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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mantids (Mantodea) » Tarachodidae

Family Tarachodidae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Albino? - Iris oratoria - male Praying Mantis V - Iris oratoria - male What type of mantis? - Iris oratoria - male Mantodea - Iris oratoria Mantid egg case - Iris oratoria Brown adult mantid - another Iris? - Iris oratoria - male Praying Mantis - Iris oratoria - female Praying mantis - Iris oratoria
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Mantodea (Mantids)
Family Tarachodidae
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
treated in (1)(2) as a subfam. of Eremiaphilidae Saussure 1869 that contains close to 30 genera in 4 subfamilies; Tarachodinae contains ~200 spp. in 16 genera(1)
Explanation of Names
Tarachodidae Giglio-Tos 1917
Numbers
a single (adventive) species in our area
Range
Afrotropical; other groups treated in Eremiaphilidae also Oriental, a handful in the Palaearctic(2)
Works Cited
1.Otte D., Spearman L., Stiewe M.B.D. Mantodea species file online. Version 5.0
2.The systematics of Mantodea revisited: an updated classification incorporating multiple data sources (Insecta: Dictyoptera)
Schwarz C.J., Roy R. 2019. Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (N.S.) 55: 101‒196.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 11 October, 2009 - 6:00pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 12 November, 2023 - 9:24pm

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