Mantidae

Mantidae
Mantidae
Large Brown Mantid, Archimantis latistyla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Superorder: Dictyoptera
Order: Mantodea
Family: Mantidae
Subfamilies

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Mantidae is the largest family of the order Mantodea, commonly known as praying mantises; most are tropical or subtropical. Historically, this was the only family in the order, and many references still use the term "mantid" to refer to any mantis. Technically, however, "mantid" refers only to members of the Mantidae family, and not the 14 remaining families of mantises. Some of the most recent classifications have promoted a number of the mantid subfamilies to the rank of family, e.g. Iridopterygidae, Sibyllidae, Tarachodidae, Thespidae, and Toxoderidae,[1] while other classifications have reduced the number of subfamilies without elevating to higher rank.

(Sybilla pretiosa Cryptic mantis, southern Africa)

Many species are found in North America, the three most common being the European mantis (Mantis religiosa), the Chinese mantis (Tenodera aridifolia sinensis), and the Carolina mantis (Stagmomantis carolina). Of these, only the last is native to the continent - the European and Chinese species were introduced in the 20th century as predators in an attempt to control pest populations in gardens.

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Subfamilies

Details of the modified foreleg
  • Amelinae
  • Angelinae
  • Choeradodinae
  • Caliridinae
  • Choeradodinae
  • Chroicopterinae
  • Compsothespinae
  • Deroplatinae
  • Dystactinae
  • Haaniinae
  • Iridopterygidae
  • Mantinae
  • Mellierinae
  • Miomantinae
  • Oligonychinae
  • Orthoderinae
  • Oxyothespinae
  • Photininae
  • Phyllotheliinae
  • Schizocephalinae
  • Sibyllidae
  • Stagmatopterinae
  • Stagmomantinae
  • Tarachodidae
  • Thespidae
  • Toxoderidae
  • Vatinae

See also

References

  1. ^ Ehrmann, R. 2002. Mantodea: Gottesanbeterinnen der Welt. Natur und Tier, Münster

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