Acanthopidae is a family of South American 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 | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Acanthopidae |
Genera
editThe 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
editReferences
edit- ^ Ehrmann, R. 2002. Mantodea: Gottesanbeterinnen der Welt. Natur und Tier, Münster.
- ^ 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): 607–649. Bibcode:2016SysEn..41..607R. doi:10.1111/syen.12178.
- ^ a b "family Acanthopidae: Mantodea Species File". mantodea.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
 | This Mantodea-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |