Gonypetidae
Family of praying mantises
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The Gonypetidae are a family of praying mantids, based on the type genus Gonypeta. The name was created by Westwood[1] and it has been revived as part of a major revision of mantid taxonomy;[2] the subfamily Iridopteryginae having been moved here from the obsolete family Iridopterygidae. The Gonypetinae include Asian genera transferred from the obsolete taxa Amelinae and Liturgusidae.
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| Gonypetidae | |
|---|---|
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| Gimantis sp. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Clade: | Metamantodea |
| Superfamily: | Gonypetoidea Westwood, 1889 |
| Family: | Gonypetidae Westwood, 1889 |
The new placement is in superfamily Gonypetoidea (of group Cernomantodea) and infraorder Schizomantodea. Genera in this family have been recorded from: NE Africa, the Middle East, India, Indochina, Malesia through to New Guinea.[3]
Subfamilies, tribes and genera
The Mantodea Species File lists two subfamilies:[3][4]
Gonypetinae
- tribe Armenini
- Armene Stal, 1877
- tribe Gonypetini
- subtribe Compsomantina
- Compsomantis Saussure, 1872
- Nigrocincta Anderson, 2024
- subtribe Gonypetina
- subtribe Gonypetyllina
- Armeniola Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Gonypetyllis Wood-Mason, 1891
- Holaptilon Beier, 1964
- subtribe Humbertiellina
- Humbertiella Saussure, 1869
- Paratheopompa Schwarz & Ehrmann, 2017
- Theopompa Stal, 1877
- subtribe Compsomantina
Iridopteryginae
- tribe Amantini
- Amantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
- tribe Iridopterygini
- subtribe Iridopterygina
- Hapalopeza Stal, 1877
- Hapalopezella Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Iridopteryx Saussure, 1869
- Micromantis Saussure, 1870
- Muscimantis Henry, 1931
- Pezomantis Uvarov, 1927
- Spilomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
- subtribe Tricondylomimina
- Tricondylomimus Chopard, 1930
- subtribe Iridopterygina
