Biology:Amorphoscelidae

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Short description: Family of praying mantises

Amorphoscelidae
Amorphoscelis elegans.jpg
Amorphoscelis elegans
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Superfamily: Nanomantodia
Family: Amorphoscelidae
Stål, 1877
Subfamilies
  • Amorphoscelinae
  • Perlamantinae
Synonyms
  • Amorphoscelididae Stål, 1877

Amorphoscelidae is a family of mantises in the order Mantodea.

Subfamilies and Genera

There are eight genera in two subfamilies recognized in the family Amorphoscelidae:[1]

Subfamily Amorphoscelinae

Distribution: Africa, Yemen, tropical Asia

Subfamily Perlamantinae

Distribution: Africa, Europe

  • Paramorphoscelis Werner, 1907 - monotypic - P. gondokorensis Werner, 1907
  • Perlamantis Guerin-Meneville, 1843

See also

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1953555 entry