Thespidae is a family of insects in the order Mantodea.[1][2][3][4] Following a major revision of this order in 2019, the old-world subfamilies Haaniinae and Hoplocoryphinae, previously placed here, have been upgraded to family level. Thespidae are mostly Neotropical and few species have reached the Nearctic realm.

Thespidae
Bantia fusca
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Thespidae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
Subfamilies

Subfamilies and genera

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The following taxa are recognised in the family Thespidae:[5]

Bantiinae

Miobantiinae

Musoniellinae

Pseudomiopteriginae

Pseudopogonogastrinae

Thespinae

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Catalogue of Life
  2. ^ Schwarz, Christian J.; Roy, Roger (2019). "The systematics of Mantodea revisited: an updated classification incorporating multiple data sources (Insecta: Dictyoptera)". Annales de la Société entomologique de France. 55 (2): 101–196. doi:10.1080/00379271.2018.1556567.
  3. ^ Otte, Daniel; Spearman, Lauren; Stiewe, Martin B. D. (2019). "family Thespidae". Mantodea species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
  4. ^ Patel, Shveta; Singh, Garima; Singh, Rajendra (2016). "A checklist of global distribution of Liturgusidae and Thespidae (Mantodea: Dictyoptera)". Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies. 4 (6).
  5. ^ "family Thespidae: Mantodea Species File". mantodea.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
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