Hierodulinae

The Hierodulinae 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 now contains genera previously placed elsewhere in the family Mantidae.

Hierodulinae
Hierodula sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mantodea
Family:	Mantidae
Subfamily:	Hierodulinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893

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, Asia and Australia.^[3]

Tribes and genera

This subfamily now contains many genera that were previously placed elsewhere including the Mantinae. The Mantodea Species File lists two tribes here:^[3]

Archimantini

• subtribe Archimantina
  • Archimantis Saussure, 1869
  • Austromantis Sjostedt, 1918
  • Austrovates Sjostedt, 1918
  • Coenomantis Giglio-Tos, 1917
  • Corthylomantis Milledge, 1997
  • Nullabora Tindale, 1923
• subtribe Pseudomantina
  • Pseudomantis Saussure, 1869
• subtribe Trachymantina
  • Sphodropoda Stal, 1871
  • Trachymantis Giglio-Tos, 1917
  • Zopheromantis Tindale, 1924

Hierodulini

• Camelomantis Giglio-Tos, 1917
• Chlorocalis Stiewe, Shcherbakov & Vermeersch, 2019
• Dracomantis – monotypic D. mirofraternus Shcherbakov & Vermeersch, 2020
• Ephierodula Giglio-Tos, 1912
• Gretella – monotypic G. gracilis Werner, 1923
• Hierodula Burmeister, 1838
• Hierodulella Giglio-Tos, 1912
• Mekongomantis – monotypic M. quinquespinosa Schwarz, Ehrmann & Shcherbakov, 2018
• Pnigomantis Giglio-Tos, 1917 – monotypic P. medioconstricta Westwood, 1889
• Rhombodera Burmeister, 1838
• Rhombomantis Ehrmann & Borer, 2015
• Stictomantis Beier, 1942 – monotypic S. cinctipes Werner, 1916
• Tamolanica Werner, 1923
• Tismomorpha Roy, 1973
• Titanodula Vermeersch, 2020^[4]