The following list of mantis genera and species is based on the "Mantodea Species File", which is the primary reference for the taxonomy shown here.[ 1]
The insect order Mantodea consists of over 2,400 species of mantises in about 460 genera .[ 2] [ 3] family Mantidae (the mantids), which formerly was the sole family recognized within the order.
In some cases, common names in the English language are loosely applied to several different members of a particular genus, or even for species in various genera. For example, "giant Asian mantis " is used for various members of Hierodula dead leaf mantis " may refer not only to various species of Deroplatys leaf mimicry for camouflage. "flower mantis " refers to numerous mantises, especially those belonging to or similar to those of genus Creobroter
---For citation of common nomenclature and additional references, see individual articles.
Some members of this genus are known as dead leaf mantises or boxer mantises .
Adult female Acanthops falcataria Acontista concinna Some species within this genus are known as boxer mantises or flower mantises .
Indian Stick Mantis Members of this genus are commonly called stick mantises .
Ameles spallanzania Amorphoscelis elegans Amorphoscelis species are concentrated in Africa, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
Apteromantis aptera Archimantis monstrosa Archimantis species are common in Australia . Some are called stick mantises .
Ariusia conspersa Members of this genus are common known as shield mantises .
Astape denticollis Bantia michaelisi Bantiella fusca Bistanta mexicana Blepharodes cornutus Brunneria , species of which are known as stick mantises , are found in North America, Central America, and South America.
Chlidonoptera vexillum Members of this genus are commonly known as shield mantises , hooded mantises , or leaf mantises .
Cliomantis cornuta With their wings adorned with patterns even when at rest, Creobroter , a genus concentrated in Western Asia , is one of the best-known genera to which the common name "flower mantis " is applied.
Also known as giant grass mantises, these are characterised by long slender bodies and sloping, pointed eyes.
Deroplatys desiccata Deroplatys , the best-known of the so-called dead leaf mantises , are native to Asia.
Deroplatys angustata (Westwood, 1845) Deroplatys cordata (Fabricius, 1798) Deroplatys desiccata (Westwood, 1839) (giant dead leaf mantis, Malaysian dead leaf mantis, dead leaf mantis)Deroplatys gorochovi (Anisyutkin, 1998) Deroplatys indica (Roy, 2007) Deroplatys lobata (Guérin-Méneville (1838) (Malaysian dead leaf mantis, dead leaf mantis)Deroplatys moultoni (Giglio-Tos, 1917) Deroplatys philippinica (Werner, 1922) (Philippines dead leaf mantis)Deroplatys rhombica (Brunner, 1897) Deroplatys sarawaca (Westwood, 1889) Deroplatys trigonodera (Westwood, 1889) (dead leaf mantis)Deroplatys truncata (Guerin-Meneville, 1843) (dead leaf mantis)Empusa fasciata Ephestiasula sp.Episcopomantis chalybea Eremiaphila cerisyi Members of this genus are known as long neck mantises or twig mantises .
Euchomenella moluccarum Galinthias amoena Gongylus gongylodes The two members of this genus are commonly known as bark mantises .
Hierodula patellifera The giant Asian mantis genus Hierodula contains numerous large species and has a range that stretches from India to Hawaii .
Hoplocorypha macra Members of this genus are known collectively as African stick mantises .
Hymenopus species are commonly called orchid mantises .
Iris oratoria The Lichen Mantis (Liturgusa maya) as it is blending in to its surroundings. Mantoida nitida This genus is concentrated in Mexico, Central America, and South America.
Metallyticus splendidus Source:[ 9]
Miomantis paykullii The single species in this genus is an ant mantis .
Myrmecomantis atra Neomantis australis Some members of this genus practice ant mimicry when young and are known as ant mantises . The name grass mantis has also been applied to some species.
Oligonicella bolliana Some species within this genus are known as boxer mantises .
Members of this genus have been called grass mantises .
Pachymantis bicingulata Paratoxodera is a genus of stick mantises .
Paroxyophthalmus collaris Perlamantis allibertii Phthersigena conspersa This genus has a species of shield mantis .
Polyspilota aeruginosa This genus likely represents a cockroach belonging to the family Blaberidae .[ 11]
Pseudacanthops huaoranianus This genus contains several species of flower mantises .
Pseudoharpax virescens Pseudoharpax abyssinicus (Beier, 1930) Pseudoharpax beieri (La Greca, 1950) Pseudoharpax crenaticollis (La Greca, 1954) Pseudoharpax dubius (La Greca, 1954) Pseudoharpax erythraeus (Giglio-Tos, 1915) Pseudoharpax francoisi (Bolivar, 1908) Pseudoharpax nigericus (Giglio-Tos, 1915) Pseudoharpax parallelus (La Greca, 1954) Pseudoharpax ugandanus (Giglio-Tos, 1915) Pseudoharpax virescens (Serville, 1839) (Gambian spotted-eye flower mantis )Pseudomusonia lineativentri Some species within this genus are known as unicorn mantises or stick mantises .
