Hymenopodinae

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Hymenopodinae
Flower mantis (Creobroter sp.) from W-Java .jpg
Adult female Creobroter sp (species unknown. 4-5cm in length) from West Java
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Hymenopodidae
Subfamily: Hymenopodinae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
Tribes
  • Anaxarchini
  • Hymenopodini

Hymenopodinae is a subfamily of the mantis family Hymenopodidae that includes several species of flower mantises.

Contents

Tribes and genera

The Mantodea Species File lists genera in two tribes: [1]

Anaxarchini

Hymenopodini

subtribe Hymenopodina
subtribe Pseudocreobotrina

Now placed in family Galinthiadidae

See also

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