Acanthopidae

Acanthopidae

Acanthopidae

Family of praying mantises

Acanthopidae is a family of South American mantises consisting of 16 genera in the order Mantodea. The group was first formally split off as a separate family by the German entomologist Reinhard Ehrmann in 2002.[1] In 2016, five genera (Acontista, Callibia, Paratithrone, Raptrix, and Tithrone) were moved from Acanthopidae to the newly created family Acontistidae,[2] but this has not been accepted in most recent classifications.[3]

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Genera

The following genera are recognised in the family Acanthopidae:[3]

  • Acanthops Serville, 1831
  • Acontista Saussure, 1872
  • Astollia Kirby, 1904
  • Callibia Stal, 1877
  • Decimiana Uvarov, 1940
  • Lagrecacanthops Roy, 2004
  • Metacanthops Agudelo, Maldaner & Rafael, 2019
  • Metilia Stal, 1877
  • Miracanthops Roy, 2004
  • Ovalimantis Roy, 2015
  • Paratithrone Lombardo, 1996
  • Plesiacanthops Chopard, 1913
  • Pseudacanthops Saussure, 1870
  • Raptrix Terra, 1995
  • Stenophylla Westwood, 1845
  • Tithrone Stal, 1877

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Ehrmann, R. 2002. Mantodea: Gottesanbeterinnen der Welt. Natur und Tier, Münster.
  2. [2]
    Rivera, Julio; Svenson, Gavin J. (2016). "The Neotropical "polymorphic earless praying mantises" – Part I: molecular phylogeny and revised higher‐level systematics (Insecta: Mantodea, Acanthopoidea)". Systematic Entomology. 41 (3). doi:10.1111/syen.12178.
  3. [3]
    "family Acanthopidae: Mantodea Species File". mantodea.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2020-11-10.


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