The ''Chroicopteridae'' are a new (2019)
family of
praying mantids
Mantidae is one of the largest families in the order of praying mantises, based on the type species ''Mantis religiosa''; however, most genera are tropical or subtropical. Historically, this was the only family in the order, and many references ...
, based on the
type genus ''
Chroicoptera''. The name is derived from first use, for subfamily
Chroicopterinae, by Giglio-Tos and it has been revived as part of a major revision of mantid taxonomy.
Schwarz CJ, Roy R (2019) The systematics of Mantodea revisited: an updated classification incorporating multiple data sources (Insecta: Dictyoptera) ''Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.) International Journal of Entomology'' 55 (2): 101-196.
/ref> Some genera have also been moved here from the tribe Rivetinini, with others placed elsewhere including the subfamily Miomantinae.
The new placement is as a sole family in the superfamily Chroicopteroidea (of group Cernomantodea) and infraorder Schizomantodea
Mantises are an order (Mantodea) of insects that contains over 2,400 species in about 460 genera in 33 families. The largest family is the Mantidae ("mantids"). Mantises are distributed worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. They ha ...
. Genera in this family have been recorded from Africa and islands in the Atlantic and Indian oceans.[Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 16 July 2020)]
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Subfamilies, tribes and genera
The ''Mantodea Species File'' lists two subfamilies:
Chroicopterinae
;tribe Bolbellini
* '' Bolbella'' Giglio-Tos, 1915
* '' Dystactula'' Giglio-Tos, 1927
;tribe Chroicopterini
* subtribe Amphecostephanina
** '' Amphecostephanus'' Rehn, 1912
* subtribe Bisanthina
** '' Bisanthe '' Stal, 1876
* subtribe Chroicopterina
** '' Betamantis'' Giglio-Tos, 1915
** '' Carvilia'' Stal, 1876
** '' Chopardentella'' Kaltenbach, 1996
** '' Chroicoptera'' Stal, 1871
** '' Congomantis'' Werner, 1929
** ''Entella
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'' Stal, 1877
** '' Entelloptera'' Beier, 1942
** '' Geothespis'' Giglio-Tos, 1916
** '' Ligaria'' Stal, 1877
** '' Ligariella'' Giglio-Tos, 1915
** '' Ligentella'' Kaltenbach, 1996
** '' Macracanthopus'' Chopard, 1929
** '' Namamantis'' Kaltenbach, 1996
** '' Paraligaria'' Beier, 1969
** '' Parentella'' Giglio-Tos, 1915
** '' Rhachimantis'' Giglio-Tos, 1915
** '' Sphaeromantis'' Schulthess, 1898
* subtribe Dystactina
** '' Achlaena'' Karsch, 1892
** '' Achlaenella'' Giglio-Tos, 1915
** '' Dystacta'' Saussure, 1871
** '' Pseudodystacta'' Kaltenbach, 1996
Tarachininae
Auth. Giglio-Tos (1915); tropical central Africa
;tribe Gonypetellini
* '' Gonypetella'' Giglio-Tos, 1915
* '' Telomantis'' Giglio-Tos, 1915
;tribe Tarachinini
* '' Tarachina'' Werner, 1907
References
External links
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Mantodea families