Dactylopterygidae

Dactylopterygidae is a family of praying mantises, based on the type genus Dactylopteryx. The first use of "Dactylopterygidae" was by Giglio-Tos[1] and it has recently (2019) been revived as part of a major revision of mantis taxonomy;[2] three genera have been separated from others in the subfamily Liturgusinae (mostly from Asia) and moved here from the family Liturgusidae.

Dactylopterygidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Superorder: Dictyoptera
Order: Mantodea
Family: Dactylopterygidae
Giglio-Tos, 1915

The new placement is in the superfamily Mantoidea (of group Cernomantodea) and infraorder Schizomantodea. Species in this family have been recorded from Tropical Africa.[3]

Genera

The Mantodea Species File lists:[3]

  • Dactylopteryx Karsch, 1892
  • Theopompella Giglio-Tos, 1917
  • Zouza Rehn, 1911

References
  1. Giglio-Tos (1915) Bull, soc. ent. Ita. 46.
  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 15 July 2020)
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