Tenoderini

Tenoderinae

Tenoderinae

Subfamily of praying mantises

The Tenoderinae 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 contains many genera previously placed in the subfamily Mantinae.

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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, Europe and Asia.[3]

Tribes and genera

This new subfamily now contains many genera that were previously placed elsewhere including the Mantinae. The Mantodea Species File lists two tribes here:[3]

Paramantini

subtribe Paramantina
subtribe Tarachomantina
  • Mantasoa Mériguet, 2005
  • Nausicaamantis Meriguet, 2018
  • Tarachomantis Brancsik, 1892
  • Tisma Giglio-Tos, 1917

Tenoderini

subtribe Polyspilotina
  • Cataspilota Giglio-Tos, 1917
  • Plistospilota Giglio-Tos, 1911
  • Polyspilota Burmeister, 1838
  • Prohierodula Bolivar, 1908
subtribe Tenoderina
  • Mesopteryx Saussure, 1870
  • Notomantis Tindale, 1923
  • Tenodera Burmeister, 1838
  • Tenospilota Roy & Ehrmann, 2014[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Brunner von Wattenwyl C (1893) Revis. Syst. Orth.
  2. [2]
    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.
  3. [3]
    Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 16 July 2020)
  4. [4]
    Image of dead adult female Tenospilota nova (used to be in the genus Plistospilota, Plistospilota nova).
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