The Haaniidae are a new (2019)

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

praying mantids Mantidae is one of the largest families in the order of praying mantises, based on the type species ''Mantis religiosa''; most genera are tropical or subtropical. Historically, this was the only family in the order, and many references still use ...

, based on the

type genus In biological taxonomy, the type genus (''genus typica'') is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name. Zoological nomenclature According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearin ...

'' Haania''. The first use of "Haaniidae" was by Giglio-Tos and it was revived as part of a major revision of mantid taxonomy;Schwarz CJ, Roy R (2019) The systematics of Mantodea revisited: an updated classification incorporating multiple data sources (Insecta: Dictyoptera) ''Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.) International Journal of Entomology'' 55 (2): 101-196.
/ref> genera in the subfamily Haaniinae havie been moved here from the family

Thespidae Thespidae is a family of insects in the order Mantodea. Following a major revision of this order in 2019, the old-world subfamilies Haaniinae and Hoplocoryphinae, previously placed here, have been upgraded to family level. Thespidae are most ...

. The new placement is in superfamily Haanioidea (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 a ...

. Genera in this family have been recorded from: India,

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and

Malesia Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms. It is a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical kingdom. It was first recognized as a distinct region ...

through to

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is ...

.Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 11 July 2020)
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Subfamilies, tribes and genera

The ''Mantodea Species File'' lists two subfamilies:

Caliridinae

* ''

Caliris ''Caliris'' 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 ...

'' Giglio-Tos, 1915 * '' Gildella'' Giglio-Tos, 1915

Haaniinae

;tribe Arriini * '' Arria '' Stal, 1877 * '' Sinomiopteryx'' Tinkham, 1937 ;tribe Haaniini * '' Astape'' Stal, 1877 * '' Haania'' Saussure, 1871

References

External links

* * Mantodea families {{Mantodea-stub