscelis ascalaphoides Bolivar, 1908
Amorphoscelis chopardi Roy, 1962
Amorphoscelis elegans Giglio-Tos, 1913
Amorphoscelis gnffini Giglio-Tos, 1913
Amorphoscelis grisea Giglio-Tos, 1931
Amorphoscelis lagrecai (Roy, 1964)⇒ Caudatoscelis lagrecai Roy, 1964
Amorphoscelis lamottei Roy, 1963
Amorphoscelis laxeretis Karsch, 1894
Amorphoscelis maculata (Roy, 1965)⇒ Maculatoscelis maculata Roy, 1965
Amorphoscelis nigriventer Beier, 1930
Amorphoscelis pallida Giglio-Tos, 1913
Amorphoscelis pulchra Bolivar, 1908
Amorphoscelis punctata Bolivar, 1908
Amorphoscelis simulans (Giglio-Tos, 1913)⇒ Gigliotoscelis simulans Giglio-Tos, 1913
Amorphoscelis tigrina Giglio-Tos, 1913
Bolivaroscelis werneri Roy, 1962
Caudatoscelis lagrecai Roy, 1964
Caudatoscelis marmorata Roy, 1965
Gigliotoscelis simulans Giglio-Tos, 1913
Maculatoscelis ascalaphoides Bolivar, 1908
Maculatoscelis gilloni Roy, 1964
Maculatoscelis maculata Roy, 1965
Nesoxypilus pseudomyrmex Milledge, 1990
Paramorphoscelis gondokorensis Werner, 1907

Subnodes of Amorphoscelidae with occurrences in West Africa
SubfamilyAmorphoscelinae
Stål, 1877
5
22
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyParaoxypilinae
Giglio-Tos, 1913
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPerlamantinae
Giglio-Tos, 1913
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



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