Epaphroditidae
| Epaphroditidae | |
|---|---|
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| Grizzled mantis (Gonatista grisea) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Superfamily: | Epaphroditoidea |
| Family: | Epaphroditidae Burmeister, 1838 |
| Genera | |
| Synonyms | |
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Acanthopsites, | |
Epaphroditidae[1] is a family of the Mantodea, containing species found in Africa and the Caribbean. Before 2015, it had been placed as the subfamily Epaphroditinae, in the Hymenopodidae, but is now excluded.[2]
Subfamilies and genera
[edit]The Mantodea Species File[3] lists two subfamilies containing the genera:
- tribe Callimantini
- Callimantis Stal, 1877 - monotypic (C. antillarum Saussure, 1859)
- tribe Epaphroditini
- Epaphrodita Serville, 1831
Gonatistinae
[edit]- Gonatista Saussure, 1869
- Gonatistella Giglio-Tos, 1915 - monotypic (G. nigropicta Westwood, 1889)
Now moved
[edit]- Brancsikia Saussure & Zehntner, 1895 is in the new (2019) family Majangidae.
References
[edit]- ↑ Burmeister (1838) Handb. Ent., Burm., 2.
- ↑ Svenson GJ, Hardy, Cahill, Wightman, Wieland (2015) Systematic Entomology DOI:10.1111/syen.(12134): 1-82.
- ↑ Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 15 July 2020)
External links
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Data related to Epaphroditinae at Wikispecies
