Hoplocoryphidae
The Hoplocoryphidae are a new (2019), small family of praying mantids, based on the type genus Hoplocorypha. As part of a major revision of mantid taxonomy,[1] genera have been moved here from the subfamily Hoplocoryphinae in the previously polyphyletic family Thespidae.
| Hoplocoryphidae | |
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| Hoplocoryphella grandis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Superorder: | Dictyoptera |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Hoplocoryphidae Schwarz & Roy, 2019 |
The new placement is as follows: the family is the only member of superfamily Hoplocoryphoidea (of group Cernomantodea) and infraorder Schizomantodea. Species in this family have been recorded from Tropical Africa.[2]
Genera
The Mantodea Species File lists:[2]
- Apterocorypha Roy, 1966
- Hoplocorypha Stal, 1871
- Hoplocoryphella Giglio-Tos, 1916
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References
- 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.
- Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 14 July 2020)
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