Checklist of Family Mantidae Burmeister, 1838 (Mantids)
for Southern Africa (Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 752
15103
59523 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 748
15065
59380 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 713
14835
58655 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 94
793
2214 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Mantodea
Burmeister, 1838
Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids | 9
86
251 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Mantoidea
Handlirsch, 1903
| 2
57
153 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Mantidae
Burmeister, 1838
Mantids, Mantis, Praying Mantis, Praying mantises | 46
129 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Southern Africa
46 Genera with 129 Species
| Agrionopsis Werner, 1899 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Asiadodis Roy, 1869 | Hood Mantis | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bisanthe Stal, 0 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Bolbella Giglio-Tos, 1930 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Carvilia Stal, 1876 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Chroicoptera Stal, 1856 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cilnia Stal, 1871 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Compsothespis Saussure, 1889 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Danuria Stal, 1909 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Danuriodes Giglio-Tos, 1909 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dystacta Saussure, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dystactula Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Entella Stal, 1996 | | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Entelloptera Beier, 1872 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Epitenodera Giglio-Tos, 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euentella Kaltenbach, 1996 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Geothespis Giglio-Tos, 1916 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gonypetella Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Heterochaeta Westwood, 1841 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Ischnomantis Stal, 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ligaria Stål, 1914 | | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Ligariella Giglio-Tos, 1899 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Ligentella Kaltenbach, 1996 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Macracanthopus Chopard, 1929 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mantis Linnaeus, 1815 | Mantes | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Miomantis Saussure, 1872 | African praying mantis | 26 | Species | Taxom | | Namamantis Kaltenbach, 1996 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Neocilnia Beier, 1930 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Omomantis Saussure, 1843 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oxyothespis Saussure, 1996 | Grass mantises | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Palaeomantis Handlirsch, 1904 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paramantis Ragge & Roy, 1872 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Parasphendale Schulthess-S..., 1930 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Parentella Giglio-Tos, 1908 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polyspilota Burmeister, 1911 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Popa Serville, 0 | Twig Mantises | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudodystacta Kaltenbach, 1908 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Rhomboderella Giglio-Tos, 1889 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rogermantis Kaltenbach, 1996 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Solygia Stal, 1839 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sphodromantis Stal, 1906 | African mantis | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Stagmatoptera Burmeister, 1894 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stenopyga Karsch, 1973 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Taumantis Giglio-Tos, 1969 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tenodera Burmeister, 1781 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Yersiniops Hebard, 1908 | Grasshopper Mantids | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Southern Africa
