The Tenoderinae are a subfamily of praying mantids, originally used by Brunner von Wattenwyl.[1] It was restored as part of a major revision of mantid taxonomy,[2] and contains many genera previously placed in the subfamily Mantinae.
| Tenoderinae | |
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| Tenodera sinensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Mantidae |
| Subfamily: | Tenoderinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 |
The new placement means that this taxon is part of the superfamily Mantoidea (of group Cernomantodea) and infraorder Schizomantodea. Species have been recorded from: Africa, Europe and Asia.[3]
Tribes and genera edit
This new subfamily now contains many genera that were previously placed elsewhere including the Mantinae. The Mantodea Species File lists two tribes here:[3]
Paramantini edit
- subtribe Paramantina
- Alalomantis Giglio-Tos, 1917
- Epitenodera Giglio-Tos, 1911
- Paramantis Ragge & Roy, 1967
- Rhomboderella Giglio-Tos, 1912
- Sphodromantis Stal, 1871
- subtribe Tarachomantina
- Mantasoa Mériguet, 2005
- Nausicaamantis Meriguet, 2018
- Tarachomantis Brancsik, 1892
- Tisma Giglio-Tos, 1917
Tenoderini edit
- subtribe Polyspilotina
- Cataspilota Giglio-Tos, 1917
- Plistospilota Giglio-Tos, 1911
- Polyspilota Burmeister, 1838
- Prohierodula Bolivar, 1908
- subtribe Tenoderina
- Mesopteryx Saussure, 1870
- Notomantis Tindale, 1923
- Tenodera Burmeister, 1838
- Tenospilota Roy & Ehrmann, 2014[4]
References edit
- ^ Brunner von Wattenwyl C (1893) Revis. Syst. Orth.
- ^ Schwarz CJ, Roy R (2019) The systematics of Mantodea revisited: an updated classification incorporating multiple data sources (Insecta: Dictyoptera) Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.) International Journal of Entomology 55 (2): 101-196.
- ^ a b Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 16 July 2020)
- ^ Image of dead adult female Tenospilota nova (used to be in the genus Plistospilota, Plistospilota nova).
External links edit
Data related to Polyspilotini at Wikispecies- Data related to Paramantini at Wikispecies
