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Checklist for Family Mantidae Burmeister, 1838 (Mantids)
and region Northern South America (South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
840
24886
144846
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
837
24869
144808
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
776
24445
142884
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
111
1891
8117
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mantodea
Burmeister, 1838
Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids
11
100
442
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Mantoidea
Handlirsch, 1903
3
43
203
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMantidae
Burmeister, 1838
Mantids, Mantis, Praying Mantis, Praying mantises
36
171
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Northern South America
36 Genera with 171 Species
#ACGHILMOPRSTVXYZ
Alangularis Svenson, Med..., 19101SpeciesTaxom
Ameles Burmeister, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Angela Serville, 191314SpeciesTaxom
Asiadodis Roy, 1869Hood Mantis1SpeciesTaxom
Callimantis Stal, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Callivates Roy, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Camelomantis Giglio-Tos, 1917
0SpeciesTaxom
Catoxyopsis Giglio-Tos, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Choeradodis Serville, 1758Hood Mantis7SpeciesTaxom
Chopardiella Giglio-Tos, 20012SpeciesTaxom
Chromatophotina Rivera, 20102SpeciesTaxom
Coptopteryx Saussure, 191516SpeciesTaxom
Gonypetoides Beier, 1942
0SpeciesTaxom
Hagiotata Saussure & Z..., 18941SpeciesTaxom
Heterovates Saussure, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Iris Saussure, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Lobocneme Rehn, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Mantis Linnaeus, 1758Mantes1SpeciesTaxom
Melliera Saussure, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Oxyopsis Caudell, 191411SpeciesTaxom
Parastagmatoptera Saussure, 193017SpeciesTaxom
Parentella Giglio-Tos, 1915
0SpeciesTaxom
Paroxyopsis Rehn, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Phasmomantis Saussure, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Photiomantis Toledo Piza, 19162SpeciesTaxom
Phyllovates Kirby, 183816SpeciesTaxom
Pseudovates Saussure, 1838Stick mantises12SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoxyops Saussure & Z..., 18893SpeciesTaxom
Rivetina Berland & Ch..., 18151SpeciesTaxom
Stagmatoptera Burmeister, 183815SpeciesTaxom
Stagmomantis Saussure, 187013SpeciesTaxom
Thespoides Chopard, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Vates Burmeister, 195815SpeciesTaxom
Xystropeltis Rehn, 19912SpeciesTaxom
Yersiniops Hebard, 1931Grasshopper Mantids1SpeciesTaxom
Zoolea Serville, 18388SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Northern South America
171 Species and 1 Subspecies
Alangularis multilobata Chopard, 1910
Ameles spallanzania Rossi, 1792European dwarf mantis
Angela armata De Hann, 1842
Angela decolor Chopard, 1913
Angela guianensis Rehn, 1906
Angela lemoulti Chopard, 1910
Angela maxima Chopard, 1910
Angela minor Giglio-Tos, 1916
Angela peruviana Giglio-Tos, 1916
Angela purpurascens Olivier, 1792
Angela quinquemaculata Olivier, 1792
Angela saussurii Giglio-Tos, 1927
Angela subhyalina Chopard, 1913
Angela trifasciata Stål, 1877
Angela trifasciata chocoana Salazar, 2004
Angela werneri Chopard, 1913
Asiadodis squilla Saussure, 1869Asian Shield Mantis
Callimantis antillarum Saussure, 1859
Callivates stephanei Roy, 2003
Catoxyopsis dubiosa Giglio-Tos, 1898
Choeradodis columbica Stoll, 1813Columbian Shield Mantis
Choeradodis laticollis (Serville, 1831)⇒ Choeradodis rhomboidea Stoll, 1813
Choeradodis rbombicollis Latreille, 1833
Choeradodis rhombicollis Latreille, 1833Peruvian Shield Mantis
