An illustrated key to the praying mantids (Insecta: Mantodea) of India up to generic level Author Kamila, A. P. 0000-0003-2159-2888 Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Kozhikode, Kerala, India- 673006 & University of Calicut, Thenhipalam, Malappuram, Kerala, India- 673635 kamiii619@gmail.com Author Sureshan, P. M. 0000-0003-4722-6368 Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Kozhikode, Kerala, India- 673006 pmsuresh43@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2025 2025-01-09 5566 3 446 480 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5566.3.2 journal article 307810 10.11646/zootaxa.5566.3.2 c101be2b-5adc-4ee5-bff8-2e5ea2696ceb 1175-5326 14703192 F6F38808-9CD6-41AB-BE36-4CC3FDFDB753
TABLE 1. Families, subfamilies, tribes and genera of Mantodea known from India.
FamilySubfamilyTribeGenus
AmorphoscelidaeAmorphoscelinae―Amorphoscelis Stål, 1871
DeroplatyidaeDeroplatyinaeDeroplatyiniDeroplatys Westwood, 1839
DeroplatyinaeDeroplatyiniPseudempusa Brunner de Wattenwyl, 1893
DeroplatyinaeEuchomenelliniIndomenella Roy, 2008
EmpusidaeBlepharodinae―Blepharopsis Rehn, 1902
EmpusinaeEmpusiniEmpusa Illiger, 1798
EmpusinaeEmpusiniGongylus Thunberg, 1815
EremiaphilidaeEremiaphilinae―Eremiaphila Lefebvre, 1835
IridinaeDidymocoryphiniDidymocorypha Wood-Mason, 1877
IridinaeDysauliniDysaules Stål, 1877
IridinaeDysauliniDysaulophthalma Stiewe, 2009
IridinaeDysauliniOxyophthalma Saussure, 1861
IridinaeIridiniIris Saussure, 1869
SchizocephalinaeSchizocephaliniSchizocephala Audinet-Seville, 1831
Parathespinae―Parathespis Saussure, 1869
GonypetidaeGonypetinaeGonypetiniElmantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
GonypetinaeGonypetiniGimantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
GonypetinaeGonypetiniGonypeta Saussure, 1869
GonypetinaeGonypetiniGonypetyllis Wood-Mason, 1891
GonypetinaeGonypetiniHumbertiella Saussure, 1869
GonypetinaeGonypetiniMemantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
GonypetinaeGonypetiniTheopompa Stål, 1877
IridopteryginaeAmantiniAmantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
Iridopteryginae IridopteryginaeIridopterygini IridopteryginiHapalopeza Stål, 1877 Tricondylomimus Chopard, 1930
HaaniidaeCaliridinae―Caliris Giglio-Tos, 1915
HaaniinaeArriiniArria Stål, 1877
HymenopodidaeAcromantinaeAcromantiniAcromantis Saussure, 1870
AcromantinaeAcromantiniAmbivia Stål, 1877
AcromantinaeAcromantiniMetacromantis Beier, 1930
HymenopodinaeAnaxarchiniAnaxarcha Stål, 1877
HymenopodinaeAnaxarchiniHeliomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
HymenopodinaeAnaxarchiniNemotha Wood-Mason, 1884
HymenopodinaeAnaxarchiniOdontomantis Saussure, 1871
HymenopodinaeHymenopodiniCreobroter Audinet- Serville, 1839
HymenopodinaeHymenopodiniHymenopus Audinet- Serville, 1831
OxypilinaeHestiasuliniAstyliasula Schwarz & Shcherbakov, 2017
OxypilinaeHestiasuliniCatestiasula Giglio-Tos, 1915
OxypilinaeHestiasuliniEphestiasula Giglio-Tos, 1915
OxypilinaeHestiasuliniHestiasula Saussure, 1871
OxypilinaeOxypiliniCeratomantis Wood-Mason, 1876
PhyllothelyinaeParablephariniParablepharis Saussure, 1870
PhyllothelyinaePhyllothelyiniPhyllothelys Wood-Mason, 1877
Leptomantellidae――Leptomantella Uvarov, 1940
MantidaeChoeradodinae―Asiadodis Roy, 2004
HierodulinaeHieroduliniHierodula Burmeister, 1838
HierodulinaeHieroduliniRhombodera Burmeister, 1838
HierodulinaeHieroduliniRhombomantis Ehrmann & Borer, 2015
Mantinae―Mantis Linnaeus, 1758
Mantinae―Statilia Stål, 1877
TenoderinaeTenoderiniMesopteryx Saussure, 1870
TenoderinaeTenoderiniTenodera Burmeister, 1838
TenoderinaeTenoderiniTenospilota Roy & Ehrmann, 2014
Metallycitidae――Metallyticus Westwood, 1835
NanomantidaeNanomantinae―Nanomantis Saussure, 1871
Nanomantinae―Ormomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
Nanomantinae―Parananomantis Mukherjee, 1995
TropidomantinaeTropidomantiniEomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
RivetinidaeDeiphobinaeCotigaonopsiniCotigaonopsis Vyjayandi, 2009
DeiphobinaeDeiphobiniDeiphobe Stål, 1877
DeiphobinaeDeiphobiniDeiphobella Giglio-Tos, 1916
DeiphobinaeDeiphobiniIndothespis Werner, 1935
RivetininaeRivetininiPararivetina Beier, 1931
RivetininaeRivetininiRivetinula La Greca, 1977
ToxoderidaeOxyothespinaeHeterochaetuliniHeterochaetula Wood-Mason, 1889
ToxoderinaeAethalochroiniAethalochroa Wood-Mason, 1877
ToxoderinaeCalamothespiniToxomantis Giglio-Tos, 1914
ToxoderinaeToxoderopsiniEuthyphleps Wood-Mason, 1889
ToxoderinaeToxoderopsiniToxodanuria Uvarov, 1940
ToxoderinaeToxoderopsiniToxoderopsis Wood-Mason, 1889