Hierodulinae

The Hierodulinae are a subfamily of praying mantids, originally used by Brunner von Wattenwyl.[1] It was restored as part of a major revision of mantid taxonomy,[2] and now contains genera previously placed elsewhere in the family Mantidae.

Hierodulinae
Hierodula sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Mantidae
Subfamily: Hierodulinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893

The new placement means that this taxon is part of the superfamily Mantoidea (of group Cernomantodea) and infraorder Schizomantodea. Species have been recorded from: Africa, Asia and Australia.[3]

Tribes and Genera

This subfamily now contains many genera that were previously placed elsewhere including the Mantinae. The Mantodea Species File lists two tribes here:[3]

Archimantini
Large brown mantis, Archimantis latistyla nymph of the Tribe Archimantini
  • subtribe Archimantina
    • Archimantis Saussure, 1869
    • Austromantis Sjostedt, 1918
    • Austrovates Sjostedt, 1918
    • Coenomantis Giglio-Tos, 1917
    • Corthylomantis Milledge, 1997
    • Nullabora Tindale, 1923
  • subtribe Pseudomantina
    • Pseudomantis Saussure, 1869
  • subtribe Trachymantina
    • Sphodropoda Stal, 1871
    • Trachymantis Giglio-Tos, 1917
    • Zopheromantis Tindale, 1924

Hierodulini
  • Camelomantis Giglio-Tos, 1917
  • Chlorocalis Stiewe, Shcherbakov & Vermeersch, 2019
  • Dracomantis – monotypic D. mirofraternus Shcherbakov & Vermeersch, 2020
  • Ephierodula Giglio-Tos, 1912
  • Gretella – monotypic G. gracilis Werner, 1923
  • Hierodula Burmeister, 1838
  • Hierodulella Giglio-Tos, 1912
  • Mekongomantis – monotypic M. quinquespinosa Schwarz, Ehrmann & Shcherbakov, 2018
  • Pnigomantis Giglio-Tos, 1917 – monotypic P. medioconstricta Westwood, 1889
  • Rhombodera Burmeister, 1838
  • Rhombomantis Ehrmann & Borer, 2015
  • Stictomantis Beier, 1942 – monotypic S. cinctipes Werner, 1916
  • Tamolanica Werner, 1923
  • Tismomorpha Roy, 1973

References
  1. Brunner von Wattenwyl C (1893) Revis. Syst. Orth.
  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 11 July 2020)
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