Checklist for Family Mantidae Burmeister, 1838 (Mantids)
and region West Africa (Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 614
13248
40770 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 610
13239
40744 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 581
13079
40224 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 78
771
1758 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Mantodea
Burmeister, 1838
Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids | 13
96
243 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Mantoidea
Handlirsch, 1903
| 3
58
150 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Mantidae
Burmeister, 1838
Mantids, Mantis, Praying Mantis, Praying mantises | 43
98 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for West Africa
43 Genera with 98 Species #ABCDEGHILMOPRSTY
| Achlaena Karsch, 1889 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Acithespis Giglio-Tos, 1916 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Alalomantis Giglio-Tos, 1889 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ameles Burmeister, 1792 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Asiadodis Roy, 1869 | Hood Mantis | 1 | Species | Taxom | Bolbella Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Calospilota Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Cataspilota Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | Choeradodis Serville, 1831 | Hood Mantis | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Compsothespis Saussure, 1930 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Danuria Stal, 1889 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Danuriodes Giglio-Tos, 1889 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Deroplatys Westwood, 1889 | Dead Leaf Mantis | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Elaea Stal, 1847 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epitenodera Giglio-Tos, 1963 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Gonypetella Giglio-Tos, 1968 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Heterochaeta Westwood, 1841 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Iris Saussure, 1931 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ischnomantis Stal, 1916 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Leptocola Gerstaecker, 1889 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Ligaria Stål, 1961 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Macrodanuria Sjostedt, 1883 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mantis Linnaeus, 1960 | Mantes | 5 | Species | Taxom | Melliera Saussure, 1892 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Miomantis Saussure, 1917 | African praying mantis | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Oxyothespis Saussure, 1870 | Grass mantises | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Paramantis Ragge & Roy, 1912 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Parastagmatoptera Saussure, 1839 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parentella Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plistospilota Giglio-Tos, 1883 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Polyspilota Burmeister, 1778 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Popa Serville, 0 | Twig Mantises | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Prohierodula Bolivar, 1893 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | Pseudovates Saussure, 1869 | Stick mantises | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Rivetina Berland & Ch..., 0 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Solygia Stal, 1839 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sphodromantis Stal, 1906 | African mantis | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Stagmomantis Saussure, 1763 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Statilia Stal, 1871 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stenopyga Karsch, 1963 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tenodera Burmeister, 1781 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tismomorpha Roy, 1966 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Yersiniops Hebard, 1908 | Grasshopper Mantids | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for West Africa
98 Species and 7 Subspecies | Achlaena grandis Westwood, 1889 | | | Acithespis gigas Giglio-Tos, 1916 | | | Alalomantis muta Wood-Mason, 1889 | Cameroon Mantis | | Ameles spallanzania Rossi, 1792 | European dwarf mantis | | Asiadodis squilla Saussure, 1869 | Asian Shield Mantis | | Calospilota calabarica Westwood, 1889 | | | Calospilota duchaillui Rehn, 1960 | | | Calospilota guineensis Giglio-Tos, 1917 | | | Calospilota lolodorfana Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Calospilota misana Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Cataspilota calabarica Westwood, 1889 | | | Cataspilota misana Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Compsothespis occidentalis Sjostedt, 1930 | | | Danuria (Danuria) buchholzi Gerstaecker, 1883 | | | Danuria (Danuriodes) barbozae (Bolivar, 1889) | ⇒ Danuriodes barbozae Bolivar, 1889 | | Danuriodes barbozae Bolivar, 1889 | | | Deroplatys trigonodera Westwood, 1889 | Dead Leaf Mantis | | Elaea marchali Reich & Fair..., 1847 | | | Epitenodera brevipennis Saussure, 1871 | | | Epitenodera herbacea Serville, 1839 | | | Epitenodera houyi Werner, 1928 | | | Epitenodera nimbana Roy, 