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Gonypetidae

The Gonypetidae are a new (2019) family of praying mantids, based on the type genus Gonypeta. The name was created by Westwood[1] and it has been revived as part of a major revision of mantid taxonomy;[2] the subfamily Iridopteryginae having been moved here from the obsolete family Iridopterygidae. The Gonypetinae include Asian genera transferred from the obsolete taxa Amelinae and Liturgusidae.

Gonypetidae
Gimantis sp.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Superorder: Dictyoptera
Order: Mantodea
Family: Gonypetidae
Westwood, 1889

The new placement is in superfamily Gonypetoidea (of group Cernomantodea) and infraorder Schizomantodea. Genera in this family have been recorded from: NE Africa, the Middle East, India, Indochina, Malesia through to New Guinea.[3]

Subfamilies, tribes and genera

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The Mantodea Species File lists two subfamilies:[3]

Gonypetinae

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Iridopteryginae

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References

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  1. ^ Westwood (1889) Rev. Insect. Fam. Mantidarum.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 13 July 2020)
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