The ''Leptomantellidae'' are a new (2019), small

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

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 ...

Leptomantella ''Leptomantella'' is a genus of praying mantids and typical of the new (2019) family Leptomantellidae The ''Leptomantellidae'' are a new (2019), small family of praying mantids, based on the type genus '' Leptomantella''. As part of a major ...

''. 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> genera have been moved here from the Caliridinae in the now obsolete family

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 is in superfamily Nanomantoidea (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 ...

. Species in this family have been recorded from Asia, including India and

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 ...

.Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 11 July 2020)
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Genera

The ''Mantodea Species File'' lists: # '' Aetaella'' Hebard, 1920 # '' Hebardia'' - monotypic '' H. pellucida'' Werner, 1921 # '' Hebardiella'' Werner, 1924 # ''

'' Uvarov, 1940

References

External links

* * {{Mantodea Mantodea families