Toxoderidae

Family of praying mantises

Toxoderidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Toxoderidae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
Genera

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Toxoderidae[1] is a family of praying mantises.[2]

Subordinate taxa

The Mantodea Species File[3] lists:

Subfamily Compsothespinae

  • Genus Compsothespis Saussure, 1872

Subfamily Heterochaetinae

  • Genus Heterochaeta Westwood, 1845

Subfamily Oxyothespinae

Tribe Heterochaetulini
  • Genus Heterochaetula Wood-Mason, 1889
Tribe Oxyothespini
  • Genus Acithespis Giglio-Tos, 1916
  • Genus Lobothespis La Greca & Lombardo, 1987
  • Genus Oxyothespis Saussure, 1870
  • Genus Paraseverinia Lombardo, 1991
  • Genus Severinia Finot, 1902
  • Genus Sinaiella Karsch, 1892
  • Genus Somalithespis Lombardo, 1991

Subfamily Toxoderinae

Distribution: includes Africa, Middle-East, Asia

Tribe Aethalochroini
  • Genus Aethalochroa Wood-Mason, 1877
  • Genus Oestomantis Giglio-Tos, 1914
  • Genus Pareuthyphlebs Werner, 1928
Tribe Calamothespini

Distribution: Africa

  • Genus Belomantis Giglio-Tos, 1914
  • Genus Calamothespis Werner, 1907
  • Genus Toxomantis Giglio-Tos, 1914
Tribe Toxoderini
  • Genus Metatoxodera Roy, 2009
  • Genus Paratoxodera Wood-Mason, 1889
  • Genus Protoxodera Roy, 2009
  • Genus Stenotoxodera Roy, 2009
  • Genus Toxodera Serville, 1837
Tribe Toxoderopsini
  • Genus Euthyphleps Wood-Mason, 1889
  • Genus Toxodanuria Uvarov, 1940
  • Genus Toxoderella Giglio-Tos, 1914
  • Genus Toxoderopsis Wood-Mason, 1889

See also

References

  1. ^ Giglio-Tos E (1919) Bull. Soc. ent. Ital. 49: 74
  2. ^ ITIS Catalogue of Life
  3. ^ Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 2 December 2020)

External links

  • Media related to Toxoderidae at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Toxoderidae at Wikispecies
Taxon identifiers
Toxoderidae