Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Mantoidea for Central China (China)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	486 5498 15620	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	486 5498 15620	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	463 5400 15470	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Polyneoptera Martynov, 1923	69 655 3355	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Mantodea Burmeister, 1838 Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids	6 21 28	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Mantoidea Handlirsch, 1903	2 14 20	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Central China
2 Families width 20 Species

Hymenopodidae Giglio-Tos, 1919	Flower mimic mantises	7	Species	Taxom
Mantidae (Burmeister, 1838)	Mantids	13	Species	Taxom

Genera for Central China
14 Genera with 20 Species

Species list for Central China
20 Species

Acromantis japonica Westwood, 1889	Japanese Boxer Mantis
Amantis wuzhishana Yang, 2002
Asiadodis squilla Saussure, 1869	Asian Shield Mantis
Creobroter gemmatus Stoll, 1813	Indian Flower Mantis
Creobroter nebulosa Zheng, 1988
Hierodula (Hierodula) formosana Giglio-Tos, 1912	Holsinger´s cave beetle
Hierodula (Hierodula) patellifera Serville, 1839	Asian Mantis
Hierodula chinensis Werner, 1929
Hierodula multispina Wang, 1993
Hymenopus coronatoides Wang, Liu & Yin, 1994
Mantis religiosa Linnaeus, 1758	European mantid
Odontomantis sinensis Giglio-Tos, 1915
Parablepharis kuhlii De Hann, 1842
Phyllothelys werneri Karny, 1915
Rhombodera valida Burmeister, 1838
Statilia maculata Thunberg, 1784	Ko-kamakiri {Japanese}
Tenodera angustipennis Saussure, 1869	Asian mantis
Tenodera aridifolia Stoll, 1813	Chinese Mantis
Tenodera sinensis (Saussure, 1871)	⇒ Tenodera aridifolia Stoll, 1813
Theopropus cattulus Westwood, 1889

Subnodes of Mantoidea with occurrences in Central China

Family	Hymenopodidae Giglio-Tos, 1919 Flower mimic mantises	6 7	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Mantidae Burmeister, 1838 Mantids, Mantis, Praying Mantis, Praying mantises	8 13	Genera Species	Taxom