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

Family Mantidae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Works Cited
Praying Mantis - Stagmomantis carolina - female Chinese Mantid - Tenodera sinensis Praying Mantis - Mantis religiosa - female green bug - Stagmomantis carolina WI103114 - 013 - Stagmomantis carolina - female Praying Mantis Ootheca - Tenodera sinensis Mantid nymph. - Tenodera sinensis Mantis - Tenodera angustipennis - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Mantodea (Mantids)
Family Mantidae
Explanation of Names
Mantidae Latreille 1802
see Mantis
Numbers
Largest family of Mantodea, with 20 spp. in 8 genera of 5 subfamilies in our area(1) and 74 genera arranged into 12 tribes and 10 subfamilies total(2)
not yet in the guide: Miomantis caffra Saussure 1871 (Miomantinae), of S.African origin, now cosmopolitan, established in Los Angeles Co., CA (first reported in 2013)(1)
Range
worldwide
Habitat
Mostly tropical and subtropical
Works Cited
1.Praying Mantises of the United States and Canada
Kris Anderson. 2018. Independently published.
2.Otte D., Spearman L., Stiewe M.B.D. Mantodea species file online. Version 5.0
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, Robin McLeod, v belov
Last updated 14 November, 2023 - 4:11pm

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