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Checklist for Family Mantispidae Leach, 1815 (Mantid lacewings)
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
 
Neuropterida
Aspöck, Gusenleithner & Malicky, 1999
19
303
1554
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Neuroptera
Linnaeus, 1758
And Allies, Ant lions, Ant-lions, Antlions, Lacewing
15
282
1516
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Hemerobiiformia
Henry, 1982
9
104
520
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Mantispoidea
Leach, 1815
2
29
163
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMantispidae
Leach, 1815
Mantid lacewings, Mantidflies, Mantidfly, Mantis-flies
19
138
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Africa
19 Genera with 138 Species
Afromantispa Snyman & Ohl, 192312SpeciesTaxom
Cercomantispa Handschin, 191316SpeciesTaxom
Climaciella Enderlein, 2002Wasp Mantidflies2SpeciesTaxom
Dicromantispa Hoffman, 20024SpeciesTaxom
Drepanicus Blanchard, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Entanoneura Enderlein, 19092SpeciesTaxom
Euclimacia Enderlein, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Eumantispa Okamoto, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Feroseta Poinar, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Madantispa Fraser, 19523SpeciesTaxom
Mantispa Illiger, 192340SpeciesTaxom
Nampista Navas, 19292SpeciesTaxom
Necyla Navas, 191311SpeciesTaxom
Perlamantispa Handschin, 19093SpeciesTaxom
Plega Navas, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoclimaciella Handschin, 191419SpeciesTaxom
Rectinerva Handschin, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Sagittalata Handschin, 190917SpeciesTaxom
Zeugomantispa Hoffman, 18421SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Africa
138 Species
Afromantispa capeneri Handschin, 1959
Afromantispa dispersa Navás, 1914
Afromantispa meadewaldina Navás, 1914
Afromantispa moucheti Navás, 1925Yellowfinned albacore
Afromantispa nana Erichson, 1839
Afromantispa nanyukina Navás, 1933
Afromantispa natalensis Navás, 1914
Afromantispa navasi Handschin, 1960
Afromantispa tenella Erichson, 1839
Afromantispa verruculata Navás, 1914
Afromantispa zonaria Navás, 1925Yellowfinned albacore
Afromantispa zonata Navás, 1923
Cercomantispa condei Poivre, 1982
Cercomantispa decellei Poivre, 1982
Cercomantispa finoti Navas, 1915
Cercomantispa keiseri Handschin, 1963
Cercomantispa mozambica Westwood, 1852
Cercomantispa natalica Navas, 1909
Cercomantispa ndjallai Poivre, 1981
Cercomantispa nigricornis Navas, 1926Wart butterfish
Cercomantispa paolina Navas, 1930
Cercomantispa perparva Esben-Petersen, 1917Man-of-war fishes
Cercomantispa picea Esben-Petersen, 1917Man-of-war fishes
Cercomantispa pulla Navas, 1935
Cercomantispa stenostigma Navas, 1936Atlantic white marlin
Cercomantispa tristella Navas, 1936Atlantic white marlin
Cercomantispa tristis Navas, 1936Atlantic white marlin
Cercomantispa vulpes Stitz, 1913
Climaciella brunnea Say, 1824Brown Mantidfly
Climaciella porosa Hoffman, 2002Smalleye squaretail
Dicromantispa gracilis Erichson, 1839
Dicromantispa moronei M. S. Engel, 2007
Dicromantispa sayi Banks, 1897Say'S Mantidfly
Dicromantispa synapsis Hoffman, 2002Smalleye squaretail
Drepanicus chrysopinus Brauer, 1867
Entanoneura brunneonigra Handschin, 1960Cape cigarfish
Entanoneura mariae Navas, 1909
Euclimacia jacobsoni Handschin, 1961
Eumantispa mariae (Navas, 1909)⇒ Entanoneura mariae Navas, 1909
Feroseta prisca G. Poinar, 2006
Madantispa minuta Handschin, 1963
Madantispa pauliani Handschin, 1963
Madantispa seyrigi Fraser, 1952
Mantispa aphavexelte U. Aspöck & ..., 1994
Mantispa basilei Navas, 1930
Mantispa capeneri Handschin, 1959
Mantispa castaneipennis Esben-Petersen, 1917
Mantispa centenaria Esben-Petersen, 1917
Mantispa delicata Navas, 1914
Mantispa dispersa Navas, 1914
Mantispa ellenbergeri Navas, 1927Whario
Mantispa elpidica Navas, 1914
Mantispa fausta Thunberg, 1784
Mantispa finoti Navas, 1909
Mantispa flavinota Handschin, 1963Indo-Pacific furry lobster
Mantispa fuliginosa Loew, 1859Sculptured mitten lobster
Mantispa fuscipennis Erichson, 1839Small European locust lobster
Mantispa grandis (Erichson, 1839)⇒ Pseudoclimaciella erichsonii Guérin-Ménev..., 1844
Mantispa guttula Fairmaire, 1858
