Amorphoscelidae

Amorphoscelidae
Amorphoscelis elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mantodea
Superfamily:	Nanomantodia
Family:	AmorphoscelidaeStål, 1877
Subfamilies
Amorphoscelinae Perlamantinae
Synonyms
Amorphoscelididae Stål, 1877

Amorphoscelidae is a family of mantises in the order Mantodea.

Subfamilies and Genera

There are eight genera in two subfamilies recognized in the family Amorphoscelidae:^[1]

Subfamily Amorphoscelinae

Distribution: Africa, Yemen, tropical Asia

• AmorphoscelisStal, 1871
• †AmorphoscelitesGratshev & Zherikhin, 1994
• BolivaroscelisRoy, 1973
• CaudatoscelisRoy, 1973
• GigliotoscelisRoy, 1973
• MaculatoscelisRoy, 1973

Subfamily Perlamantinae

Distribution: Africa, Europe

• ParamorphoscelisWerner, 1907 - monotypic - P. gondokorensis Werner, 1907
• PerlamantisGuerin-Meneville, 1843

See also

• List of mantis genera and species

References

1. "family Amorphoscelidae: Mantodea Species File". mantodea.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2020-11-03.

External links

• Mantodea Species File
• Amorphoscelididae
• Mantis taxonomy