Fulciniinae

Nanomantidae

Nanomantidae

Family of praying mantises

The Nanomantidae are a new (2019) family of praying mantises, based on the type genus Nanomantis. As part of a major revision of mantid taxonomy,[1] genera and tribes have been moved here, substantially replacing the old family Iridopterygidae.

Quick Facts Scientific classification, Subfamilies and tribes ...

The new placement is in superfamily Nanomantoidea (of group Cernomantodea) and infraorder Schizomantodea. The recorded distribution of genera includes: Africa including Madagascar, the Himalayas, SE Asia through to Australia and Pacific islands.[2]

Subfamilies, tribes and selected genera

The Mantodea Species File lists four subfamilies:[2]

Fulciniinae

  • tribe Fulciniini
    • Calofulcinia Giglio-Tos, 1915
    • Fulcinia Stal, 1877
    • Hedigerella Werner, 1933
    • Ima Tindale, 1924
    • Machairima Beier, 1965
    • Nannofulcinia Beier, 1965
    • Papugalepsus Werner, 1928
    • Pilomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
    • Tylomantis Westwood, 1889
  • tribe Neomantini
    • Kongobatha Hebard, 1920
    • Neomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
  • tribe Paraoxypilini (Australasia, Oceania):
  • tribe Stenomantini
    • Ciulfina Giglio-Tos, 1915
    • Fulciniola Giglio-Tos, 1915
    • Stenomantis Saussure, 1871

Hapalomantinae

  • tribe Hapalomantini: mainland Africa - genera:
  • tribe Nilomantini: Madagascar
    • Chloromantis Kaltenbach, 1998
    • Cornucollis Brannoch & Svenson, 2016
    • Enicophlebia Westwood, 1889
    • Hyalomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
    • Ilomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
    • Melomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
    • Negromantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
    • Nilomantis Werner, 1907
    • Platycalymma Westwood, 1889

Nanomantinae

  • Miromantis Giglio-Tos, 1927
  • Nanomantis Saussure, 1871
  • Ormomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
  • Oxymantis Werner, 1931
  • Parananomantis Mukherjee, 1995
  • Sceptuchus Hebard, 1920

Tropidomantinae

  • tribe Epsomantini
  • tribe Tropidomantini
    • Eomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
    • Oligocanthopus Beier, 1935
    • Pliacanthopus Giglio-Tos, 1927
    • Sinomantis Beier, 1933
    • Tropidomantis Stal, 1877

References

  1. [1]
    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.
  2. [2]
    Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 11 July 2020)
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