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<h2 id="subfamilies-and-genera">Subfamilies and genera</h2> <p>Following the major revision of the Mantodea in 2019,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> the <i>Mantodea Species File</i> includes ten subfamilies:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <h3>Choeradodinae</h3> <p>The Americas, Asia </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Asiadodis/FrRRJGT4">Asiadodis</a></i> Roy, 2004</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Choeradodis/cP5m01Q7">Choeradodis</a></i> Serville, 1831</li></ul> <h3>Deromantinae</h3> <p>Africa </p> <ul><li><i>Deromantis</i> Giglio-Tos, 1916</li> <li><i>Pseudostagmatoptera</i> Beier, 1931</li></ul> <h3><a href="/facts/Hierodulinae/wXMeBnPQ">Hierodulinae</a></h3> <p>Africa, Asia, Australia </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Archimantis/H576vmRL">Archimantis</a></i> Saussure, 1869</li> <li><i>Austromantis</i> Sjostedt, 1918</li> <li><i>Austrovates</i> Sjostedt, 1918</li> <li><i>Camelomantis</i> Giglio-Tos, 1917</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Chlorocalis/S9eQAqfJ">Chlorocalis</a></i> Stiewe, Shcherbakov & Vermeersch, 2019</li> <li><i>Coenomantis</i> Giglio-Tos, 1917</li> <li><i>Corthylomantis</i> Milledge, 1997</li> <li><i>Dracomantis</i> Shcherbakov & Vermeersch, 2020</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Ephierodula/wXMeBnPQ">Ephierodula</a></i> Giglio-Tos, 1912</li> <li><i>Gretella</i> Werner, 1923</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Hierodula/XydJM8mS">Hierodula</a></i> Burmeister, 1838</li> <li><i>Hierodulella</i> Giglio-Tos, 1912</li> <li><i>Mekongomantis</i> Schwarz, Ehrmann & Shcherbakov, 2018</li> <li><i>Nullabora</i> Tindale, 1923</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Pnigomantis/z15llyzq">Pnigomantis</a></i> Giglio-Tos, 1917</li> <li><i>Pseudomantis</i> Saussure, 1869</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Rhombodera/Knagj2ko">Rhombodera</a></i> Burmeister, 1838</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Rhombomantis/0xKsFj95">Rhombomantis</a></i> Ehrmann & Borer, 2015</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Sphodropoda/tYsSgB8R">Sphodropoda</a></i> Stal, 1871</li> <li><i>Stictomantis</i> Beier, 1942</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Tamolanica/e64K8jNl">Tamolanica</a></i> Werner, 1923</li> <li><i>Tismomorpha</i> Roy, 1973</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Titanodula/P1oI2I4Q">Titanodula</a></i> Vermeersch, 2020</li> <li><i>Trachymantis</i> Giglio-Tos, 1917</li> <li><i>Zopheromantis</i> Tindale, 1924</li></ul> <h3><a href="/facts/Mantinae/oMQvy7wK">Mantinae</a></h3> <ul><li><i>Mantilia</i> Roy, 1993</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Mantis_(genus)/HKccq7xY">Mantis</a></i> Linne, 1758</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Statilia/ekAYbMUa">Statilia</a></i> Stal, 1877</li></ul> <h3>Mellierinae</h3> <p>Australia </p> <ul><li><i>Melliera</i> Saussure, 1892</li> <li><i>Mellierella</i> Giglio-Tos, 1915</li> <li><i>Rhodomantis</i> Giglio-Tos, 1917</li> <li><i>Scolodera</i> Milledge, 1989</li> <li><i>Xystropeltis</i> Rehn, 1935</li></ul> <h3>Omomantinae</h3> <ul><li><i>Omomantis</i> Saussure, 1899</li></ul> <h3>Orthoderinae</h3> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Orthodera/e97Wtv8w">Orthodera</a></i> Burmeister, 1838</li> <li><i>Orthoderina</i> Sjostedt, 1918</li></ul> <h3><a href="/facts/Stagmomantinae/vqYbkU4v">Stagmomantinae</a></h3> <p>The Americas </p> <ul><li><i>Antemna</i> Stal, 1877</li> <li><i>Hondurantemna</i> Rodrigues, Rivera, Reid & Svenson, 2017</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Phasmomantis/hEHgyMlk">Phasmomantis</a></i> Saussure, 1869</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Stagmomantis/erKw8QwW">Stagmomantis</a></i> Saussure, 1869</li> <li><i>Tauromantis</i> Giglio-Tos, 1917</li></ul> <h3><a href="/facts/Tenoderinae/zRwQST2G">Tenoderinae</a></h3> <p>Africa, Europe </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Alalomantis/bJokLhdw">Alalomantis</a></i> Giglio-Tos, 1917</li> <li><i>Cataspilota</i> Giglio-Tos, 