DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14010698
title: A in A historical review of nomenclature and high-level classification of praying mantises (Mantodea), including a provisional checklist of the names associated to suprageneric ranks

description: A provisional checklist of the names associated to suprageneric ranks their type genera
TYPE GENUSORIGINAL NAMECURRENT NAMESAcanthops Audinet-Serville, 1831Acanthopsidae Burmeister, 1838Acanthopidae, -inae, -iniAcontista Saussure & Zehntner, 1894Acontistinae Giglio-Tos, 1915AcontistinaeAcromantis Saussure, 1870Acromantes Brunner de W., 1893AcromantinaeAethalochroa Wood-Mason, 1877Aethalochroae Giglio-Tos, 1914AethalochroiniAmbivia Stål, 1877Ambiviae Giglio-Tos, 1919AmbiviiniAmeles Burmeister, 1838Amelides Westwood, 1889Amelidae, -inae, -iniAmorphoscelis Stål, 1871Amorphoscelidae Stål, 1877Amorphoscelidae, -inaeAnaxarcha Stål, 1877Anaxarchae Giglio-Tos, 1919AnasarchiniAngela Audinet-Serville, 1838Angelini Beier, 1935Angelidae,-inaeAntemna Stål, 1877Antemninae Terra, 1995AntemninaeArchimantis Saussure, 1869Archimantinae Giglio-Tos, 1917Archimantinae, -iniArria Stål, 1877Arriae Giglio-Tos, 1919ArriinaeBaissomantis Gratshev & Zherikhin, 1994Baissomantidae Grat, & Zher., 1994BaissomantidaeBisanthe Stål, 1876Bisanthes Giglio-Tos, 1917BisanthiniBlepharodes Bolívar, 1890Blepharodes Giglio-Tos, 1919Blepharodinae, -iniCalamothespis Werner, 1907Calamothespes Giglio-Tos, 1919CalamothespiniCaliris Giglio-Tos, 1915Calirides Giglio-Tos, 1915CaliridinaeCallibia Stål, 1877Callibiae Giglio-Tos, 1919CallibiiniCallimantis Stål, 1877Callimantes Giglio-Tos, 1919CallimantiniCardioptera Burmeister, 1838Cardiopterae Rehn, 1911Cardiopterinae, -iniCeratocrania Westwood, 1889Ceratocraniae Giglio-Tos, 1914CeratocraniinaeChaeteessa Burmeister, 1838Chaeteessinae Handlirsch, 1925Chaeteessoidea, -idaeChoeradodis Audinet-Serville, 1931Choeradodites Saussure, 1869ChoeradodiniChroicoptera Stål, 1871Chroicopterae Giglio-Tos, 1915Chroicopterinae, -iniCilnia Stål, 1876Cilniae Giglio-Tos, 1917CilniinaeCompsomantis Saussure, 1872Compsomantes Giglio-Tos, 1915CompsomantiniCompsothespis Saussure, 1872Compsothespes Giglio-Tos, 1913CompsothespinaeCoptopteryx Saussure, 1869Coptopteriges Giglio-Tos, 1915CoptopteryginaeCretomantis Gratshev & Zherikhin, 1994Cretomantidae Grat. & Zher., 1994CretomantidaeDactylopteryx Karsch, 1892Dactylopteriges Giglio-Tos, 1915Dactylopteryginae, -iniDanuria Stål, 1856Danuriae Giglio-Tos, 1914DanuriiniDeromantis Giglio-Tos, 1916Deromantes Giglio-Tos, 1919DeromantiniDeroplatys Westwood, 1839Deroplatides Westwood, 1889DeroplatyinaeDysaules Stål, 1877Dysaules Giglio-Tos, 1919DysauliniDystacta Saussure, 1871Dystactinae Giglio-Tos, 1915DystactinaeEmpusa Illiger, 1798Empusidae Burmeister, 1838Empusidae, -inae, -iniEntella Stål, 1877Entellae Giglio-Tos, 1915EntelliniEpaphrodita Audinet-Serville, 1831Epaphroditae Brunner de W., 1893EpaphroditinaeEremiaphila Lefebvre, 1835Eremiaphilini Saussure, 1869Eremiaphilidae, -inaeEuantissa Giglio-Tos, 1927Euantissae Giglio-Tos, 1927EuantissiniEuchomena Saussure, 1870Euchomenae Giglio-Tos, 1916EuchomeniniEuchomenella Giglio-Tos, 1916Euchomenellae Giglio-Tos, 1916Euchomenellinae, -iniFulcinia Stål, 1877Fulcinini Ehrmann & Roy, 2002FulciniiniGalinthias Stål, 1877Galinthiades Giglio-Tos, 1919Galinthiadidae, -inaeGonatista Saussure, 1869Gonatistites Saussure, 1869GonatistiniGonatistella Giglio-Tos, 1915Gonatistellae Giglio-Tos, 1915GonatistelliniGonypeta Saussure, 1869Gonypetides