Mantoididae is a family of praying mantises which contains Neotropical species of praying mantises from tropical North and South America. The family was formerly represented by the sole genus Mantoida, until the genus Paramantoida[1] was described in 2014 and Vespamantoida[2] in 2019. The family differs from the closely related Chaeteessidae in having an apical claw on the fore tibiae which are also less curved. Males have ocelli and a cylindrical body shape, unlike the dorsoventrally flattened Chaeteessidae. The cerci are also shorter.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Mantoididae Giglio-Tos, 1927 |
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Genera edit
The following genera are placed in the family Mantoididae:[3]
- Mantoida - 11 species,
- Paramantoida - 1 species Paramantoida amazonica, typically dark colored with white spots resembling certain wasps[1]
- Vespamantoida - 2 species, resemble some ichneumonid wasps[4]
- †Pseudomantoida Schubnel and Nel 2019 Oise amber, France, Eocene (Ypresian)
References edit
- ^ a b c Agudelo AA (May 2014). "A new genus and species of Mantoididae (Mantodea) from the Brazilian and Venezuelan Amazon, with remarks on Mantoida Newman, 1838". Zootaxa. 3797 (3797): 194–206. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3797.1.14. PMID 24870864.
- ^ Svenson GJ, Rodrigues HM (2019-10-17). "Vespamantoida wherleyi gen. nov. sp. nov. (Mantodea, Mantoididae)". PeerJ. 7: e7886. doi:10.7717/peerj.7886. PMC 6812689. PMID 31656699.
- ^ "family Mantoididae: Mantodea Species File". mantodea.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
- ^ Svenson GJ, Rodrigues HM (2019-10-17). "Vespamantoida wherleyi gen. nov. sp. nov. (Mantodea, Mantoididae)". PeerJ. 7: e7886. doi:10.7717/peerj.7886. PMC 6812689. PMID 31656699.