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Checklist for Family Mantidae Burmeister, 1838 (Mantids)
and region Eswatini (Southern Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
171
1130
2108
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
171
1130
2108
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
155
1094
2038
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
18
50
63
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mantodea
Burmeister, 1838
Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids
1
2
4
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Mantoidea
Handlirsch, 1903
1
2
4
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMantidae
Burmeister, 1838
Mantids, Mantis, Praying Mantis, Praying mantises
2
4
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Eswatini
2 Genera with 4 Species
Dystacta Saussure, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Miomantis Saussure, 1872African praying mantis3SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Eswatini
4 Species
Dystacta alticeps Schaum, 1852
Miomantis caffra (Saussure, 1871)⇒ Miomantis monacha Fabricius, 1787
Miomantis monacha Fabricius, 1787
Miomantis semialata Saussure, 1872

Subnodes of Mantidae with occurrences in Eswatini
SubfamilyDystactinae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMiomantinae
Westwood, 1889
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom



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