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Checklist for Superfamily Mantoidea Handlirsch, 1903
and region Botswana (Southern Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
315
2340
4567
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
313
2338
4562
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
297
2276
4408
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
30
124
163
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mantodea
Burmeister, 1838
Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids
5
26
36
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Mantoidea
Handlirsch, 1903
2
19
27
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Botswana
2 Families width 27 Species and 4 Subspecies
Mantidae Burmeister, 1838Mantids22SpeciesTaxom
Hymenopodidae Giglio-Tos, 1919Flower mimic mantises5SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Botswana
19 Genera with 27 Species
Bisanthe Stal, 03SpeciesTaxom
Cilnia Stal, 18712SpeciesTaxom
Danuria Stal, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Dystacta Saussure, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Gonypetella Giglio-Tos, 19154SpeciesTaxom
Harpagomantis Kirby, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Heterochaeta Westwood, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Ligaria Stål, 04SpeciesTaxom
Ligariella Giglio-Tos, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Mantis Linnaeus, 1758Mantes1SpeciesTaxom
Miomantis Saussure, 1911African praying mantis1SpeciesTaxom
Omomantis Saussure, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Oxyothespis Saussure, 1996Grass mantises1SpeciesTaxom
Oxypiloidea Schulthess-S..., 18892SpeciesTaxom
Oxypilus Serville, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Parentella Giglio-Tos, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Popa Serville, 1856Twig Mantises1SpeciesTaxom
Setoxypilus Roy, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Sphodromantis Stal, 1858African mantis1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Botswana
27 Species and 4 Subspecies
Bisanthe menyharthi raggei Kaltenbach, 1994
Bisanthe pulchripennis Stål, 1876
Bisanthe raggei
Cilnia chopardi Werner, 1927
Cilnia humeralis Saussure, 1871Wide-armed Mantis
Danuria (Danuria) thunbergi Stal, 1856
Dystacta alticeps Schaum, 1852
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
Harpagomantis tricolor Linné, 1758
Heterochaeta occidentalis Beier, 1963
Ligaria brevicollis ignota Kaltenbach, 1996
Ligaria aberrans Karny, 1908
Ligaria affinis Kaltenbach, 1996
Ligaria ignota
Ligariella trigonalis Saussure, 1899
Mantis religiosa Linnaeus, 1758European mantid
Miomantis exilis Giglio-Tos, 1911
Omomantis zebrata Charpentier, 1843
Oxyothespis meridionalis Kaltenbach, 1996Firtree borer
Oxypiloidea (Oxypiloidea) tridens Saussure, 1872
Oxypiloidea subcornuta Westwood, 1889
Oxypilus (Anoxypilus) capensis (Saussure, 1871)⇒ Setoxypilus nasutus Fabricius, 1787
Parentella laticollis Karny, 1908
Popa spurca (Stal, 1856)⇒ Popa undata
Setoxypilus nasutus Fabricius, 1787
Sphodromantis gastrica Stål, 1858African Mantis

Subnodes of Mantoidea with occurrences in Botswana
FamilyHymenopodidae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
Flower mimic mantises
4
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMantidae
Burmeister, 1838
Mantids, Mantis, Praying Mantis, Praying mantises
15
22
Genera
Species

Taxom