Checklist of Family Mantidae Burmeister, 1838 (Mantids)
for Europe (Eurasia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 1367
32066
207553 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 1360
32013
207217 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 1178
31231
205088 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 210
1705
5797 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Mantodea
Burmeister, 1838
Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids | 12
53
90 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Mantoidea
Handlirsch, 1903
| 3
38
74 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Mantidae
Burmeister, 1838
Mantids, Mantis, Praying Mantis, Praying mantises | 29
67 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Europe
29 Genera with 67 Species
| Ameles Burmeister, 1903 | | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Apterameles Beier, 1950 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Apteromantis Werner, 1929 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Armene Stal, 1877 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Asiadodis Roy, 1869 | Hood Mantis | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bolbella Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bolivaria Stal, 1773 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Geomantis Pantel, 1896 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Heterochaeta Westwood, 1863 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hierodula Burmeister, 1878 | Giant Asian mantis | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Iris Saussure, 0 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Litaneutria Saussure, 1892 | Ground Mantids | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Mantis Linnaeus, 1758 | Mantes | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Miomantis Saussure, 1787 | African praying mantis | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Omomantis Saussure, 1843 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Orthodera Burmeister, 1882 | New Zealand praying mantis | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Palaeomantis Handlirsch, 1962 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Prochaeradodis Piton, 1940 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Prochoeradodis Piton, 1940 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudoyersinia Kirby, 1942 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Rivetina Berland & Ch..., 0 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Sphodromantis Stal, 1906 | African mantis | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Stagmatoptera Burmeister, 1838 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Stagmomantis Saussure, 1835 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Stagmomantus | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tarachomantis Brancsik, 2013 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tenodera Burmeister, 1871 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Yersinia van Loghem, 1944 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Yersiniops Hebard, 1908 | Grasshopper Mantids | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Europe
67 Species and 8 Subspecies | Ameles abjecta Cyrillo, 1787 | | | Ameles africana Bolivar, 1914 | | | Ameles andreae Galvagni, 1976 | Galvagni Dwarf Mantis | | Ameles assoi Bolivar, 1873 | Asso's Dwarf Mantis | | Ameles decolor Charpentier, 1825 | Dwarf Mantis | | Ameles fasciipennis Kaltenbach, 1963 | Spined dwarf mantis | | Ameles gracilis Brullé, 1840 | Delicate Dwarf Mantis | | Ameles heldreichi Brunner von ..., 1882 | Heldreich's Dwarf Mantis | | Ameles picteti Saussure, 1869 | Pictet's Dwarf Mantis | | Ameles spallanzania Rossi, 1792 | European dwarf mantis | | Ameles spallanziana (Rossi, 1792) | ⇒ Ameles spallanzania Rossi, 1792 | | Ameles taurica Jakovlev, 1903 | | | Apterameles rammei Beier, 1950 | | | Apteromantis aptera Fuente, 1894 | Wingless Mantis | | Apteromantis bolivari Werner, 1929 | | | Asiadodis squilla Saussure, 1869 | Asian Shield Mantis | | Bolivaria brachyptera Pallas, 1773 | Bolivar's Short Winged Mantis | | Geomantis larvoides Pantel, 1896 | Wingless Ground Mantis | | Heterochaeta costata Claparède, 1863 | | | Hierodula (Hierodula) patellifera Serville, 1839 | Asian Mantis | | Hierodula tenuidentata Saussure, 1869 | Giant Asian Mantis | | Hierodula transcaucasica Brunner von ..., 1878 | | | Iris oratoria Linnaeus, 1758 | Iris Mantis | | Iris polystictica Fischer-Wald..., 1846 | Dot-Winged Mantis | | Iris pumila | Pygmy Iris | | Litaneutria minor (Scudder, 1872) | ⇒ Yersiniops solitaria Scudder, 1896 | | Litaneutria ocularis Saussure, 1892 | | | Mantis boettingensis ♰ F. E. Zeuner, 1931 | | | Mantis macedonica | | | Mantis macroalata longidorsa Lindt, 1990 | | | Mantis polonica Bazyluk, 1960 | | | Mantis protogaea ♰ O. Heer, 1849 | | | Mantis religiosa Linnaeus, 1758 | European mantid | | Mantis religiosa eichleri Bazyluk, 1960 | | | Mantis religiosa macedonica Karaman, 1961 | | | Mantis religiosa polonica Bazyluk, 1960 | | | Mantis religiosa religiosa Linné, 1758 | | | Miomantis caffra (Saussure, 1871) | ⇒ Miomantis monacha Fabricius, 1787 | | Miomantis monacha Fabricius, 1787 | | | Omomantis zebrata Charpentier, 1843 | | | Orthodera novaezealandiae Colenso, 1882 | New Zealand mantis | | Palaeomantis hangardi ♰ P. Guthörl, 1962 | | | Palaeomantis macroptera Bolton, 1916 | | | Palaeomantis ostertali ♰ P. Guthörl, 1962 | | | Prochaeradodis enigmaticus ♰ L. Piton, 1940 | | | Prochoeradodis enigmaticus Piton, 1940 | | | Pseudoyersinia andreae Galvagni, 19..., 2000 | | | Pseudoyersinia betancuriae Wiemers, 1993 | Betancurian Dwarf Mantis | | Pseudoyersinia brevipennis Yersin, 1860 | | | Pseudoyersinia lagrecai Lombardo, 1984 | La Greca's Dwarf Mantis | | Pseudoyersinia paui Bolivar, 1898 | Pau's Dwarf Mantis | | Pseudoyersinia pilipes Chopard, 1954 | Hairy Legged Dwarf Mantis | | Pseudoyersinia teydeana Chopard, 1942 | Teydean Dwarf Mantis | | Rivetina baetica Rambur, 1839 | Baetic Ground Mantis | | Rivetina baetica baetica Rambur, 1839 | | | Rivetina baetica tenuidentata La Greca & L..., 1982 | Delicate Teeth Baetic Ground Mantis | | Rivetina balcanica Kaltenbach, 1963 | | | Rivetina caucasica Saussure, 1871 | | | Rivetina fasciata Thunberg, 1815 | | | Rivetina tenuidentata | | | Sphodromantis gastrica Stål, 1858 | African Mantis | | Sphodromantis occidentalis (Werner, 1906) | ⇒ Sphodromantis gastrica Stål, 1858 | | Sphodromantis viridis Forskal, 1775 | African Giant Praying Mantis | | Sphodromantis viridis occidentalis Werner, 1906 | | | Stagmatoptera binotata Scudder, 1869 | | | Stagmatoptera hyaloptera Perty, 1832 | Argentine White Crested Mantis | | Stagmatoptera supplicaria Burmeister, 1838 | | | Stagmomantis carolina Johansson, 1763 | Carolina mantid | | Stagmomantis limbata Hahn, 1835 | Arizona Mantis | | Tarachomantis (Madamantis) tsaratanana Mériguet, 2013 | | | Tenodera angustipennis Saussure, 1869 | Asian mantis | | Tenodera aridifolia Stoll, 1813 | Chinese Mantis | | Tenodera sinensis (Saussure, 1871) | ⇒ Tenodera aridifolia Stoll, 1813 | | Yersiniops sophronica Rehn & Hebard, 1908 | Yersin´s ground mantis |
Subnodes of Mantidae with occurrences in Europe | Subfamily | Amelinae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
| 8
25 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Choeradodinae
Kirby, 1904
| 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Dystactinae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
| 1
0 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Hierodulinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Giant Oriental Praying Mantises | 1
3 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Mantinae
Burmeister, 1838
| 5
14 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Miomantinae
Westwood, 1889
| 4
9 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Orthoderinae
Saussure, 1869
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Stagmatopterinae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
| 1
3 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Stagmomantinae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
| 1
2 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Vatinae
Saussure, 1893
| 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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