The ''Deroplatyidae'' are a new (2019)

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praying mantises 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 ...

, based on the

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Deroplatys ''Deroplatys'' is a genus of mantis in the family Deroplatyidae. They are native to Asia and several share the common name of dead leaf mantis. Species The ''Mantodea Species File'' lists: * ''Deroplatys angustata'' (Westwood, 1845) * '' Derop ...

''. As part of a major revision of mantis 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> the subfamily Deroplatyinae has been moved here from the previously-structured family

Mantidae 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 ...

. The new placement is in superfamily Mantoidea (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, India,

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and

Malesia Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms, and also a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical Kingdom. It has been given different definitions. The ...

.Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 11 July 2020)
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Subfamilies, tribes and genera

The ''Mantodea Species File'' lists two subfamilies:

Subfamily Deroplatyinae

* tribe Deroplatyini (Asia) ** ''

'' Westwood, 1839 ** '' Mythomantis'' Giglio-Tos, 1916 ** '' Pseudempusa'' Brunner v. W., 1893 * tribe Euchomenellini (Asia) ** '' Euchomenella'' Giglio-Tos, 1916 ** '' Indomenella'' Roy, 2008 ** '' Phasmomantella'' Vermeersch, 2018 ** '' Tagalomantis'' Hebard, 1920

Subfamily Popinae

* tribe Leptocolini (Africa) ** subtribe Euchomenina *** '' Euchomena'' Saussure, 1870 ** subtribe Leptocolina *** '' Afrothespis'' Roy, 2006 *** '' Agrionopsis'' Werner, 1908 *** '' Leptocola'' Gerstaecker, 1883 *** '' Stenopyga'' Karsch, 1892 * tribe Popini (Africa) ** '' Danuria'' Stal, 1856 ** †'' Lithophotina'' Sharov, 1962 ** '' Macrodanuria'' Sjostedt, 1900 ** '' Macropopa'' Giglio-Tos, 1914 ** '' Neodanuria'' La Greca & Lombardo, 1986 ** ''

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'' Serville, 1839

References

External links

* * * {{Mantodea Mantodea families Deroplatyidae