Checklist of Family Mantidae Burmeister, 1838 (Mantids)
for Nigeria (West Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 388
4493
12404 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 385
4489
12400 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 368
4383
12048 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 39
304
531 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Mantodea
Burmeister, 1838
Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids | 8
34
55 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Mantoidea
Handlirsch, 1903
| 2
22
37 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Mantidae
Burmeister, 1838
Mantids, Mantis, Praying Mantis, Praying mantises | 14
23 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Nigeria
14 Genera with 23 Species | Asiadodis Roy, 1869 | Hood Mantis | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Calospilota Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Danuria Stal, 1883 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Elaea Stal, 1847 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epitenodera Giglio-Tos, 1928 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heterochaeta Westwood, 1904 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Ischnomantis Stal, 1870 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptocola Gerstaecker, 1883 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Miomantis Saussure, 1871 | African praying mantis | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Plistospilota Giglio-Tos, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polyspilota Burmeister, 1778 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Prohierodula Bolivar, 1893 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sphodromantis Stal, 1838 | African mantis | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Tenodera Burmeister, 1781 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Nigeria
23 Species and 2 Subspecies | Asiadodis squilla Saussure, 1869 | Asian Shield Mantis | | Calospilota calabarica Westwood, 1889 | | | Calospilota duchaillui Rehn, 1960 | | | Calospilota lolodorfana Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Calospilota misana Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Danuria (Danuria) buchholzi Gerstaecker, 1883 | | | Elaea marchali Reich & Fair..., 1847 | | | Epitenodera houyi Werner, 1928 | | | Heterochaeta bernardii Roy, 1972 | | | Heterochaeta girardi Roy, 1975 | | | Heterochaeta kumari Roy, 1975 | | | Heterochaeta strachani Kirby, 1904 | | | Ischnomantis gigas Saussure, 1870 | | | Leptocola gracillima Gerstaecker, 1883 | | | Miomantis paykullii Stal, 1871 | Egyptian mantis | | Plistospilota nigerica Giglio-Tos, 1917 | | | Polyspilota aeruginosa Goeze, 1778 | Madagascan Marbled Mantis | | Prohierodula ornatipennis Bolivar, 1893 | | | Sphodromantis congica Beier, 1931 | Congo Mantis | | Sphodromantis gastrica Stål, 1858 | African Mantis | | Sphodromantis gracilicollis Beier, 1930 | | | Sphodromantis lineola Burmeister, 1838 | African Lined Mantis | | Sphodromantis lineola lineola Burmeister, 1838 | | | Tenodera superstitiosa Fabricius, 1781 | | | Tenodera superstitiosa superstitiosa Fabricius, 1781 | |
Subnodes of Mantidae with occurrences in Nigeria
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