Checklist of Family Mantidae Burmeister, 1838 (Mantids)
for Liberia (West Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 367
5275
8719 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 367
5275
8719 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 353
5193
8495 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 35
195
234 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Mantodea
Burmeister, 1838
Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids | 8
29
30 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Mantoidea
Handlirsch, 1903
| 3
23
26 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Mantidae
Burmeister, 1838
Mantids, Mantis, Praying Mantis, Praying mantises | 19
17 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Liberia
19 Genera with 17 Species | Ameles Burmeister, 1792 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Calospilota Giglio-Tos, 1889 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cataspilota Giglio-Tos, 1889 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Choeradodis Serville, 1831 | Hood Mantis | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Deroplatys Westwood, 1889 | Dead Leaf Mantis | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heterochaeta Westwood, 1904 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Melliera Saussure, 1892 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Miomantis Saussure, 1870 | African praying mantis | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paramantis Ragge & Roy, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plistospilota Giglio-Tos, 1883 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Polyspilota Burmeister, 1778 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Prohierodula Bolivar, 1893 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudovates Saussure, 1869 | Stick mantises | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sphodromantis Stal, 1838 | African mantis | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Stagmomantis Saussure, 1763 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Statilia Stal, 1877 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stenopyga Karsch, 1892 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tenodera Burmeister, 1781 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Tismomorpha Roy, 1966 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Liberia
17 Species and 2 Subspecies | Ameles spallanzania Rossi, 1792 | European dwarf mantis | | Calospilota calabarica Westwood, 1889 | | | Cataspilota calabarica Westwood, 1889 | | | Deroplatys trigonodera Westwood, 1889 | Dead Leaf Mantis | | Heterochaeta strachani Kirby, 1904 | | | Paramantis togana Giglio-Tos, 1912 | | | Plistospilota guineensis Roy, 1965 | Giant Mantis | | Plistospilota validissima Gerstaecker, 1883 | | | Polyspilota aeruginosa Goeze, 1778 | Madagascan Marbled Mantis | | Prohierodula ornatipennis Bolivar, 1893 | | | Sphodromantis aurea Giglio-Tos, 1917 | Congo Green Mantis | | Sphodromantis gastrica Stål, 1858 | African Mantis | | Sphodromantis lineola Burmeister, 1838 | African Lined Mantis | | Sphodromantis lineola lineola Burmeister, 1838 | | | Stagmomantis carolina Johansson, 1763 | Carolina mantid | | Stenopyga (Stenopyga) extera Karsch, 1892 | | | Tenodera superstitiosa Fabricius, 1781 | | | Tenodera superstitiosa superstitiosa Fabricius, 1781 | | | Tismomorpha inexpectata La Greca, 1966 | |
Subnodes of Mantidae with occurrences in Liberia | Subfamily | Amelinae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Angelinae
Beier, 1964
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Choeradodinae
Kirby, 1904
| 1
0 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Deroplatinae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Hierodulinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Giant Oriental Praying Mantises | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Mantinae
Burmeister, 1838
| 9
11 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Mellierinae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
| 1
0 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Miomantinae
Westwood, 1889
| 1
0 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Stagmomantinae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Vatinae
Saussure, 1893
| 2
1 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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