The Majangidae are a revived (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 ...

from

Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

. 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> this family consists of genera in two subfamilies previously placed in the

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 * ...

(Majanginae) and Deroplatyinae. The new placement means that this taxon is part of the superfamily Epaphroditoidea (of the clade 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 ...

Subfamilies and Genera

The ''Mantodea Species File'' lists two subfamilies:Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 1 August 2020)
/ref> ;Brancsikiinae * '' Brancsikia'' Saussure & Zehntner, 1895: 2 spp. ;Majanginae * tribe Danuriellini ** '' Danuriella'' Westwood, 1889: 3 spp. * tribe Majangini ** '' Liturgusella'' Giglio-Tos, 1915 *** monotypic ''L. malagassa'' Saussure & Zehntner, 1895 ** '' Majanga'' Wood-Mason, 1891: 3 spp. *** '' Majanga basilaris'' Westwood, 1889 - type species

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Majangidae Mantodea families Mantodea of Africa Mantodea