Taxonomy of Genus Sphodromantis Stal, 1871
African mantis
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 4179
190570
2444470 | Families
Genera
Species |
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 3816
189502
2439455 | Families
Genera
Species |
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 3399
186457
2415487 | Families
Genera
Species |
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 652
12648
108742 | Families
Genera
Species |
Order
| Mantodea
Burmeister, 1838
Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids | 44
702
5002 | Families
Genera
Species |
Superfamily
| Mantoidea
Handlirsch, 1903
| 4
381
3273 | Families
Genera
Species | | Family | Mantidae
Burmeister, 1838
Mantids, Mantis, Praying Mantis, Praying mantises | 286
2787 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Mantinae
Burmeister, 1838
| 27
766 | Genera
Species | | Tribe | Paramantini
Roy, 1972
| 10
146 | Genera
Species | | Genus | Sphodromantis
Stal, 1871
African mantis | 82 | Species |
Subnodes of Sphodromantis Stal, 1871 | Species | Sphodromantis abessinica Sjöstedt, 1930
| | | | Species | Sphodromantis aethiopica La Greca & Lombardo, 1987
Ethiopian mantis | | | | Species | Sphodromantis andreinii Giglio-Tos, 1912
| | | | Species | Sphodromantis annobonensis Llorente, 1967
| | | | Species | Sphodromantis aurea Giglio-Tos, 1917
Congo Green Mantis | | | | Species | Sphodromantis aureoides Roy, 2010
| | | | Species | Sphodromantis baccettii La Greca & Lombardo, 1987
Giant African Praying Mantis | | | | Species | Sphodromantis balachowskyi La Greca, 1967
African Mantis, African Praying Mantis | | | | Species | Sphodromantis barbara
| | | | Species | Sphodromantis belachowski
African mantis, African praying mantis | | | | Species | Sphodromantis bicarinata Saussure, 1869 ⇒ Sphodromantis gastrica
| | | | Species | Sphodromantis biocellata Werner, 1906
| | | | Species | Sphodromantis bioculata Burmeister, 1838 ⇒ Sphodromantis gastrica
| | | | Species | Sphodromantis cavibrachia Werner, 1915
| | | | Species | Sphodromantis centralis Rehn, 1914
African Mantis, African Praying Mantis | | | | Species | Sphodromantis christina Kirby, 1904 ⇒ Sphodromantis kersteni
| | | | Species | Sphodromantis citernii Giglio-Tos, 1917
| 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Sphodromantis congica Beier, 1931
Congo Mantis, Seepwillow borer | | | | Species | Sphodromantis conspicua La Greca, 1967
| | | | Species | Sphodromantis dhufarica Uvarov, 1933 ⇒ Sphodromantis trimacula
| | | | Species | Sphodromantis elegans Sjöstedt, 1930
| | | | Species | Sphodromantis elongata La Greca, 1969
| | | | Species | Sphodromantis fenestrata Giglio-Tos, 1912
| | | | Species | Sphodromantis fulva Giglio-Tos, 1912 ⇒ Sphodromantis fenestrata
| | | | Species | Sphodromantis gastrica Stål, 1858
African Mantis, Common Green Mantis | | | | Species | Sphodromantis gestri Giglio-Tos, 1912
| | | | Species | Sphodromantis giubana La Greca & Lombardo, 1987
| | | | Species | Sphodromantis gracilicollis Beier, 1930
| 3 | Subspecies | | Species | Sphodromantis gracilinota Beier, 1935 ⇒ Sphodromantis gracilicollis
| | | | Species | Sphodromantis gracilis Lombardo, 1991
| | | | Species | Sphodromantis guttata Giglio-Tos, 1907 ⇒ Sphodromantis gastrica
| | | | Species | Sphodromantis hyalina La Greca, 1955
| | | | Species | Sphodromantis kenyana
| | | | Species | Sphodromantis kersteni Gerstaecker, 1869
| | | | Species | Sphodromantis lagrecai Lombardo, 1989
| | | | Species | Sphodromantis lineola Burmeister, 1838
African Lined Mantis, African Mantis, Giant African Mantis | 3 | Subspecies | | Species | Sphodromantis meridionales
| | | | Species | Sphodromantis obscura Beier & Hocking, 1965
| | | | Species | Sphodromantis occidentalis Werner, 1906 ⇒ Sphodromantis gastrica
| | | | Species | Sphodromantis pachinota La Greca & Lombardo, 1987
| | | | Species | Sphodromantis pardii La Greca & Lombardo, 1987
| | | | Species | Sphodromantis parmata La Greca, 1955
| | | | Species | Sphodromantis pavonina La Greca, 1955
| | | | Species | Sphodromantis pinguis
| | | | Species | Sphodromantis pupillata Bolivar, 1912
| | | | Species | Sphodromantis quinquecallosa Werner, 1916
| | | | Species | Sphodromantis royi La Greca, 1967
| | | | Species | Sphodromantis rubrostigma Werner, 1916 ⇒ Sphodromantis kersteni
Kenya mantis | | | | Species | Sphodromantis rudolfae Rehn, 1901
| 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Sphodromantis simplex
| | | | Species | Sphodromantis socotrana Roy, 2010
| | | | Species | Sphodromantis speciosa La Greca & Lombardo, 1987
| | | | Species | Sphodromantis splendida Hebard, 1920
| | | | Species | Sphodromantis stigmosa Roy, 2010
| | | | Species | Sphodromantis tenuidentata Lombardo, 1991
Tanzanian mantis | | | | Species | Sphodromantis transcaucasica Kirby, 1904
| | | | Species | Sphodromantis trimacula Saussure, 1870
| | | | Species | Sphodromantis uebina Giglio-Tos, 1912 ⇒ Sphodromantis fenestrata
| | | | Species | Sphodromantis ugandanus Rehn, 1912
| | | | Species | Sphodromantis viridis Forskal, 1775
African Giant Praying Mantis, African mantis, Bush Mantis | 11 | Subspecies | | Species | Sphodromantis werneri Roy, 2010
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Synonyms Native, vernacular names and spellings of Sphodromantis | English | African mantis | | Dutch | Afrikaanse bidsprinkhanen |
Distribution of Sphodromantis Stal, 1871 Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Palestine, Portugal, Republic South Africa, Romania, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Spain, Sudan, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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