Epaphroditidae
Epaphroditidae[1] is a family of the Mantodea, containing species found in Africa and the Caribbean. Before 2015, it had been placed as the subfamily Epaphroditinae, in the Hymenopodidae, but is now excluded.[2]
| Epaphroditidae | |
|---|---|
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| Brancsikia freyi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Epaphroditidae Giglio-Tos, 1915 |
| Genera | |
| Synonyms | |
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Acanthopsites, | |
Genera
The Mantodea Species File[3] lists the following genera:
- Brancsikia Saussure & Zehntner, 1895
- Danuriella Westwood, 1889
- Epaphrodita Serville, 1831
References
- Giglio-Tos (1915) Bull. Soc. ent. Ital. 46: 98.
- Svenson GJ, Hardy, Cahill, Wightman, Wieland (2015) Systematic Entomology DOI:10.1111/syen.(12134): 1-82.
- Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 15 March 2019)
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