''Callimantis'' is a genus 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 ...

of the family

Epaphroditidae Epaphroditidae is a family of the Mantodea, containing species found in Africa and the Caribbean. Before 2015, it had been placed as the subfamily Epaphroditinae, in the Hymenopodidae, but is now excluded. Subfamilies and genera The ''Mantodea ...

consisting of only one species, ''Callimantis antillarum''.

Species

''Callimantis antillarum'' is a praying mantis species that comes from a very ancient lineage. When ''

Gondwanaland Gondwana ( ; ) was a large landmass, sometimes referred to as a supercontinent. The remnants of Gondwana make up around two-thirds of today's continental area, including South America, Africa, Antarctica, Australia, Zealandia, Arabia, and the ...

'' broke up around 107 MYA, the phylogenetic group split into three Antillean endemic groups known as ''Callimantis'', '' Epaphrodita'', and '' Gonatistacame''. These are referred to as Neotropical or Old World lineages. ''Callimantis'' do not have the special traits that place them into the '' Stagmomantinae'' subfamily other than a plain green appearance. Ehrmann R. 2002 Mantodea: gottesanbeterinnen der welt. Münster, Germany: Natur und Tier–Verlag GmbH.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q5022122 Epaphroditidae Mantodea genera Taxa named by Carl Stål