Miomantidae

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Miomantidae
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Adult female Miomantis paykullii
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Superfamily: Miomantoidea
Family: Miomantidae
Westwood, 1889a
Genera

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Miomantidae is a family of praying mantises in the order Mantodea. [1]

Contents

The species are mostly found in western and central Africa [2] and similar in characteristics and behaviour to other mantids.

Taxonomy

The Mantodea Species File lists two subfamilies and seven genera: [2]

Subfamily Miomantinae

Subfamily Solygiinae

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