1963 | | | Gonypetella ivoirensis Gillon & Roy, 1969 | | | Gonypetella ivoriensis Gillon & Roy, 1968 | | | Heterochaeta bernardii Roy, 1972 | | | Heterochaeta girardi Roy, 1975 | | | Heterochaeta kumari Roy, 1975 | | | Heterochaeta occidentalis Beier, 1963 | | | Heterochaeta pantherina Saussure, 1872 | | | Heterochaeta strachani Kirby, 1904 | | | Heterochaeta tenuipes (Westwood, 1841) | ⇒ Heterochaeta occidentalis Beier, 1963 | | Iris senegalensis Beier, 1931 | | | Ischnomantis gigas Saussure, 1870 | | | Ischnomantis werneri Giglio-Tos, 1916 | | | Leptocola fragilis Giglio-Tos, 1916 | | | Leptocola gracillima Gerstaecker, 1883 | | | Leptocola phthisica Saussure, 1869 | | | Leptocola stanleyana Westwood, 1889 | | | Ligaria clara Serville, 1839 | | | Ligaria senegalensis Roy, 1961 | | | Macrodanuria elongata Borre, 1883 | | | Mantis beieri Roy, 1999 | | | Mantis eichleri | | | Mantis insignis Beier, 1954 | | | Mantis religiosa Linnaeus, 1758 | European mantid | | Mantis religiosa eichleri Bazyluk, 1960 | | | Miomantis aurea Giglio-Tos, 1917 | | | Miomantis binotata Giglio-Tos, 1911 | African Pinstripe Mantis | | Miomantis bintumanensis Roy, 1971 | | | Miomantis lamtoensis Gillon & Roy, 1968 | | | Miomantis milmilena Giglio-Tos, 1917 | | | Miomantis misana Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Miomantis paykullii Stal, 1871 | Egyptian mantis | | Miomantis pellucida Saussure, 1870 | | | Miomantis rouxi Werner, 1926 | | | Miomantis scabricollis Gerstaecker, 1883 | | | Miomantis togana Giglio-Tos, 1917 | | | Oxyothespis alata Chopard, 1950 | | | Oxyothespis brevipennis Beier, 1930 | | | Oxyothespis flavipennis Chopard, 1941 | | | Oxyothespis longicollis Beier, 1931 | | | Oxyothespis longipennis Chopard, 1941 | | | Oxyothespis senegalensis Saussure, 1870 | | | Paramantis prasina Audinet-Serv..., 1839 | | | Paramantis togana Giglio-Tos, 1912 | | | Parastagmatoptera flavoguttata Serville, 1839 | | | Parentella major Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | | Plistospilota gasconi Rochebrune, 1884 | | | Plistospilota guineensis Roy, 1965 | Giant Mantis | | Plistospilota maxima Giglio-Tos, 1917 | | | Plistospilota nigerica Giglio-Tos, 1917 | | | Plistospilota validissima Gerstaecker, 1883 | | | Polyspilota aeruginosa Goeze, 1778 | Madagascan Marbled Mantis | | Popa spurca (Stal, 1856) | ⇒ Popa undata | | Popa spurca spurca Stal, 1856 | | | Popa undata | | | Prohierodula laticollis Karsch, 1892 | | | Prohierodula ornatipennis Bolivar, 1893 | | | Rivetina baetica tenuidentata La Greca & L..., 1982 | Delicate Teeth Baetic Ground Mantis | | Rivetina tenuidentata | | | Solygia sulcatifrons Serville, 1839 | | | Sphodromantis annobonensis Llorente, 1967 | | | Sphodromantis aurea Giglio-Tos, 1917 | Congo Green Mantis | | Sphodromantis barbara | | | Sphodromantis congica Beier, 1931 | Congo Mantis | | Sphodromantis conspicua La Greca, 1967 | | | Sphodromantis elegans Sjöstedt, 1930 | | | Sphodromantis gastrica Stål, 1858 | African Mantis | | Sphodromantis gracilicollis Beier, 1930 | | | Sphodromantis lineola Burmeister, 1838 | African Lined Mantis | | Sphodromantis lineola lineola Burmeister, 1838 | | | Sphodromantis occidentalis (Werner, 1906) | ⇒ Sphodromantis gastrica Stål, 1858 | | Sphodromantis royi La Greca, 1967 | | | Sphodromantis viridis Forskal, 1775 | African Giant Praying Mantis | | Sphodromantis viridis barbara La Greca, 1967 | | | Sphodromantis viridis occidentalis Werner, 1906 | | | Stagmomantis carolina Johansson, 1763 | Carolina mantid | | Statilia apicalis Saussure, 1871 | | | Stenopyga (Stenopyga) extera Karsch, 1892 | | | Stenopyga (Stenopyga) ziela Roy, 1963 | | | Tenodera superstitiosa Fabricius, 1781 | | | Tenodera superstitiosa superstitiosa Fabricius, 1781 | | | Tismomorpha inexpectata La Greca, 1966 | | | Yersiniops sophronica Rehn & Hebard, 1908 | Yersin´s ground mantis |
Subnodes of Mantidae with occurrences in West Africa | Subfamily | Amelinae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
| 5
5 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Angelinae
Beier, 1964
| 2
6 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Choeradodinae
Kirby, 1904
| 2
1 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Chroicopterinae
Saussure, 1869
| 2
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Compsothespinae
Handlirsch, 1926
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Deroplatinae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Dystactinae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Hierodulinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Giant Oriental Praying Mantises | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Mantinae
Burmeister, 1838
| 12
40 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Mellierinae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
| 1
0 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Miomantinae
Westwood, 1889
| 4
16 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Oxyothespinae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
| 2
7 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Stagmatopterinae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Stagmomantinae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Vatinae
Saussure, 1893
| 5
12 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Links, sources and further information Mantidae at gbif.org
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