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Family Tarachodidae

Mantis - Iris oratoria - male Unknown mantid - Iris oratoria - male Praying Mantis IV - Iris oratoria - male Mediterranean Mantis Ootheca - Iris oratoria Praying mantis ? - Iris oratoria - male mantid 1 - Iris oratoria Mantid egg case - Iris oratoria Iris oratoria? - Iris oratoria - female
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)