The ''Tenoderinae'' are a subfamily of
praying mantids, originally used by
Brunner von Wattenwyl
Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl (13 June 1823, Bern – 24 August 1914, Kirchdorf) was a Swiss entomologist who specialised in Orthoptera, and a botanist.
Von Wattenwyl was a postmaster. He described many new taxa of Orthoptera.
His collection is ...
. 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
''Alalomantis'' is a genus of praying mantis in the family Mantidae.
See also
*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 tax ...
'' Giglio-Tos, 1917
* '' Epitenodera'' Giglio-Tos, 1911
* '' Paramantis'' Ragge & Roy, 1967
* '' Rhomboderella'' Giglio-Tos, 1912
* ''Sphodromantis
''Sphodromantis'' is a large genus of praying mantises concentrated in Africa, sometimes considered a synonym of the genus ''Hierodula'': from the same tribe, Paramantini. Outside their range especially, many share the common name African Mantis ...
'' Stal, 1871
;subtribe Tarachomantina
* '' Mantasoa'' 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
External links
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Mantodea subfamilies
Mantidae