Photinaidae is a family of mantises in the order Neotropical Mantodea, in the superfamily Acanthopoidea. There are about 11 genera and more than 40 described species in Photinaidae.[1][2]

Photinaidae
Cardioptera brachyptera
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Photinaidae

Genera

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These 11 genera belong to the family Photinaidae:

References

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  1. ^ "Photinaidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
  2. ^ Otte, Daniel; Spearman, Lauren; Stiewe, Martin B. D. (2019). "family Photinaidae". Mantodea species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-05-11.

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