The Leptomantellidae are a new (2019), small family of praying mantids, based on the type genus Leptomantella. As part of a major revision of mantid taxonomy,[1] genera have been moved here from the Caliridinae in the now obsolete family Tarachodidae.
The new placement is in superfamily Nanomantoidea (of group Cernomantodea) and infraorder Schizomantodea. Species in this family have been recorded from Asia, including India and Indochina.[2]
Genera
The Mantodea Species File lists:[2]
- Aetaella Hebard, 1920
- Hebardia - monotypic H. pellucida Werner, 1921
- Hebardiella Werner, 1924
- Leptomantella Uvarov, 1940
References
- ^ a b Schwarz CJ, Roy R (2019) The systematics of Mantodea revisited: an updated classification incorporating multiple data sources (Insecta: Dictyoptera) Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.) International Journal of Entomology 55 (2): 101-196.
- ^ a b Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 11 July 2020)
External links
Media related to Leptomantellidae at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Caliridinae at Wikispecies
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