Photinaidae
Photinaidae is a family of mantises in the order Neotropical Mantodea, in the superfamily Acanthopoidea. There are about 11 genera and more than 40 described species in Photinaidae.[1][2]
| Photinaidae | |
|---|---|
.jpg.webp) | |
| Cardioptera brachyptera | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Photinaidae |
Genera
These 11 genera belong to the family Photinaidae:
- Cardioptera Burmeister, 1838
- Chromatophotina Rivera, 2010
- Hicetia Saussure & Zehntner, 1894
- Macromantis Saussure, 1871
- Metriomantis Saussure & Zehntner, 1894
- Microphotina Beier, 1935
- Orthoderella Giglio-Tos, 1897
- Paraphotina Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Photina Burmeister, 1838
- Photinella Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Photiomantis Toledo Piza, 1968
References
- "Photinaidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
- Otte, Daniel; Spearman, Lauren; Stiewe, Martin B. D. (2019). "family Photinaidae". Mantodea species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
Further reading
- Agudelo Rondón, Antonio Arnovis; Lombardo, Francesco; Jantsch, Lauro José (2007). "Checklist of the neotropical mantids (Insecta, Dictyoptera, Mantodea)" (PDF). Biota Colombiana. 8 (2): 105–158.
- Brannoch, S. K.; Wieland, F.; Rivera, J.; Klass, K-D; et al. (2017). "Manual of praying mantis morphology, nomenclature, and practices (Insecta, Mantodea)". ZooKeys (696): 1–100. doi:10.3897/zookeys.696.12542. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 5673847. PMID 29200926.
- Svenson, Gavin J.; Whiting, Michael F. (2004). "Phylogeny of Mantodea based on molecular data: evolution of a charismatic predator". Systematic Entomology. 29 (3): 359–370. doi:10.1111/j.0307-6970.2004.00240.x. ISSN 0307-6970. S2CID 83959942.
External links
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.