Euchomenellini[1] is a recently (2017) restored, southeast Asian tribe[2] of mantises. It is now placed in the new (2019) family Deroplatyidae,[3] genera having previously been placed in the Angelidae: which now consists only of neotropical mantises.
| Euchomenellini | |
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| Euchomenella heteroptera female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Deroplatyidae |
| Subfamily: | Deroplatyinae |
| Tribe: | Euchomenellini Giglio-Tos, 1916 |
| Genera | |
Genera
editWith the discovery of Phasmomantella,[4] the following are included:
- Euchomenella Giglio-Tos, 1916 (Vietnam, Borneo)
- Indomenella Roy, 2008 (India) - monotypic I. indica (Ghate & Mukherjee, 2004)
- Phasmomantella Vermeersch, 2018 (Vietnam: 2 spp.)
- Tagalomantis Hebard, 1920 (Philippines)[2]
References
edit- ^ Giglio-Tos E (1916) Mantidi esotici, generi e specie nuove. Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 47: 35−36.
- ^ a b Schwarz, Christian J. (2017). "Update on Tagalomantis manillensis (Saussure), with description of the female and comments on its systematic placement and life history (Insecta: Mantodea: Deroplatyinae)". Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A. 10: 19–39. doi:10.18476/sbna.v10.a2.
- ^ Mantodea Species File: family Angelidae (retrieved 11 August 2018)
- ^ Vermeersch XHC (2018) Phasmomantella gen. nov., a spectacular new genus of praying mantis from southern Central Vietnam (Mantodea, Mantidae, Deroplatyinae, Euchomenellini). European Journal of Taxonomy 442: 1–17.