129 Species and 19 Subspecies | Agrionopsis distanti Kirby, 1899 | | | Asiadodis squilla Saussure, 1869 | Asian Shield Mantis | | Bisanthe lagrecai Kaltenbach, 1996 | | | Bisanthe menyharthi menyharthi Brancsik, 1895 | | | Bisanthe menyharthi raggei Kaltenbach, 1994 | | | Bisanthe pulchripennis Stål, 1876 | | | Bisanthe raggei | | | Bolbella affinis Kaltenbach, 1996 | | | Bolbella brevis Beier, 1953 | | | Bolbella kaltenbachi Stiewe, 2007 | | | Bolbella punctigera Stal, 1871 | | | Bolbella rhodesiaca Beier, 1930 | | | Carvilia gracilis Kaltenbach, 1996 | | | Carvilia saussurii Stål, 1876 | | | Chroicoptera longa Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | | Chroicoptera saussurei Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | | Chroicoptera vidua Stal, 1856 | | | Cilnia chopardi Werner, 1927 | | | Cilnia humeralis Saussure, 1871 | Wide-armed Mantis | | Cilnia humeralis humeralis Saussure, 1871 | | | Compsothespis anomala Saussure, 1872 | | | Compsothespis cinnabarina Beier, 1955 | | | Compsothespis kilwana Giglio-Tos, 1913 | | | Compsothespis michaelseni Werner, 1923 | | | Compsothespis natalica Westwood, 1889 | | | Danuria (Danuria) thunbergi Stal, 1856 | | | Danuria (Danuriodes) kilimandjarica (Sjostedt, 1909) | ⇒ Danuriodes kilimandjarica Sjöstedt, 1909 | | Danuriodes kilimandjarica Sjöstedt, 1909 | | | Dystacta alticeps Schaum, 1852 | | | Dystactula grisea Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | | Entella (Entella) brunni Werner, 1923 | | | Entella (Entella) delalandi Saussure, 1870 | | | Entella (Entella) exilis Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | | Entella (Entella) femina Karny, 1908 | | | Entella (Entella) maesta (Rehn, 1927) | ⇒ Entelloptera maesta Rehn, 1927 | | Entella (Entella) natalica Beier, 1955 | | | Entella (Entella) nebulosa Serville, 1839 | | | Entella (Entella) orientalis Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | | Entella (Entella) pusilla Beier, 1953 | | | Entella (Entella) rudebecki Beier, 1955 | | | Entella (Entella) transvaalica Beier, 1955 | | | Entella (Euentella) gaerdesi (Kaltenbach, 1996) | ⇒ Euentella gaerdesi Kaltenbach, 1996 | | Entelloptera maesta Rehn, 1927 | | | Entelloptera rogenhoferi Saussure, 1872 | | | Entelloptera rogenhoferi maesta Rehn, 1927 | | | Entelloptera rogenhoferi rogenhoferi Saussure, 1872 | | | Epitenodera capitata de Saussure, 1869 | | | Euentella gaerdesi Kaltenbach, 1996 | | | Geothespis australis Giglio-Tos, 1916 | | | Gonypetella atrocephala Beier, 1930 | | | Gonypetella australis Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | | Gonypetella deletrix Rehn, 1927 | | | Gonypetella kilimandjarica Sjöstedt, 1909 | | | Gonypetella kilimandjarica kilimandjarica Sjostedt, 1909 | | | Gonypetella kilimandjarica similis (Giglio-Tos, 1915) | ⇒ Gonypetella kilimandjarica kilimandjarica Sjostedt, 1909 | | Gonypetella similis | ⇒ Gonypetella kilimandjarica Sjöstedt, 1909 | | Heterochaeta occidentalis Beier, 1963 | | | Heterochaeta orientalis Gerstaecker, 1883 | Cat Eye Mantis | | Heterochaeta reticulata Roy, 1976 | | | Heterochaeta tenuipes (Westwood, 1841) | ⇒ Heterochaeta occidentalis Beier, 1963 | | Ischnomantis fatiloqua Stal, 1856 | | | Ligaria (Ligaria) brevicollis (Stål, 1877) | ⇒ Ligaria quadrinotata Chopard, 1914 | | Ligaria brevicollis brevicollis Stal, 1877 | | | Ligaria brevicollis ignota Kaltenbach, 1996 | | | Ligaria brevicollis umtalica (Giglio-Tos, 1915) | ⇒ Ligaria brevicollis brevicollis Stal, 1877 | | Ligaria aberrans Karny, 1908 | | | Ligaria affinis Kaltenbach, 1996 | | | Ligaria dentata Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | | Ligaria diabolica Beier, 1969 | | | Ligaria ignota | | | Ligaria inexpectata Kaltenbach, 1996 | | | Ligaria quadrinotata Chopard, 1914 | | | Ligariella bicornuta Kaltenbach, 1996 | | | Ligariella gracilis Karny, 1908 | | | Ligariella trigonalis Saussure, 1899 | | | Ligentella beieri Kaltenbach, 1996 | | | Mantis religiosa Linnaeus, 1758 | European mantid | | Mantis religiosa eichleri Bazyluk, 1960 | | | Mantis religiosa religiosa Linné, 1758 | | | Mantis sacra (Thunberg, 1815) | ⇒ Paramantis sacra Thunberg, 1815 | | Miomantis acuticeps Beier, 1969 | | | Miomantis aequalis Rehn, 1904 | | | Miomantis australis (Beier, 1930) | ⇒ Miomantis exilis Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | Miomantis binotata