| Acontista | |
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| Acontista concinna | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Acanthopidae |
| Tribe: | Acontistini |
| Genus: | Acontista Saussure, 1872 |
| Species | |
28, see text. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Acontista is a genus of mantises in the family Acanthopidae. [1]
The mantis family Metallyticidae consists of a single small genus, Metallyticus, living mostly in South-East Asia. The species are dark, somewhat flattened and cockroach-like, often with a cuticle that is reflective and metallic in appearance.
Mantoida is a genus of mantis in the family Mantoididae.
The genus Mantis is in the family Mantidae, of the mantis order Mantodea.
Iris is a genus of praying mantis found in Africa, Asia, and Southern Europe with one species, Iris oratoria, being introduced to North America in the south-western United States.
Rhombodera is a genus of praying mantises native to Asia and possessing common names such as shield mantis, hood mantis, and leaf mantis because of their extended, leaf-like thoraxes.
Bolbe is a genus of praying mantises, sometimes called by the common name Ground Mantis, that is found in Australia. It is in the family Iridopterygidae of the order Mantodea, the mantis.
Bantiella is a genus of mantis in the family Thespidae.
Caudatoscelis is a genus of mantis in the family Amorphoscelididae; species are found in West Africa.
Acontista fraterna is a species of mantis in the family Acontistidae.
Acontista multicolor is a small species of South American mantis in the family Acanthopidae.
Oxyothespis is a genus of praying mantis in the family Toxoderidae. Members of this genus have been called grass mantises.
Miomantis paykullii is a species of praying mantis in the genus Miomantis in the order Mantodea.
Toxoderidae is a family of praying mantises.
Acanthopidae is a family of 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. In 2016, five genera were moved from Acanthopidae to the newly created family Acontistidae, but this has not been accepted in most recent classifications.
Epsomantis is a monotypic genus of mantis in the new (2019) family Nanomantidae and contains only one species, Epsomantis tortricoides.
Oligonyx is a genus of mantises in the family Thespidae.
Parymenopus davisoni is an insect of the order Mantodea (mantises) from Southeast Asia, including Malaysia and Thailand.
Acontistini is a tribe of neotropical mantids in the superfamily Acanthopoidea, and family Acanthopidae. There are 7 genera and more than 30 described species in Acontistini. In 2016, several genera were moved from Acanthopidae to a newly created family Acontistidae, but this has not been accepted in most recent classifications.
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