The ''Tenoderinae'' are a subfamily of
praying mantids, originally used by
Brunner von Wattenwyl. It was restored as part of a major revision of mantid taxonomy, and contains many genera previously placed in the subfamily
Mantinae.
The new placement means that this taxon is part of the superfamily Mantoidea (of group Cernomantodea) and infraorder
Schizomantodea
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 and tropical habitats. They ...
. Species have been recorded from: Africa, Europe and Asia.
[Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 16 July 2020)]
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Tribes and genera
This new subfamily now contains many genera that were previously placed elsewhere including the Mantinae. The ''Mantodea Species File'' lists two tribes
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confl ...
here:[
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Paramantini
;subtribe Paramantina
* '' Alalomantis'' Giglio-Tos, 1917
* '' Epitenodera'' Giglio-Tos, 1911
* ''Paramantis
''Paramantis'' is a genus of praying mantises that includes these species:
Tree of Life Web Project. 2005. Paramantis. Version 22
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'' Ragge & Roy, 1967
* '' Rhomboderella'' Giglio-Tos, 1912
* '' Sphodromantis'' Stal, 1871
;subtribe Tarachomantina
* ''Mantasoa
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Mantasoa is located at 68 km East of Antananarivo. 60 villages i ...
'' Mériguet, 2005
* '' Nausicaamantis'' Meriguet, 2018
* '' Tarachomantis'' Brancsik, 1892
* '' Tisma'' Giglio-Tos, 1917
Tenoderini
;subtribe Polyspilotina
* '' Cataspilota'' Giglio-Tos, 1917
* '' Plistospilota'' Giglio-Tos, 1911
* '' Polyspilota'' Burmeister, 1838
* '' Prohierodula'' Bolivar, 1908
;subtribe Tenoderina
* '' Mesopteryx'' Saussure, 1870
* '' Notomantis'' Tindale, 1923
* '' Tenodera'' Burmeister, 1838
* '' Tenospilota'' Roy & Ehrmann, 2014Image of dead adult female ''Tenospilota nova'' (used to be in the genus ''Plistospilota'', ''Plistospilota nova'').
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References
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Mantodea subfamilies
Mantidae