Checklist for Family Mantidae Burmeister, 1838 (Mantids)
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
| | Family | Mantidae
Burmeister, 1838
Mantids, Mantis, Praying Mantis, Praying mantises | 23
39 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Cape
23 Genera with 39 Species #ABCDEGHILMNOPSY
| Asiadodis Roy, 1869 | Hood Mantis | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bolbella Giglio-Tos, 1871 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Carvilia Stal, 1996 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chroicoptera Stal, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cilnia Stal, 1871 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Compsothespis Saussure, 1872 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dystacta Saussure, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dystactula Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Entella Stal, 1839 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Geothespis Giglio-Tos, 1916 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heterochaeta Westwood, 1963 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ischnomantis Stal, 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ligariella Giglio-Tos, 1899 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mantis Linnaeus, 1815 | Mantes | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Miomantis Saussure, 1872 | African praying mantis | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Namamantis Kaltenbach, 1996 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Neocilnia Beier, 1930 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Omomantis Saussure, 1843 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paramantis Ragge & Roy, 1815 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polyspilota Burmeister, 1911 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Popa Serville, 0 | Twig Mantises | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Sphodromantis Stal, 1858 | African mantis | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Yersiniops Hebard, 1908 | Grasshopper Mantids | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Cape
39 Species and 2 Subspecies | Asiadodis squilla Saussure, 1869 | Asian Shield Mantis | | Bolbella punctigera Stal, 1871 | | | Carvilia gracilis Kaltenbach, 1996 | | | Chroicoptera saussurei Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | | Cilnia humeralis Saussure, 1871 | Wide-armed Mantis | | Cilnia humeralis humeralis Saussure, 1871 | | | Compsothespis anomala Saussure, 1872 | | | Dystacta alticeps Schaum, 1852 | | | Dystactula grisea Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | | Entella (Entella) delalandi Saussure, 1870 | | | Entella (Entella) exilis Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | | Entella (Entella) nebulosa Serville, 1839 | | | Geothespis australis Giglio-Tos, 1916 | | | Heterochaeta occidentalis Beier, 1963 | | | Ischnomantis fatiloqua Stal, 1856 | | | Ligariella trigonalis Saussure, 1899 | | | Mantis religiosa Linnaeus, 1758 | European mantid | | Mantis sacra (Thunberg, 1815) | ⇒ Paramantis sacra Thunberg, 1815 | | Miomantis brachyptera Saussure, 1899 | | | Miomantis caffra (Saussure, 1871) | ⇒ Miomantis monacha Fabricius, 1787 | | Miomantis coxalis Saussure, 1898 | | | Miomantis exilis Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Miomantis fenestrata Fabricius, 1781 | | | Miomantis minuta Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Miomantis monacha Fabricius, 1787 | | | Miomantis prasina Burmeister, 1838 | | | Miomantis quadripunctata Saussure, 1898 | | | Miomantis semialata Saussure, 1872 | | | Namamantis cruciata Beier, 1953 | | | Namamantis nigropunctata Kaltenbach, 1996 | | | Neocilnia gracilis Beier, 1930 | | | Omomantis zebrata Charpentier, 1843 | | | Paramantis sacra Thunberg, 1815 | | | Polyspilota aeruginosa Goeze, 1778 | Madagascan Marbled Mantis | | Polyspilota caffra Westwood, 1889 | | | Polyspilota magna Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Popa spurca (Stal, 1856) | ⇒ Popa undata | | Popa spurca spurca Stal, 1856 | | | Popa undata | | | Sphodromantis gastrica Stål, 1858 | African Mantis | | Yersiniops sophronica Rehn & Hebard, 1908 | Yersin´s ground mantis |
Subnodes of Mantidae with occurrences in Cape
Links, sources and further information Mantidae at gbif.org
Mantidae at irmng.org
Mantidae at itis.gov
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