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Checklist for Family Empusidae Burmeister, 1838 (Violin mantises)
and region Chad (Central Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
187
1189
2396
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
186
1188
2395
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
178
1169
2356
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
24
135
226
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mantodea
Burmeister, 1838
Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids
8
22
36
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpusidae
Burmeister, 1838
Violin mantises
2
3
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Chad
2 Genera with 3 Species
Blepharodes Bolivar, 19302SpeciesTaxom
Blepharopsis Rehn, 19172SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Chad
3 Species and 1 Subspecies
Blepharodes candelarius Bolivar, 1890
Blepharodes parumspinosus Beier, 1930
Blepharopsis mendica Fabricius, 1775Arab Mantis
Blepharopsis mendica nuda Giglio-Tos, 1917

Subnodes of Empusidae with occurrences in Chad
SubfamilyBlepharodinae
Beier, 1964
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom



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