Acanthopidae
Acanthopidae is a family of mantises consisting of eight genera in the order Mantodea. The group was first formally split off as a separate family by the German entomologist Reinhard Ehrmann in 2002.[1] In 2016, five genera (Acontista, Callibia, Paratithrone, Raptrix, and Tithrone) were moved from Acanthopidae to the newly created family Acontistidae.[2]
| Acanthopidae | |
|---|---|
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| Metilia brunnerii - Muséum de Toulouse | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Acanthopidae |
Genera
These eight genera belong to the family Acanthopidae:[2][3]
- Acanthops Serville, 1831
- Astollia Kirby, 1904
- Decimiana Uvarov, 1940
- Lagrecacanthops Roy, 2004
- Metilia Stal, 1877
- Miracanthops Roy, 2004
- Plesiacanthops Chopard, 1913
- Pseudacanthops Saussure, 1870
See also
References
- Ehrmann, R. 2002. Mantodea: Gottesanbeterinnen der Welt. Natur und Tier, Münster.
- Rivera, Julio; Svenson, Gavin J. (2016). "The Neotropical "polymorphic earless praying mantises" – Part I: molecular phylogeny and revised higher‐level systematics (Insecta: Mantodea, Acanthopoidea)". Systematic Entomology. 41 (3). doi:10.1111/syen.12178.
- Otte, Daniel; Spearman, Lauren; Stiewe, Martin B. D. (2019). "family Acanthopidae". Mantodea species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
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