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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Mantodea |
Family: | Thespidae |
Subfamily: | Bantiinae |
Genus: | Diabantia Giglio-Tos, 1915 |
Diabantia is a genus of praying mantises in the family Thespidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Diabantia minima. [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.
Metallyticus splendidus is a rare species of praying mantis found in Southeast Asia. It has an iridescent appearance.
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.
Bolivaroscelis is a genus of praying mantis in the family Amorphoscelidae.
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.
Thespidae is a family of Neotropical insects in the order Mantodea. Following a major revision of this order in 2019, the old-world subfamilies Haaniinae and Hoplocoryphinae, previously placed here, have been upgraded to family level.
Toxoderidae is a family of praying mantises.
Stenophylla is a genus of praying mantis in the subfamily Stenophyllinae, which is now placed in the family Acanthopidae. It the sole genus of the tribe Stenophyllini.
Brancsikia is a genus of praying mantises in the new (2019) family Majangidae and the monotypic subfamily Brancsikiinae; it was previously placed in the Deroplatyinae.
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.
Vespamantoida is a genus represented by two species of praying mantises in the family Mantoididae. The genus was erected in 2019 and the name was derived from the Latin word vespa which means wasp and Mantoida referring to the mantis. These mantis resemble and mimic the behavior of a wasp.
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