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Checklist of Family Mantidae Burmeister, 1838 (Mantids)
for Saudi Arabia (Near East)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
277
2039
4446
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
276
2038
4444
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
270
2026
4428
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
31
103
187
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mantodea
Burmeister, 1838
Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids
7
22
40
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Mantoidea
Handlirsch, 1903
2
15
29
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMantidae
Burmeister, 1838
Mantids, Mantis, Praying Mantis, Praying mantises
14
28
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Saudi Arabia
14 Genera with 28 Species
Ameles Burmeister, 19822SpeciesTaxom
Elaea Stal, 02SpeciesTaxom
Eremoplana Stal, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Heterochaeta Westwood, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Iris Saussure, 19822SpeciesTaxom
Mantis Linnaeus, 1758Mantes1SpeciesTaxom
Microthespis Werner, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Miomantis Saussure, 1982African praying mantis1SpeciesTaxom
Oxyothespis Saussure, 1982Grass mantises6SpeciesTaxom
Rivetina Berland & Ch..., 19847SpeciesTaxom
Rivetinula La Greca, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Sinaiella Karsch, 19393SpeciesTaxom
Sphodromantis Stal, 1775African mantis2SpeciesTaxom
Statilia Stal, 19221SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Saudi Arabia
28 Species and 4 Subspecies
Ameles arabica Uvarov, 1939
Ameles wadisirhani Kaltenbach, 1982
Elaea gestroi wittmeri Kaltenbach, 1982
Elaea wittmeri
Eremoplana infelix Uvarov, 1924
Heterochaeta pantherina Saussure, 1872
Iris coeca Uvarov, 1931
Iris pitcheri Kaltenbach, 1982
Mantis religiosa religiosa Linné, 1758
Microthespis dmitriewi Werner, 1908
Miomantis arabica Kaltenbach, 1982
Oxyothespis apostata Kaltenbach, 1984
Oxyothespis arabica
Oxyothespis bifurcata Kaltenbach, 1982
Oxyothespis nilotica arabica Kaltenbach, 1982
Oxyothespis philbyi Kaltenbach, 1982
Rivetina buettikeri Kaltenbach, 1982
Rivetina dolichoptera Schulthess, 1894
Rivetina gigantea Kaltenbach, 1991
Rivetina inermis Uvarov, 1922
Rivetina inermis inermis
Rivetina pallida Kaltenbach, 1984
Rivetinula fraterna Saussure, 1871
Sinaiella nebulosa Uvarov, 1924
Sinaiella raggei Kaltenbach, 1991
Sinaiella sabulosa Uvarov, 1939
Sphodromantis trimacula Saussure, 1870
Sphodromantis viridis Forskal, 1775African Giant Praying Mantis
Statilia ocellata Uvarov, 1922

Subnodes of Mantidae with occurrences in Saudi Arabia
SubfamilyAmelinae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
2
4
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMantinae
Burmeister, 1838
3
4
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMiomantinae
Westwood, 1889
5
9
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyOxyothespinae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
2
8
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyVatinae
Saussure, 1893
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 


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