Eremiaphilidae is a small
Old World
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family of
praying mantids
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, based on the
type genus
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Zoological nomenclature
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Eremiaphila''. As part of a major revision of mantid taxonomy,
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/ref> this family now contains the subfamily Tarachodinae, which includes tribes and genera previously placed in the now obsolete Tarachodidae
Tarachodidae is a now obsolete family in the order Mantodea, of genera found in Africa and Asia.
Former subfamilies
The family previously consisted of two subfamilies of "bark mantises": Caliridinae
These genera have now been moved to the new fa ...
.
The new placement means that this taxon is characteristic of the superfamily Eremiaphiloidea (of group Cernomantodea) and infraorder Schizomantodea
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. Genera in this family have been recorded from: Africa and Asia.[Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 12 July 2020)]
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Subfamilies, tribes and selected genera
The ''Mantodea Species File'' lists four subfamilies:
Eremiaphilinae
Species in this small, original subfamily are frequently wingless
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or brachypterous
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Brachypterous wings generally are not functi ...
, and commonly encountered in desert environments, from Egypt to temperate Asia. Their coloration often matches that of the sand or rocks in the habitat.
* '' Eremiaphila'' Lefebvre, 1835
* '' Heteronutarsus'' Lefebvre, 1835
Iridinae
* tribe Didymocoryphini (monotypic)
** '' Didymocorypha'' Wood-Mason, 1877
* tribe Dysaulini
** ''Dysaules
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'' Stal, 1877
* tribe Iridini
** ''Iris
Iris most often refers to:
*Iris (anatomy), part of the eye
*Iris (mythology), a Greek goddess
* ''Iris'' (plant), a genus of flowering plants
*Iris (color), an ambiguous color term
Iris or IRIS may also refer to:
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'' Saussure, 1869
* tribe Schizocephalini (monotypic: was subfamily Schizocephalinae)
** '' Schizocephala'' Serville, 1831
;Parathespinae
* '' Parathespis'' Saussure, 1869
Tarachodinae
;tribe Oxyelaeini
* '' Charieis'' Burr, 1900
*'' Oxyelaea'' Giglio-Tos, 1917
;tribe Tarachodini
* subtribe Antistiina
**'' Antistia'' Stal, 1876
**'' Ariusia'' Stal, 1877
* subtribe Tarachodina
**'' Galepsus'' Stal, 1876
**'' Metagalepsus'' Roy, 1971
**'' Nesogalepsus''
**'' Nothogalepsus''
**'' Oxyophthalmellus''
**'' Paragalepsus''
**'' Paralygdamia''
**'' Paroxyophthalmus''
**'' Plastogalepsus''
**'' Pseudogalepsus''
**'' Pyrgomantis''
**'' Tarachodella''
**'' Tarachodes'' Burmeister, 1838
**'' Tarachodula''
**'' Tuberculepsus'' Roy, 2008
References
External links
Tree of Life - Eremiaphilidae
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