Liturgusidae

Liturgusidae is a family of mantises within the order Mantodea.

Liturgusidae
Theopompa servillei MHNT
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Liturgusidae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
Humbertiella similis in Kerala

Genera

The Mantodea Species File lists a single subfamily, Liturgusinae, and tribe, Liturgusini, containing the following genera:[1]

  • Velox Svenson, 2014
  • Ciulfina Giglio-Tos, 1915
  • Corticomantis Svenson, 2014 - monotypic (Corticomantis atricoxata (Beier, 1931))
  • Dactylopteryx Karsch, 1892
  • Fuga Svenson, 2014
  • Gonatista Saussure, 1869
  • Gonatistella Giglio-Tos, 1915 - monotypic (Gonatistella nigropicta Westwood, 1889)
  • Hagiomantis Serville, 1839
  • Humbertiella Saussure, 1869
  • Liturgusa Saussure, 1869 (lichen mantises)
  • Liturgusella Giglio-Tos, 1915
  • Majanga Wood-Mason, 1891
  • Mellierella Giglio-Tos, 1915
  • Paratheopompa Schwarz & Ehrmann, 2017 - monotypic (Paratheopompa siamensis Schwarz & Ehrmann, 2017)
  • Pseudogousa Tinkham, 1937 - monotypic (Pseudogousa sinensis Tinkham, 1937)
  • Scolodera Milledge, 1989 - monotypic (Scolodera pardalotus Milledge, 1989)
  • Stenomantis Saussure, 1871 - monotypic (Stenomantis novaeguineae de Haan, 1842)
  • Theopompa Stal, 1877
  • Theopompella Giglio-Tos, 1917
  • Velox Svenson, 2014 - monotypic (Velox wielandi Svenson, 2014)
  • Zouza Rehn, 1911

See also

References
  1. Otte, Daniel; Spearman, Lauren; Stiewe, Martin B. D. (2019). "family Liturgusidae". Mantodea species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
  • Spermatophore feeding and mating behaviour in praying mantids (Mantodea: Liturgusidae), G. I. Holwell, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW, Australia
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