Acanthopidae is a family 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 consisting of 16 genera in the order
Mantodea
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 ...
. The group was first formally split off as a separate family by the German
entomologist
Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as ara ...
Reinhard Ehrmann in 2002.
[ In 2016, five genera ('' Acontista'', '' Callibia'', '' Paratithrone'', '' Raptrix'', and '' Tithrone'') were moved from Acanthopidae to the newly created family Acontistidae,][ but this has not been accepted in most recent classifications.]
Genera
The following genera are recognised in the family Acanthopidae:Acanthops
''Acanthops'' is a genus of mantises in the family Acanthopidae, containing 20 species that can be found in Central and South America.
Description
Most species in ''Acanthops'' are colloquially referred to as the dead leaf mantis, a common na ...
'' Serville, 1831
* '' Acontista'' Saussure, 1872
* '' Astollia'' Kirby, 1904
* '' Callibia '' Stal, 1877
* '' Decimiana'' Uvarov, 1940
* '' Lagrecacanthops'' Roy, 2004
* '' Metacanthops'' Agudelo, Maldaner & Rafael, 2019
* '' Metilia'' Stal, 1877
* '' Miracanthops'' Roy, 2004
* '' Ovalimantis'' Roy, 2015
* '' Paratithrone'' Lombardo, 1996
* '' Plesiacanthops'' Chopard, 1913
* '' Pseudacanthops'' Saussure, 1870
* '' Raptrix'' Terra, 1995
* '' Stenophylla '' Westwood, 1845
* '' Tithrone'' Stal, 1877
See also
*List of mantis genera and species
The following list of mantis genera and species is based on the "Mantodea Species File", which is the primary reference for the taxonomy shown here.
The insect Order (biology), order Mantodea consists of over 2,400 species of mantises in about 460 ...
References
Mantodea families
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