Deroplatyidae
Family of praying mantises
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The Deroplatyidae are a family of praying mantises, based on the type genus Deroplatys. As part of a major revision of mantis taxonomy,[2] the subfamily Deroplatyinae has been moved here from the previously structured family Mantidae.
| Deroplatyidae | |
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| Deroplatys gorochovi, Vietnam | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Clade: | Mantidea |
| Superfamily: | Mantoidea |
| Family: | Deroplatyidae Westwood, 1889[1] |
The new placement is in superfamily Mantoidea (of group Cernomantodea) and infraorder Schizomantodea. Genera in this family have been recorded from: Africa, India, Indochina and Malesia.[3]
Subfamilies, tribes and genera
The Mantodea Species File lists two subfamilies:[3]
Subfamily Deroplatyinae
- tribe Deroplatyini (Asia)
- Deroplatys Westwood, 1839
- Mythomantis Giglio-Tos, 1916
- Pseudempusa Brunner v. W., 1893
- tribe Euchomenellini (Asia)
- Euchomenella Giglio-Tos, 1916
- Indomenella Roy, 2008
- Phasmomantella Vermeersch, 2018
- Tagalomantis Hebard, 1920
Subfamily Popinae
- tribe Leptocolini (Africa)
- subtribe Euchomenina
- Euchomena Saussure, 1870
- subtribe Leptocolina
- Afrothespis Roy, 2006
- Agrionopsis Werner, 1908
- Leptocola Gerstaecker, 1883
- Stenopyga Karsch, 1892
- subtribe Euchomenina
- tribe Popini (Africa)
