The Deroplatyidae are a new (2019) family of praying mantises, based on the type genus Deroplatys. As part of a major revision of mantis taxonomy,[1] the subfamily Deroplatyinae has been moved here from the previously structured family Mantidae.
| Deroplatyidae | |
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| Deroplatys gorochovi, Vietnam | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Superorder: | Dictyoptera |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Deroplatyidae |
The new placement is in superfamily Mantoidea (of group Cernomantodea) and infraorder Schizomantodea. Genera in this family have been recorded from: Africa, India, Indochina and Malesia.[2]
Subfamilies, tribes and genera
editThe Mantodea Species File lists two subfamilies:[2]
Subfamily Deroplatyinae
edit- tribe Deroplatyini (Asia)
- Deroplatys Westwood, 1839
- Mythomantis Giglio-Tos, 1916
- Pseudempusa Brunner v. W., 1893
- tribe Euchomenellini (Asia)
- Euchomenella Giglio-Tos, 1916
- Indomenella Roy, 2008
- Phasmomantella Vermeersch, 2018
- Tagalomantis Hebard, 1920
Subfamily Popinae
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- tribe Leptocolini (Africa)
- subtribe Euchomenina
- Euchomena Saussure, 1870
- subtribe Leptocolina
- Afrothespis Roy, 2006
- Agrionopsis Werner, 1908
- Leptocola Gerstaecker, 1883
- Stenopyga Karsch, 1892
- subtribe Euchomenina
- tribe Popini (Africa)
- Danuria Stal, 1856
- †Lithophotina Sharov, 1962
- Macrodanuria Sjostedt, 1900
- Macropopa Giglio-Tos, 1914
- Neodanuria La Greca & Lombardo, 1986
- Popa Serville, 1839
References
edit- ^ 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 11 July 2020)
External links
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Media related to Deroplatyidae at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Deroplatyinae at Wikispecies- Data related to Vatinae at Wikispecies
