Epaphroditinae[1] is a subfamily of praying mantids in the Epaphroditidae: previously placed in the family Hymenopodidae and now containing two monotypic tribes.[2] The type genus remains Epaphrodita (Serville, 1831).

Epaphroditinae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Epaphroditidae
Subfamily: Epaphroditinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893

Tribes and Genera

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tribe Callimantini
  • Callimantis Stal, 1877 - monotypic (C. antillarum Saussure, 1859)
tribe Epaphroditini
now placed elsewhere

References

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  1. ^ Brunner von Wattenwyl (1893) Revis. Syst. Orth.
  2. ^ Mantodea.speciesfile.org: Subfamily Epaphroditinae