The bark mantises and ground mantises are praying mantises now placed in the family Eremiaphilidae that are native to the Afrotropics. They are generally light brown but more silvery on the wings. The wings are attractively reticulated, and the veins may be mottled dark and pale. The head is wider than the pronotum, which is rounded anteriorly, and doesn't overlap with the rear of the head. The pronotum is depressed, with its sides more or less parallel, and only a weak supra-coxal bulge is present. The anterior tibia are flattened and greatly expanded longitudinally, and the tibial claw does not fit into a pit between the 1st and 2nd external spines of the anterior femora, as in a few mantis groups.
Tarachodes afzelii, commonly known as the Tanzanian ground mantis, is a species of praying mantis in the family Eremiaphilidae. It is native to woodland in Western and Central Africa.
Tarachodes bicornis is a species of praying mantis in the family Eremiaphilidae.
Tarachodes brevipennis is a species of praying mantis in the family Eremiaphilidae.
Tarachodes aestuans is a species of praying mantis in the family Eremiaphilidae.
Tarachodes circuliferoides is a species of praying mantis in the family Eremiaphilidae.
Tarachodes gigas is a species of praying mantis in the family Eremiaphilidae.
Tarachodes insidiator is a species of praying mantis in the family Eremiaphilidae.
Tarachodes karschi is a species of praying mantis in the family Eremiaphilidae.
Tarachodes lucubrans is a species of praying mantis in the family Eremiaphilidae.
Tarachodes maurus is a species of praying mantis in the family Eremiaphilidae. It was first described by the Swiss entomologist Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure in 1871. It has been placed in either subgenus Chiropacha or subgenus Tarachodes.
Tarachodes monstrosus is a species of praying mantis in the family Eremiaphilidae.
Tarachodes nyassanus is a species of praying mantis in the family Eremiaphilidae.
Tarachodes obtusiceps is a species of praying mantis in the family Eremiaphilidae described by Carl Stål in 1871.
Tarachodes sanctus is a species of praying mantis in the family Eremiaphilidae.
Tarachodes sjostedti is a species of praying mantis in the family Eremiaphilidae.
Tarachodes ugandensis is a species of praying mantis in the family Eremiaphilidae.
Tarachodes usambaricus is a species of praying mantis in the family Eremiaphilidae.
Mantises are an order (Mantodea) of insects that contains over 2,400 species in about 460 genera in 33 families. The largest family is the Mantidae ("mantids"). Mantises are distributed worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. They have triangular heads with bulging eyes supported on flexible necks. Their elongated bodies may or may not have wings, but all Mantodea have forelegs that are greatly enlarged and adapted for catching and gripping prey; their upright posture, while remaining stationary with forearms folded, has led to the common name praying mantis.
