Tropidomantinae

Tropidomantinae is a subfamily of mantids in the new (2019) family Nanomantidae.[1] Within the single tribe Tropidomantini there are six genera, distributed in Asia and the Pacific.[2]

Tropidomantinae
Eomantis guttatipennis (previously placed in Tropidomantis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mantodea
Family:	Nanomantidae
Subfamily:	Tropidomantinae

Tribes and Genera

The Mantodea Species File[2] lists two tribes:

• tribe Epsomantini (monotypic)
  • Epsomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915 (monotypic)
• tribe Tropidomantini
  • Eomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
  • Oligocanthopus Beier, 1935 - monotypic O. ornata
  • Pliacanthopus Giglio-Tos, 1927
  • Sinomantis Beier, 1933 - monotypic S. denticulata
  • Tropidomantis Stal, 1877

NB: Several genera, previously placed here, have now been moved to the Fulciniinae, Hapalomantinae and Nanomantinae. Xanthomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915 is a synonym of Pliacanthopus (above).

References

1. Schwarz, Christian J.; Roy, Roger (2019). "The systematics of Mantodea revisited: an updated classification incorporating multiple data sources (Insecta: Dictyoptera)". Annales de la Société entomologique de France. 55 (2). doi:10.1080/00379271.2018.1556567.
2. Otte, Daniel; Spearman, Lauren; Stiewe, Martin B. D. (2019). "subfamily Tropidomantinae". Mantodea species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2020-07-23.

Further reading

• Brannoch, S. K.; Wieland, F.; Rivera, J.; Klass, K-D; et al. (2017). "Manual of praying mantis morphology, nomenclature, and practices (Insecta, Mantodea)". ZooKeys (696): 1–100. doi:10.3897/zookeys.696.12542. PMC 5673847. PMID 29200926.
• Svenson, Gavin J.; Whiting, Michael F. (2004). "Phylogeny of Mantodea based on molecular data: evolution of a charismatic predator". Systematic Entomology. 29 (3): 359–370. doi:10.1111/j.0307-6970.2004.00240.x.