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Checklist of Family Mantispidae Leach, 1815 (Mantid lacewings)
for Republic South Africa (Southern Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
745
14328
54098
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
741
14296
53982
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
707
14078
53328
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Neuropterida
Aspöck, Gusenleithner & Malicky, 1999
18
169
616
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Neuroptera
Linnaeus, 1758
And Allies, Ant lions, Ant-lions, Antlions, Lacewing
14
162
600
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Hemerobiiformia
Henry, 1982
8
61
260
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Mantispoidea
Leach, 1815
2
14
46
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMantispidae
Leach, 1815
Mantid lacewings, Mantidflies, Mantidfly, Mantis-flies
6
33
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Republic South Africa
6 Genera with 33 Species
Afromantispa Snyman & Ohl, 18395SpeciesTaxom
Cercomantispa Handschin, 19174SpeciesTaxom
Mantispa Illiger, 183911SpeciesTaxom
Perlamantispa Handschin, 19093SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoclimaciella Handschin, 18527SpeciesTaxom
Sagittalata Handschin, 19095SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Republic South Africa
33 Species
Afromantispa capeneri Handschin, 1959
Afromantispa moucheti Navás, 1925Yellowfinned albacore
Afromantispa nana Erichson, 1839
Afromantispa navasi Handschin, 1960
Afromantispa tenella Erichson, 1839
Cercomantispa mozambica Westwood, 1852
Cercomantispa nigricornis Navas, 1926Wart butterfish
Cercomantispa perparva Esben-Petersen, 1917Man-of-war fishes
Mantispa castaneipennis Esben-Petersen, 1917
Mantispa delicata Navas, 1914
Mantispa ellenbergeri Navas, 1927Whario
Mantispa elpidica Navas, 1914
Mantispa fuscipennis Erichson, 1839Small European locust lobster
Mantispa grandis (Erichson, 1839)⇒ Pseudoclimaciella erichsonii Guérin-Ménev..., 1844
Mantispa moucheti Navas, 1925Caledonian mitten lobster
Mantispa nabota Olivier, , 1797
Mantispa nana (Lichtenstein, 1802)⇒ Mantispa nabota Olivier, , 1797
Mantispa paraguayana Ohl, 2004Climbing bass
Mantispa tenella (Erichson, 1839)⇒ Afromantispa tenella Erichson, 1839
Perlamantispa dorsalis (Erichson, 1839)⇒ Sagittalata dorsalis Erichson, 1839
Perlamantispa pusilla (Pallas, 1772)⇒ Sagittalata pusilla Pallas, 1772
Perlamantispa vassei (Navas, 1909)⇒ Sagittalata vassei Navás, , 1909
Pseudoclimaciella alberti Navas, 1936Atlantic white marlin
Pseudoclimaciella apicipennis Kolbe, 1897
Pseudoclimaciella erichsonii Guérin-Ménev..., 1844
Pseudoclimaciella loanga Navas, 1909
Pseudoclimaciella rubida Stitz, 1913
Pseudoclimaciella stitzi Handschin, 1960Cape cigarfish
Pseudoclimaciella tropica Westwood, 1852
Sagittalata dorsalis Erichson, 1839
Sagittalata pusilla Pallas, 1772
Sagittalata similata Navás, 1922Northern bluefin tuna
Sagittalata vassei Navás, , 1909

Subnodes of Mantispidae with occurrences in Republic South Africa
SubfamilyMantispinae
Leach, 1815
5
30
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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