Leptomantellidae
Family of praying mantises
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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.
| Leptomantellidae | |
|---|---|
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| Leptomantella cf. tonkinae, Vietnam | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Clade: | Nanomantodea |
| Superfamily: | Nanomantoidea |
| Family: | Leptomantellidae Schwarz & Roy, 2019[1] |
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
