The ''Gonypetidae'' are a new (2019)
family
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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
In biological taxonomy, the type genus is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name.
Zoological nomenclature
According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearing type of a nominal f ...
''
Gonypeta''. The name was created by Westwood 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> the subfamily Iridopteryginae having been moved here from the obsolete family Iridopterygidae
Iridopterygidae was a family of praying mantids in the order Mantodea whose members, having formerly been moved here as a subfamily within Mantidae, have now been transferred elsewhere as part of the recent (2019) major revision of mantid taxonom ...
. The Gonypetinae
The ''Gonypetidae'' are a new (2019) family of praying mantids, based on the type genus '' Gonypeta''. The name was created by Westwood and it has been revived as part of a major revision of mantid taxonomy; the subfamily Iridopteryginae having ...
include Asian genera transferred from the obsolete taxa Amelinae and Liturgusidae
Liturgusidae is a family of praying mantids in the new (2019) Neotropical superfamily Acanthopoidea. A substantial number of genera, previously placed here, have recently been moved to the new or revived other families:
* Dactylopterygidae
* ...
.
The new placement is in superfamily Gonypetoidea (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: NE Africa, the Middle East
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, India, Indochina
Mainland Southeast Asia, also known as the Indochinese Peninsula or Indochina, is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the west an ...
, 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 ...
through to New Guinea.[Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 13 July 2020)]
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Subfamilies, tribes and genera
The ''Mantodea Species File'' lists two subfamilies:[
]
Gonypetinae
* tribe Armenini
** ''Armene
Armene ( grc, Ἀρμένη or Ἁρμένη or Ἀρμήνη) was an ancient Greek city on the Black Sea coast of ancient Paphlagonia. Xenophon in his ''Anabasis'' writes that the Ten Thousand on their return anchored their ships here, and stayed ...
'' Stal, 1877
* tribe Gonypetini
** subtribe Compsomantina
*** '' Compsomantis'' Saussure, 1872
** subtribe Gonypetina
*** '' Bimantis'' Giglio-Tos, 1915
*** '' Dimantis'' Giglio-Tos, 1915
*** '' Elaea'' Stal, 1877
*** '' Elmantis'' Giglio-Tos, 1915
*** '' Gimantis'' Giglio-Tos, 1915
*** '' Gonypeta'' Saussure, 1869
*** '' Gonypetoides'' Beier, 1942
*** '' Memantis'' Giglio-Tos, 1915
*** ''Myrcinus Myrcinus or Myrkinos ( grc, Μύρκινος or Μύρκιννος) was an ancient Greek city located in Macedonian Thrace, in the region of Edonis between the Strymon and the Nestos Rivers, on the left bank of the Strymon. It was within the terri ...
'' Stal, 1877
** subtribe Gonypetyllina
*** '' Armeniola'' Giglio-Tos, 1915
*** ''Gonypetyllis
''Gonypetyllis'' is a genus of mantises belonging to the family Gonypetidae.
Species:
*''Gonypetyllis liliputana''
*''Gonypetyllis micra''
*''Gonypetyllis semuncialis
''Gonypetyllis semuncialis'' is one of the smallest species of praying ma ...
'' Wood-Mason, 1891
*** '' Holaptilon'' Beier, 1964
** subtribe Humbertiellina
*** ''Humbertiella
''Humbertiella''Saussure (1869) ''Mitt. schweiz. ent. Ges.'' 3: 55,61. is a genus 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 gene ...
'' Saussure, 1869
*** '' Paratheopompa'' Schwarz & Ehrmann, 2017
*** '' Theopompa'' Stal, 1877
Iridopteryginae
* tribe Amantini
** '' Amantis'' Giglio-Tos, 1915
* tribe Iridopterygini
** subtribe Iridopterygina
*** '' Hapalopeza'' Stal, 1877
*** '' Hapalopezella'' Giglio-Tos, 1915
*** '' Iridopteryx'' Saussure, 1869
*** '' Micromantis'' Saussure, 1870
*** '' Muscimantis'' Henry, 1931
*** '' Pezomantis'' Uvarov, 1927
*** '' Spilomantis'' Giglio-Tos, 1915
** subtribe Tricondylomimina
*** ''Tricondylomimus
''Tricondylomimus'' is an Asian genus of praying mantis in the family Gonypetidae. Formerly considered as a junior synonym of the genus ''Nemotha
''Nemotha'' is a genus of praying mantids in the family Hymenopodidae: tribe Anaxarchini, conta ...
'' Chopard, 1930
References
External links
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