Westwood, 1889GonypetiniHaania Saussure, 1871Haaniae Giglio-Tos, 1915Haaniidae, -iniHapalomantis Stål, 1871Hapalomantini Beier, 1964Hapalomantinae, -iniHestiasula Saussure, 1971Hestiasulae Giglio-Tos, 1915HestiasuliniHeterochaeta Westwood, 1843Heterochaetae Brunner de W., 1893HeterochaetiniHierodula Burmeister, 1838Hierodulae Brunner de W., 1893Hierodulinae, -iniHoplocorypha Stål, 1871Hoplocoryphae Giglio-Tos, 1916Hoplocoryphidae, -inaeHumbertiella Saussure, 1869Humbertiellae Brunner de W., 1893HumbertielliniHymenopus Audinet-Serville, 1831Hymenopodinae Giglio-Tos, 1915Hymenopodidae, -inae, -iniIdolomantis Uvarov, 1940Idolomantini Ehrmann & Roy, 2002IdolomantiniIdolomorpha Burmeister, 1838Idolomorphini Ehrmann & Roy, 2002IdolomorphiniIridopteryx Saussure, 1869Iridopteriginae Giglio-Tos, 1915Iridopterygidae, -inae, -iniIschnomantis Stål, 1877Ischnomantes Giglio-Tos, 1916IschnomantiniIris Saussure, 1869Irides Westwood, 1889IridinaeJantarimantis Vršanský, 2002Jantarimantidae Vršanský, 2002JantarimantidaeJuramantis Vršanský, 2002Juramantidae Vršanský, 2002JuramantidaeLeptocola Gerstaecker, 1883Leptocolae Giglio-Tos, 1916LeptocoliniLigaria Stål, 1877Ligariae Giglio-Tos, 1915LigariiniLiturgousa Saussure, 1869Liturgusae Giglio-Tos, 1915Liturgusidae, -inaeLoxomantis Giglio-Tos, 1914Loxomantes Giglio-Tos, 1919LoxomantiniMacromantis Saussure, 1871Macromantides Brunner de W., 1893Macromantinae, -iniMajanga Wood-Mason, 1891Majangae Giglio-Tos, 1915MajanginiMantis Linné, 1758Mantides Latreille, 1802Mantoidea, -idae, -inae, -iniMantoida Newman, 1838Mantoidae Giglio-Tos, 1919Mantoidoidea, -idaeMelliera Saussure, 1892Mellierae Giglio-Tos, 1915MellierinaeMetallyticus Westwood, 1835Metallytici Giglio-Tos, 1919Metallyticoidea, -idaeMiobantia Giglio-Tos, 1917Miobantiinae Roy, 2013Miobantiinae, -iniMiomantis Saussure, 1870Miomantides Westwood, 1889Miomantidae, -inae, -iniMusonia Stål, 1877Musoniae Giglio-Tos, 1916MusoniiniNanomantis Saussure, 1871Nanomantes Brunner de W., 1893Nanomantinae, -iniNilomantis Werner, 1907Nilomantinae Ehrmann & Roy, 2002Nilomantinae, -iniOligonyx Saussure, 1869Oligonyx Saussure, 1892Oligonychinae, -iniOmomantis Saussure, 1899Omomantes Giglio-Tos, 1916Omomantinae, -iniOrthodera Burmeister, 1838Orthoderites Saussure, 1869OrthoderinaeOrthoderella Giglio-Tos, 1897Orthoderellae Giglio-Tos, 1919OrthoderellinaeOtomantis Bolivar, 1890Otomantes Giglio-Tos, 1915OtomantiniOxyophthalma Saussure, 1861Oxyopththalmae Giglio-Tos, 1919OxyophthalminiOxyopsis Caudell, 1904Oxyopsides Giglio-Tos, 1914OxyopsidiniOxyothespis Saussure, 1870Oxyothespinae Giglio-Tos, 1916Oxyothespinae, -iniOxypilus Audinet-Serville, 1831Oxypilites Saussure, 1871OxypilinaePachymantis Saussure, 1871Pachymantides Brunner de W., 1893PachymantiniPanurgica Karsch, 1896Panurgicae Giglio-Tos, 1915PaurgiciniParablepharis Saussure, 1870Parablephares Giglio-Tos, 1919ParablephariniParadanuria Wood-Mason, 1877Paradunuriae Giglio-Tos, 1919ParadanuriinParamantis Roy, 1973Paramantini Roy, 1973Paramantinae, -iniParaoxypilus Saussure, 1870Paraoxypilites Saussure, 1872Paraoxypilinae, -iniParaseverinia Lombardo, 1991Paraseveriniini Ehrmann & Roy, 2002ParaseveriniiniParasphendale Schultess, 1898Parasphendales Gigio-Tos, 1915ParasphendaliniParathespis Saussure, 1869Parathespinae Giglio-Tos, 1916Parathespinae, -iniPerlamantis Guérin-Méneville, 1843Perlamantinae Giglio-Tos, 1913PerlamantinaePhasmomantis Saussure, 1869Phasmomantes Giglio-Tos, 1917PhasmomantiniPhotina Burmeister, 1838Photininae Giglio-Tos, 