Choeradodis rhomboidea Stoll, 1813Hooded Mantis
Choeradodis stalii Wood-Mason, 1880Hooded Mantis
Choeradodis strumaria Linnaeus, 1758Leaf Mantis
Chopardiella latipennis Chopard, 1911
Chopardiella poulaini Lombardo & A..., 2001
Chromatophotina awajun Rivera, 2010
Chromatophotina cofan Rivera, 2010
Coptopteryx argentina Burmeister, 1864
Coptopteryx brevipennis Beier, 1958
Coptopteryx claraziana Saussure, 1869
Coptopteryx ermannoi Jantsch & Co..., 1988
Coptopteryx fallax (Giglio-Tos, 1917)⇒ Coptopteryx thoracica Rehn, 1913
Coptopteryx gayi Blanchard, 1851
Coptopteryx gigliotosi Toledo Piza, 1973
Coptopteryx gracilis Giglio-Tos, 1915
Coptopteryx inermis Werner, 1925
Coptopteryx magna Giglio-Tos, 1915
Coptopteryx parva Giglio-Tos, 1915
Coptopteryx precaria Toledo Piza, 1966
Coptopteryx spinosa Giglio-Tos, 1915
Coptopteryx thoracica Rehn, 1913
Coptopteryx thoracoides Giglio-Tos, 1915
Coptopteryx viridis Giglio-Tos, 1915
Hagiotata hofmanni Saussure & Z..., 1894
Heterovates pardalina Saussure, 1871
Iris fasciata Olivier, 1792
Lobocneme colombiae Hebard, 1919
Mantis religiosa Linnaeus, 1758European mantid
Melliera major Saussure, 1872
Oxyopsis acutipennis Stål, 1877
Oxyopsis festae Giglio-Tos, 1914
Oxyopsis gracilis Giglio-Tos, 1914South American green mantis
Oxyopsis lobeter Rehn, 1907
Oxyopsis media Stål, 1877
Oxyopsis obtusa Stål, 1877
Oxyopsis oculea Rehn, 1920
Oxyopsis peruviana Terra, 1995Peruvian mantis
Oxyopsis rubicunda Stoll, 1813
Oxyopsis saussurei Giglio-Tos, 1914
Oxyopsis stali Giglio-Tos, 1914
Parastagmatoptera abnormis (has ever bee..., 1963)⇒ Parastagmatoptera flavoguttata Serville, 1839
Parastagmatoptera amazomca Werner, 1928
Parastagmatoptera bororoi Lombardo, Um..., 2014
Parastagmatoptera concolor (Jantsch, 1985)⇒ Parastagmatoptera theresopolitana Giglio-Tos, 1914
Parastagmatoptera confusa (Giglio-Tos, 1914)⇒ Parastagmatoptera pellucida Giglio-Tos, 1914
Parastagmatoptera flavoguttata Serville, 1839
Parastagmatoptera glauca Rehn, 1920
Parastagmatoptera hoorie (Caudell, 1910)⇒ Parastagmatoptera flavoguttata Serville, 1839
Parastagmatoptera pellucida Giglio-Tos, 1914
Parastagmatoptera serricornis (Kirby, 1904)⇒ Parastagmatoptera unipunctata Burmeister, 1838
Parastagmatoptera sottilei Lombardo, Um..., 2014
Parastagmatoptera tessellata (Saussure & Z..., 1894)⇒ Parastagmatoptera flavoguttata Serville, 1839
Parastagmatoptera theresopolitana Giglio-Tos, 1914
Parastagmatoptera unipunctata Burmeister, 1838
Parastagmatoptera vitreola Stål, 1877
Parastagmatoptera vitrepennis (Bruner, 1906)⇒ Parastagmatoptera unipunctata Burmeister, 1838
Parastagmatoptera zernyi Beier, 1930
Paroxyopsis icterica Saussure & Z..., 1894
Phasmomantis championi Saussure & Z..., 1894
Photiomantis nigrolineata Menezes & Bravo, 2015
Photiomantis planicephala Rehn, 1916
Phyllovates brasiliensis Toledo Piza, 1982
Phyllovates brevicollis Orofino, Ipp..., 2006
Phyllovates brevicornis Stål, 1877
Phyllovates chlorophaea Blanchard, 1836Mexican unicorn mantis
Phyllovates chlorophaena Blanchard, 1836Texas unicorn mantis
Phyllovates cingulata Drury, 1773
Phyllovates cornuta Saussure & Z..., 1894
Phyllovates gracilicollis Orofino, Ipp..., 2006
Phyllovates iheringi Saussure & Z..., 1894
Phyllovates maya (Saussure & Z..., 1894)⇒ Phyllovates chlorophaea Blanchard, 1836
Phyllovates minor Saussure, 1872
Phyllovates parallela De Haan, 1842
Phyllovates parvula Westwood, 1889
Phyllovates spinicollis Saussure & Z..., 1894
Phyllovates stolli Saussure & Z..., 1894
Phyllovates tripunctata Burmeister, 1838
Pseudovates bidens Fabricius, 1775
Pseudovates brasiliensis Toledo Piza, 1982
Pseudovates brevicollis Orofino, Ipp..., 2006
Pseudovates chlorophaea Blanchard, 1836
Pseudovates denticulata Saussure, 1870
Pseudovates gracilicollis Orofino, Ipp..., 2006
Pseudovates hyalostigma Mello-Leitao, 1937
