| Miracanthops | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Acanthopidae |
| Tribe: | Acanthopini |
| Genus: | Miracanthops Roy, 2004 [1] |
| Species | |
Miracanthops is a genus of mantises in the family Acanthopidae. All of the species in the genus are native to Peru and Ecuador.
Eremiaphilidae is a small Old World family of praying mantids, based on the type genus Eremiaphila. As part of a major revision of mantid taxonomy, this family now contains the subfamily Tarachodinae, which includes tribes and genera previously placed in the now obsolete Tarachodidae.
Acanthops falcataria, common name South American dead leaf mantis, is a species of mantis in the family Acanthopidae. It is not to be confused with Acanthops falcata, a different species in the same genus that is often referred to with the same common name.
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.
Acanthops is a genus of mantises in the family Acanthopidae, containing 20 species that can be found in Central and South America.
Acontista is a genus of mantises in the family Acanthopidae.
Callibia is a genus of praying mantis in the family Acanthopidae. The genus contains only one species, Callibia diana.
Acontista multicolor is a small species of South American mantis in the family Acanthopidae.
Decimiana is a genus of mantises in the family Acanthopidae.
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.
Miracanthops eseejja is a species of praying mantis in the family Acanthopidae that is native to Peru. It was first described in 2005 by Peruvian entomologist Julio Rivera.
Acanthopini is a tribe of mantises in the family Acanthopidae. Ii is the only tribe in the subfamily Acanthopinae and contains eight genera and 37 species.
Metilia amazonica is a species of mantis of the family Acanthopidae that was historically Acanthops amazonica.
Metilia boliviana is a species of mantis of the family Acanthopidae.
Metilia brunnerii is a species of mantis of the family Acanthopidae.
Decimiana elliptica is a species of praying mantis in the genus Decimiana in the order Mantodea. The type specimens were collected from the Chapanda Diamantina Mountain Range in Bahia, northeastern Brazil, near a mountain known as Morro do Pai Inácio.
Acontistini is a tribe of neotropical mantises 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.
The Leptomantellidae are a new (2019), small family of praying mantids, based on the type genus Leptomantella. As part of a major revision of mantid taxonomy, genera have been moved here from the Caliridinae in the now obsolete family Tarachodidae.
Hoplocoryphidae is a newly erected (2019) family of praying mantids, based on the type genus Hoplocorypha. As part of a major revision of mantid taxonomy, genera have been moved here from the subfamily Hoplocoryphinae of the previously polyphyletic family Thespidae. The family Hoplocoryphidae is the only member of superfamily Hoplocoryphoidea. Species in this family have been recorded from tropical Africa.
Dactylopterygidae is a family of praying mantises, based on the type genus Dactylopteryx. The first use of "Dactylopterygidae" was by Giglio-Tos and it has recently (2019) been revived as part of a major revision of mantis taxonomy; three genera have been separated from others in the subfamily Liturgusinae and moved here from the family Liturgusidae.
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