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Checklist for Tribe Oxyothespini Giglio-Tos, 1919
and region West Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
614
13248
40770
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

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
 
FamilyMantidae
Burmeister, 1838
Mantids, Mantis, Praying Mantis, Praying mantises
43
98
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyOxyothespinae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
2
7
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeOxyothespini
Giglio-Tos, 1919
2
7
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for West Africa
2 Genera with 7 Species
Acithespis Giglio-Tos, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Oxyothespis Saussure, 1870Grass mantises6SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Africa
7 Species
Acithespis gigas Giglio-Tos, 1916
Oxyothespis alata Chopard, 1950
Oxyothespis brevipennis Beier, 1930
Oxyothespis flavipennis Chopard, 1941
Oxyothespis longicollis Beier, 1931
Oxyothespis longipennis Chopard, 1941
Oxyothespis senegalensis Saussure, 1870