Pseudovates paraensis Saussure, 1871
Pseudovates parallela de Haan, 1842
Pseudovates peruviana Rehn, 1911Peruvian Stick Mantis
Pseudovates tolteca Saussure, 1859
Pseudovates tripunctata Burmeister, 1838
Pseudoxyops boliviana Giglio-Tos, 1914
Pseudoxyops diluta Stoll, 1813
Pseudoxyops perpulchra Westwood, 1889
Rivetina fasciata Thunberg, 1815
Stagmatoptera abdominalis Olivier, 1792
Stagmatoptera binotata Scudder, 1869
Stagmatoptera biocellata Saussure, 1869
Stagmatoptera diana M.Rodrigues, 2016
Stagmatoptera femoralis Saussure & Z..., 1894
Stagmatoptera flavipennis Serville, 1839
Stagmatoptera hyaloptera Perty, 1832Argentine White Crested Mantis
Stagmatoptera indicator Olivier, 1792
Stagmatoptera nova Beier, 1930
Stagmatoptera pia Saussure & Z..., 1894
Stagmatoptera praecaria Linné, 1758
Stagmatoptera precaria Linnaeus, 1758
Stagmatoptera reimoseri Beier, 1929
Stagmatoptera septentrionalis Saussure & Z..., 1894
Stagmatoptera supplicaria Burmeister, 1838
Stagmomantis amazonica Jantsch, 1985Amazon Mantis
Stagmomantis carolina Johansson, 1763Carolina mantid
Stagmomantis centralis (Giglio-Tos, 1917)⇒ Stagmomantis vicina Saussure, 1870
Stagmomantis fraterna Saussure & Z..., 1894
Stagmomantis hoorie Caudell, 1910
Stagmomantis latipennis (Beier, 1935)⇒ Stagmomantis limbatus Hahn, 1835
Stagmomantis limbata Hahn, 1835Arizona Mantis
Stagmomantis limbatus Hahn, 1835
Stagmomantis paraensis Jantsch, 1985
Stagmomantis parvidentata Beier, 1931
Stagmomantis theophila Rehn, 1904
Stagmomantis tolteca Saussure, 1861Pacific willow borer
Stagmomantis vicina Saussure, 1870
Thespoides bolivari Chopard, 1916
Vates amazonica Westwood, 1889
Vates amazonicus Westwood, 1889
Vates biplagiata Sjostedt, 1930
Vates boliviana Giglio-Tos, 1914
Vates festae Giglio-Tos, 1914
Vates foliata Lichtenstein, 1802
Vates lobata Fabricius, 1798
Vates luxuriosa Beier, 1958
Vates multilobata Chopard, 1910
Vates obscura Toledo Piza, 1983
Vates pectinata Saussure, 1871
Vates pectinicornis Stål, 1877
Vates peruviana Rehn, 1911
Vates serraticornis Stål, 1877
Vates weyrauchi Beier, 1958
Xystropeltis meridionalis Lombardo, 2000
Xystropeltis quadrilobata Terra, 1991
Yersiniops newboldi Hebard, 1931Yersiniops newboldii
Zoolea descampsi Roy & Ehrmann, 2009
Zoolea gigas (Giglio-Tos, 1914)⇒ Zoolea lobipes Olivier, 1792
Zoolea guerinii Giglio-Tob, 1914
Zoolea lobipes Olivier, 1792
Zoolea major Giglio-Tos, 1914
Zoolea minor Giglio-Tos, 1914
Zoolea orba Burmeister, 1838
Zoolea orbus Burmeister, 1838

Subnodes of Mantidae with occurrences in Northern South America
SubfamilyAmelinae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
3
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyAngelinae
Beier, 1964
2
14
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyChoeradodinae
Kirby, 1904
2
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyChroicopterinae
Saussure, 1869
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHierodulinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Giant Oriental Praying Mantises
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMantinae
Burmeister, 1838
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMellierinae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMiomantinae
Westwood, 1889
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPhotinainae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
3
20
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyStagmatopterinae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
7
49
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyStagmomantinae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
3
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyVatinae
Saussure, 1893
9
57
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Mantidae at gbif.org
Mantidae at irmng.org
Mantidae at itis.gov