Checklist of Family Mantidae Burmeister, 1838 (Mantids)
for Botswana (Southern Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 315
2337
4562 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 313
2335
4557 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 297
2273
4403 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 30
124
163 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Mantodea
Burmeister, 1838
Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids | 5
26
36 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Mantoidea
Handlirsch, 1903
| 2
19
27 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Mantidae
Burmeister, 1838
Mantids, Mantis, Praying Mantis, Praying mantises | 15
22 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Botswana
15 Genera with 22 Species | Bisanthe Stal, 0 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cilnia Stal, 1871 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Danuria Stal, 1856 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dystacta Saussure, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gonypetella Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Heterochaeta Westwood, 1963 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ligaria Stål, 0 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Ligariella Giglio-Tos, 1899 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mantis Linnaeus, 1758 | Mantes | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Miomantis Saussure, 1911 | African praying mantis | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Omomantis Saussure, 1843 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oxyothespis Saussure, 1996 | Grass mantises | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parentella Giglio-Tos, 1908 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Popa Serville, 1856 | Twig Mantises | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sphodromantis Stal, 1858 | African mantis | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Botswana
22 Species and 4 Subspecies | Bisanthe menyharthi raggei Kaltenbach, 1994 | | | Bisanthe pulchripennis Stål, 1876 | | | Bisanthe raggei | | | Cilnia chopardi Werner, 1927 | | | Cilnia humeralis Saussure, 1871 | Wide-armed Mantis | | Danuria (Danuria) thunbergi Stal, 1856 | | | Dystacta alticeps Schaum, 1852 | | | Gonypetella kilimandjarica Sjöstedt, 1909 | | | Gonypetella kilimandjarica kilimandjarica Sjostedt, 1909 | | | Gonypetella kilimandjarica similis (Giglio-Tos, 1915) | ⇒ Gonypetella kilimandjarica kilimandjarica Sjostedt, 1909 | | Gonypetella similis | ⇒ Gonypetella kilimandjarica Sjöstedt, 1909 | | Heterochaeta occidentalis Beier, 1963 | | | Ligaria brevicollis ignota Kaltenbach, 1996 | | | Ligaria aberrans Karny, 1908 | | | Ligaria affinis Kaltenbach, 1996 | | | Ligaria ignota | | | Ligariella trigonalis Saussure, 1899 | | | Mantis religiosa Linnaeus, 1758 | European mantid | | Miomantis exilis Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Omomantis zebrata Charpentier, 1843 | | | Oxyothespis meridionalis Kaltenbach, 1996 | Firtree borer | | Parentella laticollis Karny, 1908 | | | Popa spurca (Stal, 1856) | ⇒ Popa undata | | Sphodromantis gastrica Stål, 1858 | African Mantis |
Subnodes of Mantidae with occurrences in Botswana
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