1917</li> <li><i>Epitenodera</i> Giglio-Tos, 1911</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Paramantis/HWb15mLc">Paramantis</a></i> Ragge & Roy, 1967</li> <li><i>Mantasoa</i> Mériguet, 2005</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Mesopteryx_(mantis)/bps3VM0I">Mesopteryx</a></i> Saussure, 1870</li> <li><i>Nausicaamantis</i> Meriguet, 2018</li> <li><i>Notomantis</i> Tindale, 1923</li> <li><i>Plistospilota</i> Giglio-Tos, 1911</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Polyspilota/XfIRpjTD">Polyspilota</a></i> Burmeister, 1838</li> <li><i>Prohierodula</i> Bolivar, 1908</li> <li><i>Rhomboderella</i> Giglio-Tos, 1912</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Sphodromantis/tIKrnhsR">Sphodromantis</a></i> Stal, 1871</li> <li><i>Tarachomantis</i> Brancsik, 1892</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Tenodera/bVqRh2Cb">Tenodera</a></i> Burmeister, 1838</li> <li><i>Tenospilota</i> Roy & Ehrmann, 2014</li> <li><i>Tisma</i> Giglio-Tos, 1917</li></ul> <h3>Vatinae</h3> <p>South America </p> <ul><li><i>Alangularis</i> Svenson, Medellin & Sarmiento, 2015</li> <li><i>Callivates</i> Roy, 2003</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Catoxyopsis/T47IYhPA">Catoxyopsis</a></i> Giglio-Tos, 1914</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Chopardiella/UsG0Bv7p">Chopardiella</a></i> Giglio-Tos, 1914</li> <li><i>Heterovates</i> Saussure, 1872</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Lobocneme/g117QBYS">Lobocneme</a></i> Rehn, 1911</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Oxyopsis/v1rwKdaU">Oxyopsis</a></i> Caudell, 1904</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Parastagmatoptera/SwuKUqPd">Parastagmatoptera</a></i> Saussure, 1871</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Pseudovates/HTFSW9nB">Pseudovates</a></i> Saussure, 1869</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Pseudoxyops/Gzapg1kG">Pseudoxyops</a></i> Saussure & Zehntner, 1894</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Stagmatoptera/z40AGVEf">Stagmatoptera</a></i> Burmeister, 1838</li> <li><i>Vates (mantis)</i> Burmeister, 1838</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Zoolea/nwdlWaaQ">Zoolea</a></i> Serville, 1839</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_mantis_genera_and_species/r2otYGsb">List of mantis genera and species</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Flower_mantis/SdKh6BIM">Flower mantis</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mantidae. <a href="/facts/Wikispecies/b2GhA7Le">Wikispecies</a> has information related to <i>Mantidae</i>. <ul><li><a href="http://www.earthlife.net/insects/man-fam3.htm">Key to Mantidae Genera</a></li> <li><a href="http://tolweb.org/Mantidae/12494">Tree of Life - Mantidae</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.maskedflowerimages.com/mantis.htm">Natures's Best Masked Flower Image</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120717033417/http://www.herper.com/insects/namantids.html">North American mantids</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mantisonline.eu">MantisOnline.eu: All about praying mantids</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Ehrmann, R. 2002. "Mantodea: Gottesanbeterinnen der Welt". Natur und Tier, Münster <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Schwarz CJ, Roy R (2019) The systematics of Mantodea revisited: an updated classification incorporating multiple data sources (Insecta: Dictyoptera) Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.) International Journal of Entomology 55 (2): 101-196. <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00379271.2018.1556567" target="_blank">https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00379271.2018.1556567</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Mantodea Species File: family Mantidae (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 11 July 2020) <a href="http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1183195" target="_blank">http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1183195</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>