| Ameles | |
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| Adult European dwarf mantis (A. spallanzania) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Amelidae |
| Tribe: | Amelini |
| Genus: | Ameles Burmeister, 1838 |
| Synonyms | |
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Ameles is a wide-ranging genus of praying mantises represented in Africa, Asia, and Europe. [1]
The subfamily Catantopinae is a group of insects classified under family Acrididae. Genera such as Macrotona may sometimes called "spur-throated grasshoppers", but that name is also used for grasshoppers from other subfamilies, including the genus Melanoplus from the Melanoplinae. Indeed, the delimitation of these two subfamilies needs restudy: the Podismini for example are sometimes placed here, sometimes in the Melanoplinae.
Bandwings, or band-winged grasshoppers, are the subfamily Oedipodinae of grasshoppers classified under the family Acrididae. They have a worldwide distribution and were originally elevated to full family status as the Oedipodidae. Many species primarily inhabit xeric weedy fields, and some are considered to be important locusts:
Conocephalus is a genus of bush-crickets, known as coneheads. It was described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1815.
Ameles decolor is a species of praying mantis native to the west Mediterranean.
Ameles spallanzania, common name European dwarf mantis, is a species of praying mantis.
Acontista concinna is a species of praying mantis in the family Acanthopidae that is native to Ecuador.
Sphodromantis is a large genus of praying mantises concentrated in Africa, sometimes considered a synonym of the genus Hierodula: from the same tribe, Paramantini. Outside their range especially, many share the common name African Mantis.
Acanthops is a genus of mantises in the family Acanthopidae, containing 20 species that can be found in Central and South America.
Decimiana is a genus of mantises in the family Acanthopidae.
Toxoderidae is a family of praying mantises.
Rivetina is a genus of praying mantises in the family Rivetinidae.
Pseudoyersinia is a European genus of praying mantids in the family Mantidae. Species have been recorded from southern Europe and Atlantic islands.
Gomphocerinae, sometimes called "slant-faced grasshoppers", are a subfamily of grasshoppers found on every continent but Antarctica and Australia.
Meconematinae is a subfamily of the bush crickets, with a worldwide distribution.
Clonia is an African genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Saginae.
The Cyrtacanthacridinae are a subfamily of Orthoptera: Caelifera in the family Acrididae. They are sometimes referred-to as bird locusts, criquets voyageurs in French-speaking Africa, and Knarrschrecken in German.
The Eyprepocnemidinae are a subfamily of Acrididae in the Orthoptera: Caelifera. Species can be found in Africa, mainland Europe and Asia.
Dociostaurus is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae, subfamily Gomphocerinae and typical of the tribe Dociostaurini. Species are found in Africa, southern Europe and Asia, and includes the economically important Moroccan locust.
Chopardiella is a genus of mantises belonging to the family Mantidae.
