Checklist of Family Mantidae Burmeister, 1838 (Mantids)
for Cameroon (Central Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 426
5796
18192 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 426
5796
18192 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 408
5715
17984 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 49
507
1065 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Mantodea
Burmeister, 1838
Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids | 10
71
170 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Mantoidea
Handlirsch, 1903
| 2
46
108 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Mantidae
Burmeister, 1838
Mantids, Mantis, Praying Mantis, Praying mantises | 31
80 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Cameroon
31 Genera with 80 Species
| Achlaena Karsch, 1889 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Alalomantis Giglio-Tos, 1889 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Asiadodis Roy, 1869 | Hood Mantis | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Calospilota Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Cataspilota Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Danuria Stal, 1883 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Elaea Stal, 1847 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epitenodera Giglio-Tos, 1963 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Gonypetella Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heterochaeta Westwood, 1841 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Ischnomantis Stal, 1916 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Leptocola Gerstaecker, 1889 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Macrodanuria Sjostedt, 1883 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mantis Linnaeus, 1960 | Mantes | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Miomantis Saussure, 1917 | African praying mantis | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Omomantis Saussure, 1949 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oxyothespis Saussure, 1870 | Grass mantises | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paramantis Ragge & Roy, 1872 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Parentella Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plistospilota Giglio-Tos, 1883 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Polyspilota Burmeister, 1911 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Popa Serville, 0 | Twig Mantises | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Prohierodula Bolivar, 1883 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudostagmatoptera Beier, 1973 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Solygia Stal, 1839 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sphodromantis Stal, 2010 | African mantis | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Statilia Stal, 1871 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stenopyga Karsch, 1963 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Taumantis Giglio-Tos, 1883 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tenodera Burmeister, 1781 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tismomorpha Roy, 1908 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Cameroon
80 Species and 6 Subspecies | Achlaena grandis Westwood, 1889 | | | Alalomantis muta Wood-Mason, 1889 | Cameroon Mantis | | Asiadodis squilla Saussure, 1869 | Asian Shield Mantis | | Calospilota armicollis Karsch, 1892 | | | Calospilota calabarica Westwood, 1889 | | | Calospilota lolodorfana Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Calospilota pulchra Roy, 1991 | | | Calospilota tristis Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Cataspilota calabarica Westwood, 1889 | | | Cataspilota lolodorfana Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Danuria (Danuria) buchholzi Gerstaecker, 1883 | | | Elaea marchali Reich & Fair..., 1847 | | | Epitenodera herbacea Serville, 1839 | | | Epitenodera houyi Werner, 1928 | | | Epitenodera nimbana Roy, 1963 | | | Gonypetella punctata Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | | Heterochaeta bernardii Roy, 1972 | | | Heterochaeta occidentalis Beier, 1963 | | | Heterochaeta tenuipes (Westwood, 1841) | ⇒ Heterochaeta occidentalis Beier, 1963 | | Ischnomantis gigas Saussure, 1870 | | | Ischnomantis werneri Giglio-Tos, 1916 | | | Leptocola gracillima Gerstaecker, 1883 | | | Leptocola phthisica Saussure, 1869 | | | Leptocola stanleyana Westwood, 1889 | | | Macrodanuria elongata Borre, 1883 | | | Mantis eichleri | | | Mantis insignis Beier, 1954 | | | Mantis religiosa Linnaeus, 1758 | European mantid | | Mantis religiosa eichleri Bazyluk, 1960 | | | Miomantis diademata Werner, 1916 | | | Miomantis milmilena Giglio-Tos, 1917 | | | Miomantis misana Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Miomantis paykullii Stal, 1871 | Egyptian mantis | | Miomantis preussi Karsch, 1892 | | | Miomantis steelae Uvarov, 1935 | | | Miomantis togana Giglio-Tos, 1917 | | | Omomantis sigma Rehn, 1949 | | | Oxyothespis senegalensis Saussure, 1870 | | | Paramantis natalensis Stal, 1856 | | | Paramantis nyassana Giglio-Tos, 1912 | | | Paramantis sacra Thunberg, 1815 | | | Paramantis togana Giglio-Tos, 1912 | | | Paramantis victoriana Werner, 1908 | | | Paramantis viridis Saussure, 1872 | | | Parentella major Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | | Plistospilota camerunensis Giglio-Tos, 1917 | | | Plistospilota guineensis Roy, 1965 | Giant Mantis | | Plistospilota insignis Wood-Mason, 1882 | | | Plistospilota maxima Giglio-Tos, 1917 | | | Plistospilota nigerica Giglio-Tos, 1917 | | | Plistospilota validissima Gerstaecker, 1883 | | | Polyspilota aeruginosa Goeze, 1778 | Madagascan Marbled Mantis | | Polyspilota griffinii Giglio-Tos, 1911 | Griffin Mantis | | Popa spurca (Stal, 1856) | ⇒ Popa undata | | Popa spurca spurca Stal, 1856 | | | Popa undata | | | Prohierodula brunnea La Greca, 1956 | | | Prohierodula flavipennis Karsch, 1892 | | | Prohierodula laticollis Karsch, 1892 | | | Prohierodula mundamensis Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Prohierodula picta Gerstaecker, 1883 | | | Pseudostagmatoptera infuscata Roy, 1973 | | | Solygia sulcatifrons Serville, 1839 | | | Sphodromantis aureoides Roy, 2010 | | | Sphodromantis biocellata Werner, 1906 | | | Sphodromantis centralis Rehn, 1914 | African Mantis | | Sphodromantis congica Beier, 1931 | Congo Mantis | | Sphodromantis gastrica Stål, 1858 | African Mantis | | Sphodromantis lineola Burmeister, 1838 | African Lined Mantis | | Sphodromantis lineola lineola Burmeister, 1838 | | | Sphodromantis lineola pinguis Roy, 1968 | | | Sphodromantis occidentalis (Werner, 1906) | ⇒ Sphodromantis gastrica Stål, 1858 | | Sphodromantis pavonina La Greca, 1955 | | | Sphodromantis pinguis | | | Sphodromantis viridis Forskal, 1775 | African Giant Praying Mantis | | Sphodromantis viridis occidentalis Werner, 1906 | | | Sphodromantis werneri Roy, 2010 | | | Statilia apicalis Saussure, 1871 | | | Stenopyga (Stenopyga) extera Karsch, 1892 | | | Stenopyga (Stenopyga) tenera Werner, 1908 | | | Stenopyga (Stenopyga) ziela Roy, 1963 | | | Taumantis cephalotes Gerstaecker, 1883 | | | Tenodera superstitiosa Fabricius, 1781 | | | Tenodera superstitiosa superstitiosa Fabricius, 1781 | | | Tismomorpha inexpectata La Greca, 1966 | | | Tismomorpha vitripennis Bolivar, 1908 | |
Subnodes of Mantidae with occurrences in Cameroon | Subfamily | Amelinae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
| 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Angelinae
Beier, 1964
| 2
6 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Choeradodinae
Kirby, 1904
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Chroicopterinae
Saussure, 1869
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Dystactinae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Hierodulinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Giant Oriental Praying Mantises | 1
2 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Mantinae
Burmeister, 1838
| 14
48 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Miomantinae
Westwood, 1889
| 4
11 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Oxyothespinae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Vatinae
Saussure, 1893
| 4
7 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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