Mantoididae is a family of mantises which contains Neotropical species of praying mantises from tropical North and South America. The family was formerly represented by the sole genus Mantoida, until the genus Paramantoida[1] was described in 2014 and Vespamantoida[2] in 2019. The family differs from the closely related Chaeteessidae in having an apical claw on the fore tibiae which are also less curved. Males have ocelli and a cylindrical body shape, unlike the dorsoventrally flattened Chaeteessidae. The cerci are also shorter.[1]
Genera
The following genera are placed in the family Mantoididae:[3]
- Mantoida – 11 species,
- Paramantoida – 1 species Paramantoida amazonica, typically dark colored with white spots resembling certain wasps[1]
- Vespamantoida – 2 species, resemble some ichneumonid wasps[4]
- †Pseudomantoida Schubnel and Nel 2019 Oise amber, France, Eocene (Ypresian)
References
- ^ a b c Agudelo AA (May 2014). “A new genus and species of Mantoididae (Mantodea) from the Brazilian and Venezuelan Amazon, with remarks on Mantoida Newman, 1838”. Zootaxa. 3797 (3797): 194–206. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3797.1.14. PMID 24870864.
- ^ Svenson GJ, Rodrigues HM (2019-10-17). “Vespamantoida wherleyi gen. nov. sp. nov. (Mantodea, Mantoididae)”. PeerJ. 7 e7886. doi:10.7717/peerj.7886. PMC 6812689. PMID 31656699.
- ^ “family Mantoididae: Mantodea Species File”. mantodea.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
- ^ Svenson GJ, Rodrigues HM (2019-10-17). “Vespamantoida wherleyi gen. nov. sp. nov. (Mantodea, Mantoididae)”. PeerJ. 7 e7886. doi:10.7717/peerj.7886. PMC 6812689. PMID 31656699.