Checklist for Superfamily Mantoidea Handlirsch, 1903
and region Nigeria (West Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 388
4495
12408 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 385
4491
12404 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 368
4385
12052 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 39
304
531 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Mantodea
Burmeister, 1838
Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids | 8
34
55 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Mantoidea
Handlirsch, 1903
| 2
22
37 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Nigeria
2 Families width 37 Species and 3 Subspecies
Genera for Nigeria
22 Genera with 37 Species #ACDEHILMOPST
| Anasigerpes Giglio-Tos, 1979 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Asiadodis Roy, 1869 | Hood Mantis | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Calospilota Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Catasigerpes Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Chloroharpax Werner, 1883 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chrysomantis Giglio-Tos, 1930 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Congoharpax La Greca, 1972 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Danuria Stal, 1883 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Elaea Stal, 1847 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epitenodera Giglio-Tos, 1928 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heterochaeta Westwood, 1904 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Ischnomantis Stal, 1870 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptocola Gerstaecker, 1883 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Miomantis Saussure, 1871 | African praying mantis | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oxypilus Serville, 1966 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Plistospilota Giglio-Tos, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polyspilota Burmeister, 1778 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Prohierodula Bolivar, 1893 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudocreobotra Saussure, 1805 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudoharpax Saussure, 1839 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Sphodromantis Stal, 1838 | African mantis | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Tenodera Burmeister, 1781 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Nigeria
37 Species and 3 Subspecies | Anasigerpes bifasciata Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | | Anasigerpes unifasciata Roy, 1979 | | | Asiadodis squilla Saussure, 1869 | Asian Shield Mantis | | Calospilota calabarica Westwood, 1889 | | | Calospilota duchaillui Rehn, 1960 | | | Calospilota lolodorfana Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Calospilota misana Giglio-Tos, 1911 | | | Catasigerpes margarethae Werner, 1912 | | | Catasigerpes nigericus Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | | Catasigerpes toganus Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | | Chloroharpax modesta Gerstaecker, 1883 | Nigerian Flower Mantis | | Chrysomantis tessmanni Werner, 1928 | | | Chrysomantis tristis (Beier, 1930) | ⇒ Chrysomantis tessmanni Werner, 1928 | | Congoharpax judithae Roy, 1972 | | | Danuria (Danuria) buchholzi Gerstaecker, 1883 | | | Elaea marchali Reich & Fair..., 1847 | | | Epitenodera houyi Werner, 1928 | | | Heterochaeta bernardii Roy, 1972 | | | Heterochaeta girardi Roy, 1975 | | | Heterochaeta kumari Roy, 1975 | | | Heterochaeta strachani Kirby, 1904 | | | Ischnomantis gigas Saussure, 1870 | | | Leptocola gracillima Gerstaecker, 1883 | | | Miomantis paykullii Stal, 1871 | Egyptian mantis | | Oxypilus (Oxypilus) enei Roy, 1966 | | | Oxypilus (Oxypilus) guentheri Roy, 1966 | | | Oxypilus (Oxypilus) hamatus Roy, 1966 | | | Plistospilota nigerica Giglio-Tos, 1917 | | | Polyspilota aeruginosa Goeze, 1778 | Madagascan Marbled Mantis | | Prohierodula ornatipennis Bolivar, 1893 | | | Pseudocreobotra ocellata Palisot, 1805 | African flower mantis | | Pseudoharpax virescens Serville, 1839 | Gambian Spotted-eye Flower Mantis | | Pseudoharpax virescens virescens Serville, 1839 | | | Sphodromantis congica Beier, 1931 | Congo Mantis | | Sphodromantis gastrica Stål, 1858 | African Mantis | | Sphodromantis gracilicollis Beier, 1930 | | | Sphodromantis lineola Burmeister, 1838 | African Lined Mantis | | Sphodromantis lineola lineola Burmeister, 1838 | | | Tenodera superstitiosa Fabricius, 1781 | | | Tenodera superstitiosa superstitiosa Fabricius, 1781 | |
Subnodes of Mantoidea with occurrences in Nigeria
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