The ''Tenoderinae'' are a subfamily of praying mantids, originally used by Brunner von Wattenwyl. It was restored as part of a major revision of mantid taxonomy, and contains many genera previously placed in the subfamily

Mantinae Mantinae is a subfamily of praying mantids of the family Mantidae. It was authored by Hermann Burmeister in 1838. Tribes and genera The ''Mantodea Species File'' now lists just three genera here, effectively in a single tribe: Mantini *'' M ...

. The new placement means that this taxon is part of the superfamily Mantoidea (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 have been recorded from: Africa, Europe and Asia.Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 16 July 2020)
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Tribes and genera

This new subfamily now contains many genera that were previously placed elsewhere including the

. The ''Mantodea Species File'' lists two

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here:

Paramantini

;subtribe Paramantina * '' Alalomantis'' Giglio-Tos, 1917 * '' Epitenodera'' Giglio-Tos, 1911 * ''

Paramantis ''Paramantis'' is a genus of praying mantises that includes these species:
Tree of Life Web Project. 2005. Paramantis. Version 22 ...

'' Ragge & Roy, 1967 * '' Rhomboderella'' Giglio-Tos, 1912 * '' Sphodromantis'' Stal, 1871 ;subtribe Tarachomantina * ''

Mantasoa Mantasoa is a municipality in Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Manjakandriana, which is a part of Analamanga Region. The population of the municipality was 10,604 in 2018. Mantasoa is located at 68 km East of Antananarivo. 60 villages in ...

'' Mériguet, 2005 * '' Nausicaamantis'' Meriguet, 2018 * '' Tarachomantis'' Brancsik, 1892 * ''

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'' Giglio-Tos, 1917

Tenoderini

;subtribe Polyspilotina * '' Cataspilota'' Giglio-Tos, 1917 * '' Plistospilota'' Giglio-Tos, 1911 * ''

Polyspilota ''Polyspilota'' is a genus of praying mantises in the family Mantidae 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. ...

'' Burmeister, 1838 * '' Prohierodula'' Bolivar, 1908 ;subtribe Tenoderina * '' Mesopteryx'' Saussure, 1870 * '' Notomantis'' Tindale, 1923 * ''

Tenodera ''Tenodera''Burmeister H (1838) ''Handb. Ent., Burm.'' 2: 534. is a genus of mantis in the family Mantidae which contains several species of praying mantises. The species in this genus can be found primarily in Africa, Asia and Australia, but al ...

'' Burmeister, 1838 * '' Tenospilota'' Roy & Ehrmann, 2014Image of dead adult female ''Tenospilota nova'' (used to be in the genus ''Plistospilota'', ''Plistospilota nova'').
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References

External links

* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q97418008 Mantodea subfamilies Mantidae