Hymenopodidae
Hymenopodidae is a family of the order Mantodea (mantises), which contains six subfamilies. Some of the species in this family mimic flowers and are found camouflaged among them; these are called flower mantises. Their coloration is aggressive mimicry, luring prey to approach close enough to be seized and eaten.
Hymenopodidae | |
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Adult female Hymenopus coronatus | |
Adult female Hestiasula brunneriana | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Cohort: | Polyneoptera |
Superorder: | Dictyoptera |
Order: | Mantodea |
Family: | Hymenopodidae Giglio-Tos, 1927 |
Subfamilies | |
Subfamilies
The Mantodea Species File[1] lists:
- Acromantinae, Giglio-Tos, 1919
- Hymenopodinae, Giglio-Tos, 1919
- Oxypilinae, Giglio-Tos, 1919
- Phyllocraniinae - genera:
- Parablepharis Saussure, 1870: monotypic Parablepharis kuhlii de Haan, 1842 (Indo-China)
- Phyllocrania Burmeister, 1838 (Africa)
- Phyllothelyinae - Asia - genera:
- Ceratocrania Westwood, 1889
- Phyllothelys Wood-Mason, 1877
- Sibyllinae - Africa - genera:
- Leptosibylla Roy, 1996
- Presibylla Bolivar, 1908
- Sibylla Stal, 1856
The Epaphroditinae Giglio-Tos, 1915 (from the Caribbean) are now placed in a separate family Epaphroditidae.
Gallery
- Sudanese Hymenopodid Mantis, Pseudocreobotra species
- Adult female Chlidonoptera vexillum
- Adult female Pseudoharpax virescens
- Adult female Creobroter species from West Java
- Adult female Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii
- Adult male Creobroter gemmatus
- Dead adult female C. gemmatus
- Adult female Acromantis japonica
- Adult female Ephestiasula species
- Four dead adult female Hymenopus coronatus
- Dead adult male Hymenopus coronatus
- Subadult female Hymenopus coronatus head
- Subadult female H. coronatus
- Subadult female H. coronatus eating
- Adult female Ceratomantis saussurii
- Subadult female Phyllocrania paradoxa
- Two adult female P. paradoxa
- Subadult female P. paradoxa
- Male Phyllocrania paradoxa, probably subadult
- Adult female Hestiasula brunneriana
- Dead adult female Pseudoharpax virescens
- Dead adult female P. virescens
- P. virescens nymphs threatening each other, in the older nymphal stages, probably subadult
- Mating pair of P. virescens
- Adult female P. virescens laying an ootheca
- P. virescens hatching
- First instar P. virescens nymph
- Adult female P. virescens
See also
External links
Media related to Hymenopodidae at Wikimedia Commons - Tree of Life - Hymenopodidae
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