Miomantidae

Miomantidae is a family of praying mantises in the order Mantodea.[1]

Miomantidae
Adult female Miomantis paykullii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Superfamily: Miomantoidea
Family: Miomantidae
Westwood, 1889a
Genera

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The species are mostly found in western and central Africa[2] and similar in characteristics and behaviour to other mantids.

Taxonomy

The Mantodea Species File lists two subfamilies and seven genera:[2]

Subfamily Miomantinae
  • Cilnia Stal, 1876
  • Miomantis Saussure, 1870
  • Neocilnia Beier, 1930
  • Paracilnia Werner, 1909
  • Parasphendale Schulthess-Schildler, 1898
  • Taumantis Giglio-Tos, 1917

Subfamily Solygiinae
  • Solygia Stal, 1877

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 15 July 2020)
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