Pyrgomantis pallida Rhombodera is a large genus of shield mantises .[ 12]
Rivetina is a genus containing species of ground mantis .
Sphodromantis viridis Sphodromantis is a large genus of mantises concentrated in Africa. Outside their range, many share the name African mantis .
Stagmomantis carolina The range of Stagmomantis species includes North America, Central America, and South America.
Statilia nemoralis (Saussure, 1870), male, dorsal view; det. R. Ehrmann, 2002; leg.: Malaysia, Sabah, North Borneo, District Ranau, Poring Hot Spring Lodge, May, 2002, Leg. T. Kothe Stenophylla cornigera This is another genus with species sometimes called shield mantises .
Members of this genus may be called bark mantises or ground mantises .
Adult female Tenodera sinensis Species of the genus Tenodera are found in Asia, Africa, Australia and North America.
These species are sometimes known as the Asian bark mantises .
Boxer mantis and flower mantis are among the common names used for members of this genus.
This genus is sometimes called American grass mantises .
Thesprotia infumata Thesprotiella peruana Thesprotiella graminis Thrinaconyx fumosus Members of this genus are commonly called ground mantises . Genus Pseudoyersinia
Zoolea lobipes Some members of this genus go by the common name unicorn mantis .
Families
According to most recent taxonomy, all genera of mantis now belong to one of the following families:[ 13]
Extinct taxa
Extant taxa (suborder Eumantodea)
Infraorder Schizomantodea
Subinfraordinal group Artimantodea
Superfamily group Amerimantodea
Superfamily Acanthopoidea
Superfamily Thespoidea
Superfamily group Cernomantodea
Superfamily Chroicopteroidea
Superfamily Epaphroditoidea
Superfamily Eremiaphiloidea
Superfamily Galinthiadoidea
Superfamily Gonypetoidea
Superfamily Haanioidea
Superfamily Hoplocoryphoidea
Superfamily Hymenopooidea
Superfamily Mantoidea
Superfamily Miomantoidea
Superfamily Nanomantoidea
Superfamily Metallyticoidea
Infraorder Spinomantodea
Superfamily Chaeteessoidea
See also
References
^ "Mantodea home page" . mantodea.speciesfile.org . Retrieved 2020-11-11 .^ "Mantodea" . tolweb.org . Archived from the original on 30 June 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2018 .^ "Mantid" . encyclopedia article . 2008 Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2008-07-24 .^ "genus Callimantis Stal, 1877: Mantodea Species File" . mantodea.speciesfile.org . Archived from the original on 28 April 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018 .^ Australian Faunal Directory Archived 2008-06-07 at the Wayback Machine ^ "Data for specimen record" . mantodea.speciesfile.org . Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2018 .^ "genus Metilia Stal, 1877: Mantodea Species File" . mantodea.speciesfile.org . Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2018 .^ "species Metilia brunnerii Saussure, 1871: Mantodea Species File" . mantodea.speciesfile.org . Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2018 .^ "genus Microphotina Beier, 1935: Mantodea Species File" . mantodea.speciesfile.org . Retrieved 2023-09-03 .^ Lanna, Leonardo Moutinho; Fiat, Lucas Linhares; Herculano, João Felipe; Rivera, Julio; Peloso, Pedro (2023-05-19). "A new species of Microphotina Beier, 1935 from the southernmost region of Amazonia (Mantodea: Photinaidae)" (PDF) . European Journal of Taxonomy . 870 : 87– 106. doi :10.5852/ejt.2023.870.2121 ISSN 2118-9773 . ^ Yingying Cui; Dominic A. Evangelista; Olivier Béthoux (2018). "Prayers for fossil mantis unfulfilled: Prochaeradodis enigmaticus Piton, 1940 is a cockroach (Blattodea)" (PDF) . Geodiversitas . 40 (15): 355– 362. doi :10.5252/geodiversitas2018v40a15 S2CID 135006268 . ^
Otte, Daniel; Spearman, Lauren; Stiewe, Martin B. D. (2019). "genus Rhombodera Burmeister, 1838" . Mantodea species file online, Version 5.0 . Retrieved 2019-07-02 .
^ "order Mantodea: Mantodea Species File" . mantodea.speciesfile.org . Retrieved 2020-11-03 .
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
_(6788306847).jpg)
.jpg)
