Gonypetidae

The Gonypetidae are a new (2019) family of praying mantids, based on the type genus Gonypeta. The first use of "Gonypetidae" was by Westwood[1] and it has been revived as part of a major revision of mantid taxonomy;[2] the subfamily Iridopteryginae having been moved here from the obsolete family Iridopterygidae. The Gonypetinae include Asian genera transferred from the obsolete taxa Amelinae and Liturgusidae.

Gonypetidae
Gimantis sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Superorder: Dictyoptera
Order: Mantodea
Family: Gonypetidae
Westwood, 1889

The new placement is in superfamily Gonypetoidea (of group Cernomantodea) and infraorder Schizomantodea. Genera in this family have been recorded from: NE Africa, the Middle East, India, Indochina, Malesia through to New Guinea.[3]

Subfamilies, Tribes and Genera

The Mantodea Species File lists two subfamilies:[3]

Gonypetinae
  • tribe Armenini
    • Armene (insect) Stal, 1877
  • tribe Gonypetini
    • subtribe Compsomantina
    • subtribe Gonypetina
      • Bimantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
      • Dimantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
      • Elaea (insect) Stal, 1877
      • Elmantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
      • Gimantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
      • Gonypeta Saussure, 1869
      • Gonypetoides Beier, 1942
      • Memantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
      • Myrcinus Stal, 1877
    • subtribe Gonypetyllina
      • Armeniola Giglio-Tos, 1915
      • Gonypetyllis Wood-Mason, 1891
      • Holaptilon Beier, 1964
    • subtribe Humbertiellina
      • Humbertiella Saussure, 1869
      • Paratheopompa Schwarz & Ehrmann, 2017 - monotypic (Paratheopompa siamensis Schwarz & Ehrmann, 2017)
      • Theopompa Stal, 1877

Iridopteryginae
  • tribe Amantini
  • tribe Iridopterygini
    • Hapalopeza Stal, 1877
    • Hapalopezella Giglio-Tos, 1915
    • Iridopteryx Saussure, 1869 - monotypic I. iridipennis Saussure, 1869
    • Micromantis Saussure, 1870
    • Muscimantis Henry, 1931
    • Pezomantis Uvarov, 1927
    • Tricondylomimus Chopard, 1930
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References
  1. Westwood (1889) Rev. Insect. Fam. Mantidarum.
  2. Schwarz CJ, Roy R (2019) The systematics of Mantodea revisited: an updated classification incorporating multiple data sources (Insecta: Dictyoptera) Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.) International Journal of Entomology 55 (2): 101-196.
  3. Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 13 July 2020)
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