Acanthopini is a
tribe
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of
mantis
Mantises are an order (Mantodea) of insects that contains over 2,400 species in about 460 genera in 33 families. The largest family is the Mantidae ("mantids"). Mantises are distributed worldwide in temperate a ...
es in the
family
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Acanthopidae
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
Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (''éntom ...
. Ii is the only tribe in the
subfamily
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Acanthopinae and contains eight
genera
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and 37
species
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.
Genera
The following genera are recognised in the tribe Acanthopini:
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Acanthops
''Acanthops'' is a genus of mantises in the family Acanthopidae, containing 20 species that can be found in Central and South America.
Description
Most species in ''Acanthops'' are colloquially referred to as the dead leaf mantis, a common nam ...
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(Serville, 1831)
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Decimiana
''Decimiana'' is a genus of mantises in the family Acanthopidae.
Species
*'' Decimiana bolivari'' (Chopard, 1916)
*'' Decimiana clavata'' Ippolito & Lombardo, 2004
*'' Decimiana elliptica'' Menezes & Bravo, 2012
*'' Decimiana gaucha'' Maldaner ...
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(Uvarov, 1940)
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Lagrecacanthops''
Roy, 2004
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Metacanthops''
Agudelo, Maldaner & Rafael, 2019
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Metilia''
(Stal, 1877)
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Miracanthops
''Miracanthops'' is a genus of mantises in the family Acanthopidae
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 en ...
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Roy, 2004
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Plesiacanthops''
Chopard, 1913
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Pseudacanthops''
(Saussure, 1870)
See also
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List of mantis genera and species
The following list of mantis genera and species is based on the "Mantodea Species File", which is the primary reference for the taxonomy shown here.
The insect Order (biology), order Mantodea consists of over 2,400 species of mantises in about 460 ...
References
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Acanthopidae