1915PhotinainaePhyllocrania Burmeister, 1838Phyllocraniae Brunner de W., 1893PhyllocraniiniPhyllomantis Saussure, 1892Phyllomantes Giglio-Tos, 1919PhyllomantiniPhyllothelys Wood-Mason, 1877Phyllotheles Brunner de W., 1893PhyllothelyinaePogonogaster Rehn, 1918Pogonogasterees Beier, 1935PogonogasteriniPolyspilota Burmeister, 1838Polyspilotae Giglio-Tos, 1917PolyspilotiniPopa Stål, 1856Popae Brunner de W., 1893PopiniPseudempusa Brunner de W., 1893Pseudempusae Rehn, 1911PseudempusiniPseudocreobotra Saussure, 1870Pseudocreobotrae Brunner de W., 1893PseudocreobotrinaePseudomantis Saussure, 1869Pseudomantides Brunner de W., 1893PseudomantiniPseudomiopteryx Saussure, 1870Pseudomiopteriginae Giglio-Tos, 1915PseudomiopteryginaePyrgomantis Gerstaecker, 1869Pyrgomantidae Brunner de W., 1893PyrgomantiniRivetina Berland & Chopard, 1922Rivetinini Ehrmann & Roy, 2002Rivetininae, -iniSchizocephala Audinet-Serville, 1831Schizocephalites Saussure, 1869SchizocephalinaeSibylla Stål, 1856Sibyllae Giglio-Tos, 1915Sibyllidae, -inaeSolygia Stål, 1877Solygiinae Giglio-Tos, 1919SolygiiniSphaeromantis Schulthess, 1898Sphaeromantes Giglio-Tos, 1919SphaeromantiniSphodropoda Stål, 1871Sphodropodae Giglio-Tos, 1919SphodropodiniStagmatoptera Burmeister, 1838Stagmatopterae Brunner de W., 1893Stagmatopterinae, iniStagmomantis Saussure, 1869Stagmomantes Brunner de W., 1893StagmomantinaeStenomantis Saussure, 1871Stenomantes Giglio-Tos, 1915StenomantiniStenophylla Westwood, 1843Stenophyllites Saussure, 1869StenophyllinaeTarachina Werner, 1907Tarachinae Giglio-Tos, 1915Tarachininae, -iniTarachodes Burmeister, 1838Tarachodes Giglio-Tos, 1919Tarachodidae, -inaeTenodera Burmeister, 1838Tenoderae Brunner de W., 1893TenoderiniThespis Audinet-Serville, 1831Thespites Saussure, 1869Thespidae, -inae, -iniToxodera Audinet-Serville, 1837Toxoderites Saussure, 1869Toxoderidae, -inae, -iniToxoderopsis Wood-Mason, 1889Toxoderopsini Ehrmann & Roy, 2002ToxoderopsiniTrachymantis Giglio-Tos, 1917Trachymantes Giglio-Tos, 1917TrachymantiniTropidomantis Stål, 1877Tropidomantes Giglio-Tos, 1915Tropidomantinae, -iniTruxomantis Sjöstedt, 1918Truxomantes Giglio-Tos, 1927TruxomantiniVates Burmeister, 1838Vatidae Stål, 1877Vatidae, -inae, -ini
NOTE: The present checklist, yet not fully comprehensive, represent those names that have been in use in the recent past, or that could be rightly used among others in the near future; family-group names that in the past were based on genera that are no longer valid are omitted from this list. The genera Acontiothespis, Creobotra, Eremophila, Eufischeriella and Theoclytes were invalidated after becoming synonyms of (respectively) Acontista, Creobroter, Eremiaphila, Rivetina and Vates. The genera Fischeria, Harpax and Miopteryx are invalid as junior homonyms, the replacement names are Rivetina, Harpagomantis and Antimiopteryx, the latter now synonym with Miobantia, which became the type genus of Miobantiinae (see Roy, 2013b). For further justifications see: Kirby, 1904: 305; Giglio-Tos, 1927: 45, 210, 484; Ehrmann, 2002: 111, 137, 167, 225, 363, 375; Roy, 2004b: 235; and Terra, 1995: 42.
description: Published as part of Roy, Roger, 2014, A historical review of nomenclature and high-level classification of praying mantises (Mantodea), including a provisional checklist of the names associated to suprageneric ranks, pp. 25-28 in Zootaxa 3797 (1) on page 25, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3797.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/4915377