The Tenoderinae are a subfamily of praying mantids, originally used by Brunner von Wattenwyl.[1] It was restored as part of a major revision of mantid taxonomy,[2] and contains many genera previously placed in the subfamily Mantinae.

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Tenoderinae
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Tenodera sinensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Mantidae
Subfamily: Tenoderinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
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The new placement means that this taxon is part of the superfamily Mantoidea (of group Cernomantodea) and infraorder Schizomantodea. Species have been recorded from: Africa, Europe and Asia.[3]

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 here:[3]

Paramantini

subtribe Paramantina
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, 2014[4]

References

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