Acanthopidae

Acanthopidae is a family of mantises consisting of 16 genera in the order Mantodea. The group was first formally split off as a separate family by the German entomologist Reinhard Ehrmann in 2002.[1] In 2016, five genera (Acontista, Callibia, Paratithrone, Raptrix, and Tithrone) were moved from Acanthopidae to the newly created family Acontistidae,[2] but this has not been accepted in most recent classifications.[3]

Acanthopidae
Metilia brunnerii - Muséum de Toulouse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Acanthopidae

Genera

The following genera are recognised in the family Acanthopidae:[3]

  • Acanthops Serville, 1831
  • Acontista Saussure, 1872
  • Astollia Kirby, 1904
  • Callibia Stal, 1877
  • Decimiana Uvarov, 1940
  • Lagrecacanthops Roy, 2004
  • Metacanthops Agudelo, Maldaner & Rafael, 2019
  • Metilia Stal, 1877
  • Miracanthops Roy, 2004
  • Ovalimantis Roy, 2015
  • Paratithrone Lombardo, 1996
  • Plesiacanthops Chopard, 1913
  • Pseudacanthops Saussure, 1870
  • Raptrix Terra, 1995
  • Stenophylla Westwood, 1845
  • Tithrone Stal, 1877


See also

References
  1. Ehrmann, R. 2002. Mantodea: Gottesanbeterinnen der Welt. Natur und Tier, Münster.
  2. Rivera, Julio; Svenson, Gavin J. (2016). "The Neotropical "polymorphic earless praying mantises" – Part I: molecular phylogeny and revised higher‐level systematics (Insecta: Mantodea, Acanthopoidea)". Systematic Entomology. 41 (3). doi:10.1111/syen.12178.
  3. "family Acanthopidae: Mantodea Species File". mantodea.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2020-11-10.


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