Mantodea

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Supercohort: Polyneoptera
Cohort: Dictyoptera
Ordo: Mantodea
Subordo: Eumantodea

Familiae (16): Acanthopidae – Amorphoscelididae – Chaeteessidae – Epaphroditidae – Empusidae – Eremiaphilidae – Hymenopodidae – Iridopterygidae – Leptomantellidae – Liturgusidae – Mantidae – Mantoididae – Metallyticidae – Sibyllidae – Tarachodidae – Thespidae – Toxoderidae – †Santanmantidae

Name

Mantodea Burmeister, 1838

References

Primary references

Burmeister, H. 1838. Handbuch der Entomologie. Kaukerfe. Gymnognatha. 2(2), 756 pp. Theodor Christian Friedrich Enslin (Berlin). BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Agudelo, A.A, & Rivera, J. 2015. Some taxonomic and nomenclatural changes in American Mantodea (Insecta, Dictyoptera)—Part I. Zootaxa 3936(3): 335–356. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.3.2 Reference page.
Brannoch, S.K., Wieland, F., Rivera, J., Klass, K-D., Béthoux, O. & Svenson, G.J. 2017. Manual of praying mantis morphology, nomenclature, and practices (Insecta, Mantodea). ZooKeys 696: 1—100. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.696.12542. Reference page.
Ehrmann, R. 2002. Mantodea: Gottesanbeterinnen der Welt. Natur und Tier Verlag, Münster.
Gorochov, A.V. 2013. No evidence for Paleozoic origin of mantises (Dictyoptera: Mantina). Zoosystematica Rossica 22(1): 6–14. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Grimaldi, D.A. 2003. A revision of Cretaceous mantises and their relationships, including new taxa (Insecta, Dictyoptera, Mantodea). American Museum Novitates 3412: 1–47 pp., 27 figures, 3 tables. hdl: 2246/2838 . BHL. Reference page.
Miskelly, J. & Paiero, S.M. 2019. Mantodea, Blattodea, Orthoptera, Dermaptera, and Phasmida of Canada. Pp 255–269 In Langor, D.W. & Sheffield, C.S. (eds.). The Biota of Canada – A Biodiversity Assessment. Part 1: The Terrestrial Arthropods. ZooKeys 819: 520 pp. Reference page. . DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.819.27241 Reference page.
Mohammad, S.K., Alla, S.M.G., El-Hamouly, H., Ehrmann, R. & Nasser, M.G.E-D. 2011. Mantodea of Egypt. Zootaxa 3044: 1–27. Preview (PDF).
Moulin, N., Decaëns, T. & Annoyer, P. 2017. Diversity of mantids (Dictyoptera: Mantodea) of Sangha-Mbaere Region, Central African Republic, with some ecological data and DNA barcoding. Journal of Orthoptera Research 26(2): 117–141. DOI: 10.3897/jor.26.19863 Reference page.
Mukherjee, T.K., Ghosh, A.K. & Hazra, A.K. 1995. The mantid fauna of India (Insecta: Mantodea). Oriental Insects 29(1): 185–358. DOI: 10.1080/00305316.1995.10433744 Reference page.
Rivera, J. & Svenson, G.J. 2014. A revived focus on the praying mantises (Insecta, Mantodea). Zootaxa 3797(1): 1–273. Reference page.
Rivera, J. & Vergara-Cobián, C.E. 2017. A checklist of the praying mantises of Peru: new records, one new genus (Piscomantis gen. n.) and biogeographic remarks (Insecta, Mantodea). Zootaxa 4337(3): 361–389. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4337.3.3. Reference page.
Schwarz, C.J. & Roy, R. 2019. The systematics of Mantodea revisited: an updated classification incorporating multiple data sources (Insecta: Dictyoptera). Annales de la Société entomologique de France 55(2): 101–196. DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2018.1556567 . Reference page.
Shim, J. & Song, J-H. 2024. A taxonomic review of the order Mantodea in Korea based on morphology and DNA barcodes. ZooKeys 1206: 1–43. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1206.123355 Reference page.
Svenson, G.J. 2014. The type material of Mantodea (praying mantises) deposited in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, USA. ZooKeys 433: 31–75. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.433.7054 Reference page.
Svenson, G.J. & Whiting, M.F. 2004. Phylogeny of Mantodea based on molecular data: evolution of a charismatic predator. Systematic Entomology 29(3): 342–352.
Tedrow, R., Nathan, K., Richard, N. & Svenson, G.J. 2015. A survey of the praying mantises of Rwanda, including new records (Insecta, Mantodea). Zootaxa 4027(1): 67–100. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4027.1.3 Preview (PDF). Reference page.

Links

Tree of Life Web Project. 2003. Mantodea. Praying mantids and their relatives. Version 01 January 2003.
Order Mantodea. Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)

Vernacular names

беларуская: Багамолы
čeština: Kudlanky
English: Mantis
eesti: Röövritsikalised
suomi: Rukoilijasirkat
hrvatski: Bogomoljke
hts: Qhôqhô-ko
magyar: Fogólábúak
հայերեն: Աղոթարարներ
日本語: カマキリ目 (蟷螂目)
한국어: 사마귀목 (당랑목)
lietuvių: Maldininkai
latviešu: Dievlūdzēji
македонски: Богомолки
русский: Богомоловые
srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Bogomoljke / Богомољке
slovenčina: Modlivky
slovenščina: Bogomolke
ไทย: ตั๊กแตนตำข้าว
中文: 螳螂目

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