Giglio-Tos, 1911 | African Pinstripe Mantis | | Miomantis brachyptera Saussure, 1899 | | | Miomantis brevipennis Saussure, 1872 | | | Miomantis buettneri Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Miomantis caffra (Saussure, 1871) | ⇒ Miomantis monacha Fabricius, 1787 | | Miomantis coxalis Saussure, 1898 | | | Miomantis exilis Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Miomantis fenestrata Fabricius, 1781 | | | Miomantis helenae Giglio-Tos, 1914 | | | Miomantis kibweziana Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Miomantis lacualis Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Miomantis minuta Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Miomantis misana Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Miomantis moerana Giglio-Tos, 1917 | | | Miomantis monacha Fabricius, 1787 | | | Miomantis natalica Beier, 1930 | | | Miomantis paykulli Stål, 1871 | | | Miomantis paykullii Stal, 1871 | Egyptian mantis | | Miomantis prasina Burmeister, 1838 | | | Miomantis quadripunctata Saussure, 1898 | | | Miomantis saussurei Schulthess-R..., 1899 | | | Miomantis semialata Saussure, 1872 | | | Namamantis cruciata Beier, 1953 | | | Namamantis nigropunctata Kaltenbach, 1996 | | | Neocilnia gracilis Beier, 1930 | | | Omomantis zebrata Charpentier, 1843 | | | Oxyothespis meridionalis Kaltenbach, 1996 | Firtree borer | | Paramantis natalensis Stal, 1856 | | | Paramantis prasina Audinet-Serv..., 1839 | | | Paramantis sacra Thunberg, 1815 | | | Paramantis viridis Saussure, 1872 | | | Parasphendale costalis Kirby, 1904 | | | Parasphendale stali Sjostedt, 1930 | | | Parentella laticollis Karny, 1908 | | | Polyspilota aeruginosa Goeze, 1778 | Madagascan Marbled Mantis | | Polyspilota caffra Westwood, 1889 | | | Polyspilota caffra transvaaliana (Giglio-Tos, 1911) | ⇒ Polyspilota caffra Westwood, 1889 | | Polyspilota magna Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Popa spurca (Stal, 1856) | ⇒ Popa undata | | Popa spurca spurca Stal, 1856 | | | Popa spurca undata (Fabricius, 1793) | ⇒ Popa spurca spurca Stal, 1856 | | Popa undata | | | Pseudodystacta braueri Karny, 1908 | | | Rhomboderella scutata Bolivar, 1889 | | | Rogermantis nalalensis | ⇒ Rogermantis natalensis Kaltenbach, 1996 | | Rogermantis natalensis Kaltenbach, 1996 | | | Rogermantis royi (Kaltenbach, 1996) | ⇒ Dystactula grisea Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | Solygia sulcatifrons Serville, 1839 | | | Sphodromantis gastrica Stål, 1858 | African Mantis | | Sphodromantis gracilis Lombardo, 1991 | | | Sphodromantis lineola Burmeister, 1838 | African Lined Mantis | | Sphodromantis lineola lineola Burmeister, 1838 | | | Sphodromantis occidentalis (Werner, 1906) | ⇒ Sphodromantis gastrica Stål, 1858 | | Sphodromantis rudolfae Rehn, 1901 | | | Sphodromantis viridis Forskal, 1775 | African Giant Praying Mantis | | Sphodromantis viridis occidentalis Werner, 1906 | | | Stagmatoptera pia Saussure & Z..., 1894 | | | Stenopyga (Stenopyga) rhodesiaca Beier, 1973 | | | Taumantis globiceps Beier, 1969 | | | Tenodera australasiae Leach, 1814 | Australian mantid | | Tenodera superstitiosa Fabricius, 1781 | | | Tenodera superstitiosa bokiana Giglio-Tos, 1907 | | | Tenodera superstitiosa superstitiosa Fabricius, 1781 | | | Yersiniops sophronica Rehn & Hebard, 1908 | Yersin´s ground mantis |
Subnodes of Mantidae with occurrences in Southern Africa | Subfamily | Amelinae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
| 4
12 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Angelinae
Beier, 1964
| 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Choeradodinae
Kirby, 1904
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Chroicopterinae
Saussure, 1869
| 10
35 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Compsothespinae
Handlirsch, 1926
| 1
5 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Dystactinae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
| 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Mantinae
Burmeister, 1838
| 9
24 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Miomantinae
Westwood, 1889
| 9
36 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Oxyothespinae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Stagmatopterinae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Vatinae
Saussure, 1893
| 3
8 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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