Nanomantidae

The Nanomantidae are a new (2019) family of praying mantids, based on the type genus Nanomantis. As part of a major revision of mantid taxonomy,[1] genera and tribes have been moved here, substantially replacing the old family Iridopterygidae.

Nanomantidae
Hyalomantis punctata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Superorder: Dictyoptera
Order: Mantodea
Family: Nanomantidae

The new placement is in superfamily Nanomantoidea (of group Cernomantodea) and infraorder Schizomantodea. The recorded distribution of genera includes: Africa including Madagascar, the Himalayas, SE Asia through to Australia and Pacific islands.[2]

Subfamilies, Tribes and selected Genera

The Mantodea Species File lists four subfamilies:[2]

Fulciniinae
  • tribe Fulciniini
    • Calofulcinia Giglio-Tos, 1915
    • Fulcinia Stal, 1877
    • Ima (insect) Tindale, 1924
    • Tylomantis Westwood, 1889
  • tribe Neomantini
    • Kongobatha Hebard, 1920
    • Neomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
  • tribe Paraoxypilini (Australasia, Oceania):
  • tribe Stenomantini
    • Ciulfina Giglio-Tos, 1915
    • Fulciniola Giglio-Tos, 1915 monotypic (F. snelleni Saussure, 1871)
    • Stenomantis Saussure, 1871 - monotypic (S. novaeguineae de Haan, 1842)

Hapalomantinae
  • tribe Hapalomantini: mainland Africa - genera:
    • Bolbena Giglio-Tos, 1915
    • Bolbula Giglio-Tos, 1915
    • Hapalogymnes Kaltenbach, 1996
    • Hapalomantis Saussure, 1871
  • tribe Nilomantini: Madagascar
    • Chloromantis Kaltenbach, 1998
    • Cornucollis Brannoch & Svenson, 2016
    • Enicophlebia Westwood, 1889
    • Hyalomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
    • Ilomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
    • Melomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
    • Negromantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
    • Nilomantis Werner, 1907
    • Platycalymma Westwood, 1889

Nanomantinae

There are currently six genera including the type:

  • Nanomantis Saussure, 1871

Tropidomantinae
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References
  1. 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.
  2. Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 11 July 2020)
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