Iridopterygidae

Iridopterygidae is a family of mantis in the order Mantodea, whose members were formerly a subfamily within Mantidae.[1]

Iridopterygidae
Hapalopeza nilgirica, Kadavoor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Iridopterygidae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
Subfamilies

Hapalomantinae
Iridopteryginae
Nanomantinae
Nilomantinae
Tropidomantinae

Subfamilies and Genera

Hapalomantinae

Distribution: Africa

Iridopteryginae

Distribution: tropical Asia - one tribe: Iridopterygini[2]

  • Hapalopeza Stal, 1877
  • Hapalopezella Giglio-Tos, 1915
  • Iridopteryx Saussure, 1869 - monotypic I. iridipennis Saussure, 1869
  • Micromantis Saussure, 1870
  • Muscimantis Henry, 1931
  • Pezomantis Uvarov, 1927
  • Tricondylomimus Chopard, 1930

Nanomantinae

Distribution: includes: Africa, Asia and Australia
Tribe Fulcinini

  • Calofulcinia - Fulcinia - Fulciniella - Fulciniola - Hedigerella - Nannofulcinia - Pilomantis - Tylomantis

Tribe Nanomantini

  • Ima (genus) - Machairima - Nanomantis - Parananomantis - Sceptuchus - Sinomantis

Nilomantinae

Distribution: Madagascar

Tropidomantinae

Distribution: includes Africa, Asia and the Pacific. There is a single tribe, the Tropidomantini containing:[3]

  • Chloromantis Kaltenbach, 1998
  • Cornucollis Brannoch & Svenson, 2016
  • Enicophlebia Westwood, 1889
  • Hyalomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
  • Kongobatha Hebard, 1920
  • Melomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
  • Miromantis Giglio-Tos, 1927
  • Negromantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
  • Neomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
  • Oxymantis Werner, 1931
  • Platycalymma Westwood, 1889
  • Tropidomantis Stal, 1877
  • Xanthomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915

See also

References
  1. ITIS Catalogue of Life
  2. Mantodea Species File: subfamily Iridopteryginae (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 1 September 2019)
  3. Mantodea Species File: subfamily Tropidomantinae (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 21 January 2019)
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