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Checklist for Tribe Polyspilotini Roy, 1972
and region Africa (Continents)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
943
36180
241410
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
939
36100
241106
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
896
35668
239021
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
142
2517
10595
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mantodea
Burmeister, 1838
Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids
15
217
1163
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Mantoidea
Handlirsch, 1903
3
127
675
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMantidae
Burmeister, 1838
Mantids, Mantis, Praying Mantis, Praying mantises
105
528
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMantinae
Burmeister, 1838
19
147
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribePolyspilotini
Roy, 1972
6
48
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Africa
6 Genera with 48 Species
Calospilota Giglio-Tos, 19118SpeciesTaxom
Cataspilota Giglio-Tos, 19914SpeciesTaxom
Plistospilota Giglio-Tos, 18839SpeciesTaxom
Polyspilota Burmeister, 189911SpeciesTaxom
Prohierodula Bolivar, 195612SpeciesTaxom
Tenodera Burmeister, 17818SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Africa
48 Species and 4 Subspecies
Calospilota armicollis Karsch, 1892
Calospilota calabarica Westwood, 1889
Calospilota duchaillui Rehn, 1960
Calospilota guineensis Giglio-Tos, 1917
Calospilota lolodorfana Giglio-Tos, 1911
Calospilota misana Giglio-Tos, 1911
Calospilota pulchra Roy, 1991
Calospilota tristis Giglio-Tos, 1911
Cataspilota calabarica Westwood, 1889
Cataspilota lolodorfana Giglio-Tos, 1911
Cataspilota misana Giglio-Tos, 1911
Cataspilota pulchra Roy, 1991
Plistospilota camerunensis Giglio-Tos, 1917
Plistospilota congica Giglio-Tos, 1917
Plistospilota gasconi Rochebrune, 1884
Plistospilota guineensis Roy, 1965Giant Mantis
Plistospilota insignis Wood-Mason, 1882
Plistospilota mabirica Giglio-Tos, 1917
Plistospilota maxima Giglio-Tos, 1917
Plistospilota nigerica Giglio-Tos, 1917
Plistospilota validissima Gerstaecker, 1883
Polyspilota aeruginosa Goeze, 1778Madagascan Marbled Mantis
Polyspilota caffra Westwood, 1889
Polyspilota caffra transvaaliana (Giglio-Tos, 1911)⇒ Polyspilota caffra Westwood, 1889
Polyspilota comorana Giglio-Tos, 1911
Polyspilota griffinii Giglio-Tos, 1911Griffin Mantis
Polyspilota magna Giglio-Tos, 1911
Polyspilota montana Beier, 1931
Polyspilota pavani La Greca, 1966
Polyspilota robusta Roy, 1989
Polyspilota seychelliana Giglio-Tos, 1911Seychelles mantis
Polyspilota voelzkowiana Saussure, 1899
Prohierodula brunnea La Greca, 1956
Prohierodula congica Beier, 1942
Prohierodula enghoffii Lombardo, 1997
Prohierodula flavipennis Karsch, 1892
Prohierodula grassei Roy, 1965
Prohierodula laticollis Karsch, 1892
Prohierodula lineata Roy, 1967
Prohierodula mundamensis Giglio-Tos, 1911
Prohierodula nigrispinis Roy, 1967
Prohierodula ornatipennis Bolivar, 1893
Prohierodula picta Gerstaecker, 1883
Prohierodula viridimarginata La Greca, 1956
Tenodera australasiae Leach, 1814Australian mantid
Tenodera iringana (Giglio-Tos, 1912)⇒ Epitenodera capitata de Saussure, 1869
Tenodera madagascariensis Saussure & Z..., 1895
Tenodera rungsi Uvarov, 1935
Tenodera superstitiosa Fabricius, 1781
Tenodera superstitiosa bokiana Giglio-Tos, 1907
Tenodera superstitiosa madagascariensis (Saussure & Z..., 1895)⇒ Tenodera superstitiosa bokiana Giglio-Tos, 1907
Tenodera superstitiosa superstitiosa Fabricius, 1781