''Miracanthops'' is a genus of

mantis 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 ...

es in the family

Acanthopidae Acanthopidae is a family of mantises consisting of 16 genera in the order Mantodea. The group was first formally split off as a separate family by the German entomologist Reinhard Ehrmann in 2002. In 2016, five genera (''Acontista'', ''Callibia'' ...

. All of the species in the genus are native to Peru and Ecuador.

References

''Miracanthops''
at ''Mantodea Species File'' Acanthopidae Invertebrates of Ecuador Invertebrates of Peru Mantodea genera {{Mantodea-stub