Toxoderidae is a family of
praying 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 ...
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Subordinate taxa
The ''Mantodea Species File''
Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 2 December 2020)
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Subfamily Compsothespinae
*Genus '' Compsothespis'' Saussure, 1872
Subfamily Heterochaetinae
*Genus '' Heterochaeta'' Westwood, 1845
Subfamily Oxyothespinae
;Tribe Heterochaetulini
*Genus '' Heterochaetula'' Wood-Mason, 1889
;Tribe Oxyothespini
*Genus '' Acithespis'' Giglio-Tos, 1916
*Genus '' Lobothespis'' La Greca & Lombardo, 1987
*Genus ''Oxyothespis
''Oxyothespis'' is a genus of praying mantis in the family Toxoderidae. Members of this genus have been called grass mantises.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Oxyothespis'':
*'' Oxyothespis acuticeps''
*'' Oxyothespi ...
'' Saussure, 1870
*Genus '' Paraseverinia'' Lombardo, 1991
*Genus '' Severinia'' Finot, 1902
*Genus '' Sinaiella'' Karsch, 1892
*Genus '' Somalithespis'' Lombardo, 1991
Subfamily Toxoderinae
Distribution: includes Africa, Middle-East, Asia
;Tribe Aethalochroini
*Genus ''Aethalochroa
''Aethalochroa'' is a genus of praying mantis in the family Toxoderidae. It occurs in South and Southeast Asia.
Species
There are six recognized species listed in secondary sources:
The revision by Schwarz and Unnahachote (2025) recognizes th ...
'' Wood-Mason, 1877
*Genus '' Oestomantis'' Giglio-Tos, 1914
*Genus '' Pareuthyphlebs'' Werner, 1928
;Tribe Calamothespini
Distribution: Africa
*Genus ''Belomantis
''Belomantis'' is a genus of mantis in the family Toxoderidae. It contains the following three species:
*'' Belomantis helenae''
*'' Belomantis mirei''
*'' Belomantis occidentalis''
See also
*List of mantis genera and species
The following list ...
'' Giglio-Tos, 1914
*Genus ''Calamothespis
''Calamothespis'' is a genus of Mantodea, praying mantis in the family Toxoderidae. It contains the following species:
*''Calamothespis adusta''
*''Calamothespis aspoeckorum''
*''Calamothespis condamini''
*''Calamothespis congica''
*''Calamothesp ...
'' Werner, 1907
*Genus '' Toxomantis'' Giglio-Tos, 1914
;Tribe Toxoderini
*Genus '' Metatoxodera'' Roy, 2009
*Genus ''Paratoxodera
''Paratoxodera'' is a genus of praying mantis in the family Toxoderidae and tribe Toxoderini; species are recorded from Indo-China and Malesia
Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan ...
'' Wood-Mason, 1889
*Genus '' Protoxodera'' Roy, 2009
*Genus '' Stenotoxodera'' Roy, 2009
*Genus ''Toxodera
''Toxodera'' is the type genus of mantises in the family Toxoderidae
Toxoderidae is a family of praying mantises.
Subordinate taxa
The ''Mantodea Species File'' lists:
Subfamily Compsothespinae
*Genus '' Compsothespis'' Saussure, 1872
Subf ...
'' Serville, 1837
;Tribe Toxoderopsini
*Genus '' Euthyphleps'' Wood-Mason, 1889
*Genus '' Toxodanuria'' Uvarov, 1940
*Genus '' Toxoderella'' Giglio-Tos, 1914
*Genus '' Toxoderopsis'' Wood-Mason, 1889
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 taxonomy shown here.
The insect Order (biology), order Mantodea consists of over 2,400 species of mantises in about 460 ...
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Mantodea families
Taxa named by Ermanno Giglio-Tos