Mantidae

Mantidae is one of the largest families in the order of praying mantids, based on the type species Mantis religiosa; however, most genera are tropical or subtropical. Historically, this was the only family in the order, and many references still use the term "mantid" to refer to any mantis. Technically, however, "mantid" refers only to members of the family Mantidae, and not the 14 remaining families of mantises. Some of the most recent classifications have promoted a number of the mantid subfamilies to the rank of family, e.g. Iridopterygidae, Sibyllidae, Tarachodidae, Thespidae, and Toxoderidae,[1] while other classifications have reduced the number of subfamilies without elevating to higher rank.

Mantidae
Large brown mantid, Archimantis latistyla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Mantidae
Burmeister, 1838
Subfamilies

See text

Many species are found in North America, the three most common being the European mantis (Mantis religiosa), the Chinese mantis (Tenodera sinensis), and the Carolina mantis (Stagmomantis carolina). Of these, only the last is native to the continent – M. religiosa and T. sinensis were introduced in the 20th century as predators in an attempt to control pest populations in gardens.

Many mantises prey on Polybia occidentalis, a swarm-founding wasp. As the wasps leave the nest to forage, the mantises prey on them.[2]

Details of a mantis modified foreleg

Subfamilies, Tribes and selected Genera

Following the major revision of the Mantodea in 2019,[3] the Mantodea Species File includes ten subfamilies:[4]

Choeradodinae

The Americas, Asia

Deromantinae

Africa

  • Deromantis Giglio-Tos, 1916
  • Pseudostagmatoptera Beier, 1931

Hierodulinae

Africa, Asia, Australia - selected genera:

Mantinae
Adult female Mantis religiosa

Mellierinae

Australia

tribe Mellierini
  • Melliera Saussure, 1892
  • Xystropeltis Rehn, 1935
tribe Rhodomantini
  • Mellierella Giglio-Tos, 1915
  • Rhodomantis Giglio-Tos, 1917
  • Scolodera Milledge, 1989 - monotypic S. pardalotus Milledge, 1989

Omomantinae
  • Omomantis Saussure, 1899

Orthoderinae
  • Orthodera Burmeister, 1838
  • Orthoderina Sjostedt, 1918

Stagmomantinae

Central America

  • tribe Antemnini
  • tribe Stagmomantini

Tenoderinae

Africa, Europe

Vatinae
Stagmatoptera supplicaria

South America

See also

References
  1. Ehrmann, R. 2002. "Mantodea: Gottesanbeterinnen der Welt". Natur und Tier, Münster
  2. Bouwma, Andrew M., Peter E. Bouwma, Erik V. Nordheim, and Robert L. Jeanne. "Adult Mortality Rates in Young Colonies of a Swarm-founding Social Wasp (Polybia Occidentalis)". Journal of Zoology 260.1 (2003): 11–16. 1 May 2003.
  3. 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.
  4. Mantodea Species File: family Mantidae (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 11 July 2020)
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