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Checklist for Family Empusidae Burmeister, 1838 (Violin mantises)
and region Egypt (Near East)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
355
2690
5936
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
354
2687
5927
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
344
2654
5866
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
36
132
227
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mantodea
Burmeister, 1838
Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids
4
21
61
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpusidae
Burmeister, 1838
Violin mantises
5
6
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Egypt
5 Genera with 6 Species
Blepharodes Bolivar, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Blepharopsis Rehn, 17752SpeciesTaxom
Cephalomantis Gistel, 18562SpeciesTaxom
Dilatempusa Roy, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Hypsicorypha Krauss, 18381SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Egypt
6 Species and 2 Subspecies
Blepharodes cornutus cornutus Schulthess, 1894
Blepharopsis mendica Fabricius, 1775Arab Mantis
Blepharopsis mendica mendica Fabricius, 1775
Cephalomantis gracilis Gistel, 1856
Cephalomantis vindipennis Gistel, 1856
Dilatempusa aegyptiaca Giglio-Tos, 1917
Hypsicorypha gracilis Burmeister, 1838Sublime Conehead Mantis

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

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpusinae
Burmeister, 1838
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom



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