Chroicopteridae

The Chroicopteridae are a new (2019) family of praying mantids, based on the type genus Chroicoptera. The name is derived from first use, for subfamily Chroicopterinae, by Giglio-Tos[1] and it has been revived as part of a major revision of mantid taxonomy.[2] Some genera have also been moved here from the tribe Rivetinini, with others placed elsewhere including the subfamily Miomantinae.

Chroicopteridae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Superorder: Dictyoptera
Order: Mantodea
Family: Chroicopteridae
Schwarz & Roy, 2019

The new placement is as a sole family in the superfamily Chroicopteroidea (of group Cernomantodea) and infraorder Schizomantodea. Genera in this family have been recorded from Africa and islands in the Atlantic and Indian oceans.[3]

Subfamilies, tribes and genera

The Mantodea Species File lists two subfamilies:[3]

Chroicopterinae
tribe Bolbellini
  • Bolbella Giglio-Tos, 1915
  • Dystactula Giglio-Tos, 1927
tribe Chroicopterini
  • subtribe Amphecostephanina
  • subtribe Bisanthina
    • Bisanthe Stal, 1876
  • subtribe Chroicopterina
    • Betamantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
    • Carvilia Stal, 1876
    • Chopardentella Kaltenbach, 1996
    • Chroicoptera Stal, 1871
    • Congomantis Werner, 1929
    • Entella Stal, 1877
    • Entelloptera Beier, 1942
    • Geothespis Giglio-Tos, 1916
    • Ligaria Stal, 1877
    • Ligariella Giglio-Tos, 1915
    • Ligentella Kaltenbach, 1996
    • Macracanthopus Chopard, 1929
    • Namamantis Kaltenbach, 1996
    • Paraligaria Beier, 1969
    • Parentella Giglio-Tos, 1915
    • Rhachimantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
    • Sphaeromantis Schulthess, 1898
  • subtribe Dystactina
    • Achlaena Karsch, 1892
    • Achlaenella Giglio-Tos, 1915
    • Dystacta Saussure, 1871
    • Pseudodystacta Kaltenbach, 1996

Tarachininae
tribe Gonypetellini
  • Gonypetella Giglio-Tos, 1915
  • Telomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
tribe Tarachinini
  • Tarachina Werner, 1907

References
  1. Giglio-Tos (1915) Bull, soc. ent. Ita. 46.
  2. 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.
  3. Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 16 July 2020)
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