Thespinae is a subfamily of
mantises
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 hav ...
in the family
Thespidae
Thespidae is a family of Neotropical insects in the order Mantodea. Following a major revision of this order in 2019, the old-world subfamilies Haaniinae and Hoplocoryphinae, previously placed here, have been upgraded to family level.
Subfamil ...
. There are 16 genera and at least 40 described species: found in Australasia, Central and South America.
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Genera
The following genera are recognised in the subfamily Thespinae:Liguanea
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'' Rehn & Hebard, 1938
** '' Oligonicella'' Giglio-Tos, 1915
** '' Oligonyx'' Saussure, 1869
** '' Piscomantis'' Rivera & Vergara-Cobián
** ''Thesprotia
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'' Stal, 1877
* Subtribe Pogonogasterina
** '' Carrikerella'' Hebard, 1921
** '' Pogonogaster'' Rehn, 1918
** '' Thesprotiella'' Giglio-Tos, 1915
;Tribe Thespini
* '' Macromusonia'' Hebard, 1922
* '' Musonia'' Stal, 1877
* '' Musoniola'' Giglio-Tos, 1917
* '' Paramusonia'' Rehn, 1904
* '' Pseudomusonia'' Werner, 1909
* ''Thespis
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'' Serville, 1831
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Thespidae
Mantodea subfamilies
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