Gurders Mantis

praying mantis

Mantodea

 

  • Chaeteessidae

 

  • Metallyicidae

 

  • Mantoididae

 

  • Amorphoscelididae                     Amorphoscelidina

                                                     Paraoxypilinae

 

  • Eremiaphilidae

 

  • Hymenopodidae                        Oxypilinae

                                                     Acromantinae*

                                                     Hymenopdinae

 

  • Mantidae                                  Orthoderinae

                                                      Choeradodinae

                                                      Tarachodinae

                                                       Liturgusinae

                                                       Caliridinae

                                                       Thespinae*

                                                        Oligonychinae*

                                                         Haaniinae

                                                         Oxyothespinae

                                                         Angelinae

                                                         Schizocephalinae

                                                         Compsothespinae

                                                          Iridopteryginae*

                                                          Amelinae*

                                                          Mantinae*

                                                          Vatinae*

                                                          Photininae*

                                                          Deroplatyinae

                                                          Phyllotheliinae

                                                          Sibyllinae

                                                          Toxoderinae*

 

  • Empusidae                                      Empusinae

                                                           Blepharodinae

 

* = Subfamilies are further subdivided into tribes

 

Families and subfamilies as proposed by Beier (1964, 1968)

Beier M. 1968. Mantodea (fangheuschrecken). In handbuch der Zoologie, IV. Band: Arthropoda, 2 Halfte: Insecta, Zweite Auflage, 1-47. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter.

 

Empusinae

 

Blepharodinae Blepharodes

 

  • Blepharodes candelarius

 

  • Blepharodes cornutus

 

  • Blepharodes parumspinosus

 

  • Blepharodes sudanensis

 

Blepharopsis mendica

 

Idolomantis diabolica

 

Idolomorphini

 

  • Chopardempusa neglecta

 

  • Hemiempusa capensis

 

Idolomorpha

 

  • Idolomorpha dentifrons

 

  • Idolomorpha lateralis

 

  • Idolomorpha madagascariensis

 

  • Idolomorpha sagitta

 

Empusinae

 

Gongylus

 

  • Gongylus gongylodes

 

  • Gongylus trachelophyllus

 

Empusini

 

Hypsicorypha gracilis

 

Dilatempusa aegyptiaca

 

Empusa

 
  • Empusa binotata

 

  • Empusa fasciata

 

  • Empusa guttula

 

  • Empusa hedenborgii

 

  • Empusa longicollis

 

  • Empusa pauperata

 

  • Empusa pennata

 

  • Empusa pennicornis

 

  • Empusa romboidae

 

  • Empusa spinosa

 

  • Empusa simonyi

 

  • Empusa uvarovi

 

 

Ref:

Tree of Life Web Project. 2003. Empusidae. Version 01 January 2003 (temporary). http://tolweb.org/Empusidae/12495/2003.01.01 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/