Species list, Checklist of Family Mantidae (Mantids) for Free State (Republic South Africa)

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Checklist for Family Mantidae Burmeister, 1838 (Mantids)
and region Free State (Republic South Africa)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	283 1882 3253	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	282 1879 3243	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	265 1827 3170	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Polyneoptera Martynov, 1923	36 247 445	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Mantodea Burmeister, 1838 Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids	4 13 12	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Mantoidea Handlirsch, 1903	2 8 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Mantidae Burmeister, 1838 Mantids, Mantis, Praying Mantis, Praying mantises	7 6	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Free State
7 Genera with 6 Species

Chroicoptera Stal, 1915		1	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
Popa Serville, 1856	Twig Mantises	1	Species	Taxom
Sphodromantis Stal, 1858	African mantis	1	Species	Taxom
Tenodera Burmeister, 1838		0	Species	Taxom

Species list for Free State
6 Species

Chroicoptera saussurei Giglio-Tos, 1915
Ligariella trigonalis Saussure, 1899
Mantis religiosa Linnaeus, 1758	European mantid
Miomantis exilis Giglio-Tos, 1911
Popa spurca (Stal, 1856)	⇒ Popa undata
Sphodromantis gastrica Stål, 1858	African Mantis

Subnodes of Mantidae with occurrences in Free State

Subfamily	Chroicopterinae Saussure, 1869	2 2	Genera Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Mantinae Burmeister, 1838	3 2	Genera Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Miomantinae Westwood, 1889	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Vatinae Saussure, 1893	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Mantidae at gbif.org
Mantidae at irmng.org
Mantidae at itis.gov