Checklist of Superfamily Mantoidea Handlirsch, 1903
for Namibia (Southern Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 434
4744
11078 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 432
4729
11035 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 411
4620
10820 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 51
306
537 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Mantodea
Burmeister, 1838
Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids | 8
55
116 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Mantoidea
Handlirsch, 1903
| 2
36
60 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Namibia
2 Families width 60 Species and 7 Subspecies
Genera for Namibia
36 Genera with 60 Species
| Asiadodis Roy, 1869 | Hood Mantis | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bisanthe Stal, 1876 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Carvilia Stal, 1876 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Catasigerpes Giglio-Tos, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chroicoptera Stal, 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cilnia Stal, 1871 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Compsothespis Saussure, 1923 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Danuria Stal, 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dystacta Saussure, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dystactula Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Entella Stal, 1996 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Euentella Kaltenbach, 1996 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Galinthias Stal, 1871 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Geothespis Giglio-Tos, 1916 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gonypetella Giglio-Tos, 1927 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Harpagomantis Kirby, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heterochaeta Westwood, 1841 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ischnomantis Stal, 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ligaria Stål, 1996 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Ligariella Giglio-Tos, 1899 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Ligentella Kaltenbach, 1996 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Macracanthopus Chopard, 1929 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mantis Linnaeus, 1758 | Mantes | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Miomantis Saussure, 1872 | African praying mantis | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Omomantis Saussure, 1843 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oxyothespis Saussure, 1996 | Grass mantises | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oxypiloidea Schulthess-S..., 1872 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Oxypilus Serville, 1966 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Parentella Giglio-Tos, 1908 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phyllocrania Burmeister, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polyspilota Burmeister, 1778 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Popa Serville, 0 | Twig Mantises | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudodystacta Kaltenbach, 1908 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Setoxypilus Roy, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sphodromantis Stal, 1906 | African mantis | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Tenodera Burmeister, 1781 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Namibia
60 Species and 7 Subspecies | Asiadodis squilla Saussure, 1869 | Asian Shield Mantis | | Bisanthe pulchripennis Stål, 1876 | | | Carvilia saussurii Stål, 1876 | | | Catasigerpes margarethae Werner, 1912 | | | Chroicoptera vidua Stal, 1856 | | | Cilnia chopardi Werner, 1927 | | | Cilnia humeralis Saussure, 1871 | Wide-armed Mantis | | Compsothespis michaelseni Werner, 1923 | | | Danuria (Danuria) thunbergi Stal, 1856 | | | Dystacta alticeps Schaum, 1852 | | | Dystactula grisea Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | | Entella (Entella) brunni Werner, 1923 | | | Entella (Entella) delalandi Saussure, 1870 | | | Entella (Entella) femina Karny, 1908 | | | Entella (Euentella) gaerdesi (Kaltenbach, 1996) | ⇒ Euentella gaerdesi Kaltenbach, 1996 | | Euentella gaerdesi Kaltenbach, 1996 | | | Galinthias amoena Saussure, 1871 | | | Geothespis australis Giglio-Tos, 1916 | | | Gonypetella australis Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | | Gonypetella deletrix Rehn, 1927 | | | Harpagomantis tricolor Linné, 1758 | | | Heterochaeta occidentalis Beier, 1963 | | | Heterochaeta tenuipes (Westwood, 1841) | ⇒ Heterochaeta occidentalis Beier, 1963 | | Ischnomantis fatiloqua Stal, 1856 | | | Ligaria brevicollis ignota Kaltenbach, 1996 | | | Ligaria aberrans Karny, 1908 | | | Ligaria dentata Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | | Ligaria ignota | | | Ligaria inexpectata Kaltenbach, 1996 | | | 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 | | | Miomantis australis (Beier, 1930) | ⇒ Miomantis exilis Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | Miomantis coxalis Saussure, 1898 | | | Miomantis exilis Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Miomantis fenestrata Fabricius, 1781 | | | Miomantis natalica Beier, 1930 | | | Miomantis quadripunctata Saussure, 1898 | | | Miomantis semialata Saussure, 1872 | | | Omomantis zebrata Charpentier, 1843 | | | Oxyothespis meridionalis Kaltenbach, 1996 | Firtree borer | | Oxypiloidea (Catasigerpes) margarethae (Werner, 1912) | ⇒ Oxypiloidea tridens Saussure, 1872 | | Oxypiloidea (Oxypiloidea) namibiana Roy, 2013 | | | Oxypiloidea (Oxypiloidea) tridens Saussure, 1872 | | | Oxypilus (Anoxypilus) transvalensis (Giglio-Tos, 1915) | ⇒ Setoxypilus transvalensis Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | Oxypilus (Oxypilus) villiersi Roy, 1966 | | | Parentella laticollis Karny, 1908 | | | Phyllocrania paradoxa Burmeister, 1838 | Ghost Mantis | | Polyspilota aeruginosa Goeze, 1778 | Madagascan Marbled Mantis | | Popa spurca (Stal, 1856) | ⇒ Popa undata | | Popa spurca spurca Stal, 1856 | | | Popa undata | | | Pseudodystacta braueri Karny, 1908 | | | Setoxypilus transvalensis Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | | Sphodromantis gastrica Stål, 1858 | African Mantis | | Sphodromantis lineola Burmeister, 1838 | African Lined Mantis | | Sphodromantis lineola lineola Burmeister, 1838 | | | Sphodromantis occidentalis (Werner, 1906) | ⇒ Sphodromantis gastrica Stål, 1858 | | Sphodromantis viridis Forskal, 1775 | African Giant Praying Mantis | | Sphodromantis viridis occidentalis Werner, 1906 | | | Tenodera superstitiosa Fabricius, 1781 | | | Tenodera superstitiosa superstitiosa Fabricius, 1781 | |
Subnodes of Mantoidea with occurrences in Namibia
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