Thespinae is a subfamily of

mantises 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 ...

in 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 ...

. There are 16 genera and at least 40 described species: found in most continents.

Genera

The following genera are recognised in the subfamily Thespinae: ;Tribe Oligonychini * Subtribe Oligonychina ** '' Bistanta'' Anderson, 2018 ** '' Galapagia'' Scudder, 1893 ** ''

Liguanea Liguanea ( ) is an area of the island of Jamaica. Its name came from the language of the Arawak people who currently inhabit some of the island's rural areas in Cornwall County. and named it after the iguana lizard that is endemic to the island, ...

'' Rehn & Hebard, 1938 ** ''

Oligonicella ''Oligonicella'' is a wide-ranging genus of mantises in the family Thespidae. It is represented in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America. Species Species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two i ...

'' Giglio-Tos, 1915 ** ''

Oligonyx ''Oligonyx'' is a genus of mantises in the family Thespidae. Species The following species are recognised in the genus ''Oligonyx'': * '' Oligonyx bicornis'' Saussure, 1869 * ''Oligonyx bidens'' Saussure & Zehntner, 1894 * ''Oligonyx dohrnian ...

'' Saussure, 1869 ** '' Piscomantis'' Rivera & Vergara-Cobián ** ''

Thesprotia Thesprotia (; , ) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the Epirus region. Its capital and largest town is Igoumenitsa. Thesprotia is named after the Thesprotians, an ancient Greek tribe that inhabited the region in antiquity. His ...

'' Stal, 1877 * Subtribe Pogonogasterina ** '' Carrikerella'' Hebard, 1921 ** '' Pogonogaster'' Rehn, 1918 ** '' Thesprotiella'' Giglio-Tos, 1915 ;Tribe Thespini * '' Macromusonia'' Hebard, 1922 * '' Musonia'' Stal, 1877 * '' Musoniola'' Giglio-Tos, 1917 * '' Paramusonia'' Rehn, 1904 * '' Pseudomusonia'' Werner, 1909 * ''

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'' Serville, 1831

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