Checklist of Family Mantidae Burmeister, 1838 (Mantids)
for Ghana (West Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 354
3756
9516 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 354
3756
9516 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 336
3683
9368 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 45
378
696 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Mantodea
Burmeister, 1838
Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids | 9
59
105 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Mantoidea
Handlirsch, 1903
| 2
37
62 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Mantidae
Burmeister, 1838
Mantids, Mantis, Praying Mantis, Praying mantises | 23
37 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Ghana
23 Genera with 37 Species
| Achlaena Karsch, 1889 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Calospilota Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cataspilota Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Compsothespis Saussure, 1930 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Danuria Stal, 1883 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Epitenodera Giglio-Tos, 1963 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Heterochaeta Westwood, 1904 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Leptocola Gerstaecker, 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ligaria Stål, 1961 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Macrodanuria Sjostedt, 1883 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mantis Linnaeus, 1960 | Mantes | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Miomantis Saussure, 1917 | African praying mantis | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Oxyothespis Saussure, 1941 | Grass mantises | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Paramantis Ragge & Roy, 1839 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parentella Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plistospilota Giglio-Tos, 1883 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Polyspilota Burmeister, 1778 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Popa Serville, 0 | Twig Mantises | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Prohierodula Bolivar, 1893 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sphodromantis Stal, 1838 | African mantis | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Statilia Stal, 1871 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stenopyga Karsch, 1963 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tenodera Burmeister, 1781 | | 3 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Ghana
37 Species and 4 Subspecies | Achlaena grandis Westwood, 1889 | | | Calospilota misana Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Cataspilota calabarica Westwood, 1889 | | | Cataspilota misana Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Compsothespis occidentalis Sjostedt, 1930 | | | Danuria (Danuria) buchholzi Gerstaecker, 1883 | | | Epitenodera herbacea Serville, 1839 | | | Epitenodera nimbana Roy, 1963 | | | Heterochaeta girardi Roy, 1975 | | | Heterochaeta kumari Roy, 1975 | | | Heterochaeta strachani Kirby, 1904 | | | Leptocola phthisica Saussure, 1869 | | | Ligaria senegalensis Roy, 1961 | | | Macrodanuria elongata Borre, 1883 | | | Mantis eichleri | | | Mantis religiosa Linnaeus, 1758 | European mantid | | Mantis religiosa eichleri Bazyluk, 1960 | | | Miomantis aurea Giglio-Tos, 1917 | | | Miomantis lamtoensis Gillon & Roy, 1968 | | | Miomantis paykullii Stal, 1871 | Egyptian mantis | | Miomantis scabricollis Gerstaecker, 1883 | | | Miomantis togana Giglio-Tos, 1917 | | | Oxyothespis brevipennis Beier, 1930 | | | Oxyothespis longipennis Chopard, 1941 | | | Paramantis prasina Audinet-Serv..., 1839 | | | Parentella major Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | | Plistospilota guineensis Roy, 1965 | Giant Mantis | | Plistospilota validissima Gerstaecker, 1883 | | | Polyspilota aeruginosa Goeze, 1778 | Madagascan Marbled Mantis | | Popa spurca (Stal, 1856) | ⇒ Popa undata | | Popa spurca spurca Stal, 1856 | | | Popa undata | | | Prohierodula ornatipennis Bolivar, 1893 | | | Sphodromantis aurea Giglio-Tos, 1917 | Congo Green Mantis | | Sphodromantis gracilicollis Beier, 1930 | | | Sphodromantis lineola Burmeister, 1838 | African Lined Mantis | | Sphodromantis lineola lineola Burmeister, 1838 | | | Statilia apicalis Saussure, 1871 | | | Stenopyga (Stenopyga) ziela Roy, 1963 | | | Tenodera superstitiosa Fabricius, 1781 | | | Tenodera superstitiosa superstitiosa Fabricius, 1781 | |
Subnodes of Mantidae with occurrences in Ghana
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