Mantispa haematina Navas, 1914Chace slipper lobster
Mantispa haugi Navas, 1909Scaled slipper lobster
Mantispa loveni Navas, 1928Silver warehou
Mantispa lutea Stitz, 1913Red slipper lobster
Mantispa marshalli Navas, 1914Serrate fan lobster
Mantispa maynei (Navas, 1929)⇒ Mantispa verruculata Navas, 1914
Mantispa meadewaldina Navas, 1914Glabrous fan lobster
Mantispa moucheti Navas, 1925Caledonian mitten lobster
Mantispa nabota Olivier, , 1797
Mantispa nana (Lichtenstein, 1802)⇒ Mantispa nabota Olivier, , 1797
Mantispa nanyukina Navas, 1933Easter Island mitten lobster
Mantispa navasi Handschin, 1960Marbled mitten lobster
Mantispa negusa Navas, 1914
Mantispa nubila (Stitz, 1913)⇒ Sagittalata nubila Stitz, 1913
Mantispa paraguayana Ohl, 2004Climbing bass
Mantispa phaeonota Navas, 1933Bay ghost shrimp
Mantispa pygmaea Stitz, 1913
Mantispa schoutedeni Navas, 1929
Mantispa tenella (Erichson, 1839)⇒ Afromantispa tenella Erichson, 1839
Mantispa tessmanni Stitz, 1913
Mantispa umbripennis (Walker, 1860)⇒ Mantispa navasi Handschin, 1960
Mantispa verruculata Navas, 1914
Mantispa zonaria Navas, 1925Japanese mud shrimp
Mantispa zonata Navas, 1923
Nampista africana Esben-Petersen, 1927
Nampista ragazziana Navás, 1929
Necyla bonhourei Navas, 1922Agassiz clam shrimp
Necyla finoti (Navas, 1915)⇒ Cercomantispa finoti Navas, 1915
Necyla flavonotata Tjeder, 1963
Necyla keiseri (Handschin, 1963)⇒ Cercomantispa keiseri Handschin, 1963
Necyla mozambica (Westwood, 1852)⇒ Cercomantispa mozambica Westwood, 1852
Necyla natalensis Navas, 1914Aviu shrimp
Necyla perparva (Esben-Petersen, 1917)⇒ Cercomantispa perparva Esben-Petersen, 1917
Necyla pulla (Navas, 1935)⇒ Cercomantispa pulla Navas, 1935
Necyla pupa Navas, 1927Northern mauxia shrimp
Necyla simplicia (Fraser, 1952)⇒ Cercomantispa vulpes Stitz, 1913
Necyla vulpes (Stitz, 1913)⇒ Cercomantispa vulpes Stitz, 1913
Perlamantispa dorsalis (Erichson, 1839)⇒ Sagittalata dorsalis Erichson, 1839
Perlamantispa pusilla (Pallas, 1772)⇒ Sagittalata pusilla Pallas, 1772
Perlamantispa vassei (Navas, 1909)⇒ Sagittalata vassei Navás, , 1909
Plega hagenella Westwood, 1867Black marlin
Pseudoclimaciella alberti Navas, 1936Atlantic white marlin
Pseudoclimaciella apicipennis Kolbe, 1897
Pseudoclimaciella cachani Poivre, 1982
Pseudoclimaciella congensis Navas, 1936Atlantic white marlin
Pseudoclimaciella coronata Stitz, 1913
Pseudoclimaciella elisabethae Navas, 1936Atlantic white marlin
Pseudoclimaciella erichsonii Guérin-Ménev..., 1844
Pseudoclimaciella flava (Esben-Petersen, 1917)⇒ Euclimacia flava Esben-Petersen, 1917
Pseudoclimaciella ivoiriensis Poivre, 1982
Pseudoclimaciella loanga Navas, 1909
Pseudoclimaciella olsufievi (Navas, 1936)⇒ Paulianella olsufievi Navas, 1936
Pseudoclimaciella rubida Stitz, 1913
Pseudoclimaciella sanguinea Navas, 1914
Pseudoclimaciella sarta Stitz, 1913
Pseudoclimaciella stitzi Handschin, 1960Cape cigarfish
Pseudoclimaciella thomensis (Viette, 1958)⇒ Mantispa thomensis Viette, 1958
Pseudoclimaciella timmerhansi Navas, 1931
Pseudoclimaciella tropica Westwood, 1852
Pseudoclimaciella umbripennis (Navas, 1914)⇒ Mantispa navasi Handschin, 1960
Rectinerva braconidiformis Handschin, 1959
Sagittalata austroafrica Poivre, 1984
Sagittalata bequaerti Navás, 1932Black butterfish
Sagittalata bitschi Poivre, 1982
Sagittalata delamarei Poivre, 1982
Sagittalata dorsalis Erichson, 1839
Sagittalata girardi Poivre, , 1982
Sagittalata griveaudi Poivre, 1982
Sagittalata hilaris Navas, 1925Yellowfinned albacore
Sagittalata jucunda Navas, 1932Black butterfish
Sagittalata lugubris Navas, 1926Wart butterfish
Sagittalata nubila Stitz, 1913
Sagittalata pusilla Pallas, 1772
Sagittalata royi Poivre, , 1982
Sagittalata semeriai Poivre, 1981
Sagittalata similata Navás, 1922Northern bluefin tuna
Sagittalata tincta Navás, 1929
Sagittalata vassei Navás, , 1909
Zeugomantispa virescens (Rambur, 1842)⇒ Mantispa virescens Rambur, 1842

Subnodes of Mantispidae with occurrences in Africa
SubfamilyDrepanicinae
Enderlein, 1910
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMantispinae
Leach, 1815
15
132
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySymphrasinae
Navas, 1909
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Mantispidae at gbif.org
Mantispidae at irmng.org
Mantispidae at itis.gov