Subfamily of praying mantises
The Hierodulinae are a subfamily of praying mantids, originally used by Brunner von Wattenwyl.[1] It was restored as part of a major revision of mantid taxonomy,[2] and now contains genera previously placed elsewhere in the family Mantidae.
The new placement means that this taxon is part of the superfamily Mantoidea (of group Cernomantodea) and infraorder Schizomantodea. Species have been recorded from: Africa, Asia and Australia.[3]
Tribes and genera
This subfamily now contains many genera that were previously placed elsewhere including the Mantinae. The Mantodea Species File lists two tribes here:[3]
Archimantini
- subtribe Archimantina
- subtribe Pseudomantina
- subtribe Trachymantina
Hierodulini
- Camelomantis Giglio-Tos, 1917
- Chlorocalis Stiewe, Shcherbakov & Vermeersch, 2019
- Dracomantis – monotypic D. mirofraternus Shcherbakov & Vermeersch, 2020
- Ephierodula Giglio-Tos, 1912
- Gretella – monotypic G. gracilis Werner, 1923
- Hierodula Burmeister, 1838
- Hierodulella Giglio-Tos, 1912
- Mekongomantis – monotypic M. quinquespinosa Schwarz, Ehrmann & Shcherbakov, 2018
- Pnigomantis Giglio-Tos, 1917 – monotypic P. medioconstricta Westwood, 1889
- Rhombodera Burmeister, 1838
- Rhombomantis Ehrmann & Borer, 2015
- Stictomantis Beier, 1942 – monotypic S. cinctipes Werner, 1916
- Tamolanica Werner, 1923
- Tismomorpha Roy, 1973
- Titanodula Vermeersch, 2020[4]
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