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Checklist for Family Hymenopodidae Giglio-Tos, 1919 (Flower mimic mantises)
and region Cape (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
630
8507
21838
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
628
8495
21797
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
600
8347
21509
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
73
439
938
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mantodea
Burmeister, 1838
Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids
6
39
61
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Mantoidea
Handlirsch, 1903
2
29
46
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyHymenopodidae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
Flower mimic mantises
6
7
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cape
6 Genera with 7 Species
Harpagomantis Kirby, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Oxypilus Serville, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Phyllocrania Burmeister, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Pseudocreobotra Saussure, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoxypilus Giglio-Tos, 17881SpeciesTaxom
Setoxypilus Roy, 17871SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape
7 Species
Harpagomantis discolor Stål, 1877
Harpagomantis tricolor Linné, 1758
Oxypilus (Anoxypilus) capensis (Saussure, 1871)⇒ Setoxypilus nasutus Fabricius, 1787
Phyllocrania paradoxa Burmeister, 1838Ghost Mantis
Pseudocreobotra wahlbergi Stål, 1871Spiny Flower Mantis
Pseudoxypilus hemerobius Stoll, 1788
Setoxypilus nasutus Fabricius, 1787

Subnodes of Hymenopodidae with occurrences in Cape
SubfamilyEpaphroditinae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHymenopodinae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOxypilinae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Hymenopodidae at gbif.org
Hymenopodidae at irmng.org
Hymenopodidae at itis.gov