Checklist of Family Mantidae Burmeister, 1838 (Mantids)
for Malawi (East Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 327
3787
9639 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 327
3787
9639 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 308
3697
9441 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 32
175
294 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Mantodea
Burmeister, 1838
Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids | 6
41
62 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Mantoidea
Handlirsch, 1903
| 2
31
48 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Mantidae
Burmeister, 1838
Mantids, Mantis, Praying Mantis, Praying mantises | 23
36 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Malawi
23 Genera with 36 Species
| Afrothespis Roy, 1973 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cilnia Stal, 1871 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Danuria Stal, 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dystacta Saussure, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dystactula Giglio-Tos, 2006 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Entella Stal, 1870 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Entelloptera Beier, 1872 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epitenodera Giglio-Tos, 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gonypetella Giglio-Tos, 1909 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Idolomantis Uvarov, 1869 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Ligaria Stål, 0 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Macracanthopus Chopard, 1929 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mantis Linnaeus, 1758 | Mantes | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Miomantis Saussure, 1917 | African praying mantis | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Omomantis Saussure, 1843 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paraligaria Beier, 1969 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parasphendale Schulthess-S..., 1930 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Polyspilota Burmeister, 1778 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Popa Serville, 1917 | Twig Mantises | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Sphodromantis Stal, 1838 | African mantis | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Taumantis Giglio-Tos, 1969 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Telomantis Giglio-Tos, 1906 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tenodera Burmeister, 1781 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Malawi
36 Species and 6 Subspecies | Afrothespis dudleyi (Roy, 2006) | ⇒ Afrothespis rhodesiaca Beier, 1973 | | Afrothespis rhodesiaca Beier, 1973 | | | Cilnia humeralis Saussure, 1871 | Wide-armed Mantis | | Danuria (Danuria) thunbergi Stal, 1856 | | | Dystacta alticeps Schaum, 1852 | | | Dystactula kaltenbachi Roy, 2006 | | | Entella (Entella) delalandi Saussure, 1870 | | | Entelloptera rogenhoferi rogenhoferi Saussure, 1872 | | | Epitenodera capitata de Saussure, 1869 | | | Gonypetella fuscipes Sjöstedt, 1909 | | | Idolomantis diabolica Saussure, 1869 | Devils Flower Mantis | | Idolomantis diabolicum | | | Idolomantis diabroticum (Saussure, 1869) | ⇒ Idolomantis diabolica Saussure, 1869 | | Ligaria brevicollis ignota Kaltenbach, 1996 | | | Ligaria ignota | | | Mantis religiosa Linnaeus, 1758 | European mantid | | Miomantis binotata Giglio-Tos, 1911 | African Pinstripe Mantis | | Miomantis caffra (Saussure, 1871) | ⇒ Miomantis monacha Fabricius, 1787 | | Miomantis helenae Giglio-Tos, 1914 | | | Miomantis kibweziana Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Miomantis lacualis Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Miomantis nyassensis Saussure, 1898 | | | Miomantis tenuis Giglio-Tos, 1917 | | | Omomantis zebrata Charpentier, 1843 | | | Paraligaria malawica Beier, 1969 | | | Parasphendale stali Sjostedt, 1930 | | | Polyspilota aeruginosa Goeze, 1778 | Madagascan Marbled Mantis | | Popa crassa Giglio-Tos, 1917 | | | Popa spurca crassa Giglio-Tos, 1917 | | | Sphodromantis citernii kenyana La Greca & L..., 1987 | | | Sphodromantis gastrica Stål, 1858 | African Mantis | | Sphodromantis kenyana | | | Sphodromantis lineola Burmeister, 1838 | African Lined Mantis | | Sphodromantis lineola lineola Burmeister, 1838 | | | Taumantis globiceps Beier, 1969 | | | Telomantis lamperti Werner, 1906 | | | Tenodera superstitiosa Fabricius, 1781 | | | Tenodera superstitiosa superstitiosa Fabricius, 1781 | |
Subnodes of Mantidae with occurrences in Malawi
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