The Majangidae are a revived (2019) family of
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 ...
from
Madagascar
Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...
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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> this family consists of genera in two subfamilies previously placed in the Liturgusidae
Liturgusidae is a family of praying mantises in the new (2019) Neotropical superfamily Acanthopoidea. A substantial number of genera, previously placed here, have recently been moved to the new or revived other families:
* Dactylopterygidae
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(Majanginae) and Deroplatyinae
Deroplatyinae is a subfamily in the new (2019) Family (biology), family Deroplatyidae, containing species found in South-East Asia.
Tribes and selected genera
The ''Mantodea Species File'' lists the following:
* tribe Deroplatyini
** subtribe De ...
. The new placement means that this taxon is part of the superfamily Epaphroditoidea (of the clade 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 ...
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Subfamilies and Genera
The ''Mantodea Species File'' lists two subfamilies:[Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 1 August 2020)]
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;Brancsikiinae
* ''Brancsikia
''Brancsikia'' is a genus of praying mantises in the new (2019) family Majangidae and the monotypic subfamily Brancsikiinae; it was previously placed in the Deroplatyinae.
Species
There are now two species in the genus ''Brancsikia'', listed i ...
'' Saussure & Zehntner, 1895: 2 spp.
;Majanginae
* tribe Danuriellini
** '' Danuriella'' Westwood, 1889: 3 spp.
* tribe Majangini
** '' Liturgusella'' Giglio-Tos, 1915
*** monotypic ''L. malagassa'' Saussure & Zehntner, 1895
** '' Majanga'' Wood-Mason, 1891: 3 spp.
*** '' Majanga basilaris'' Westwood, 1889 - type species
References
External links
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Mantodea families
Mantodea of Africa
Mantodea