Nanomantidae

The Nanomantidae are a new (2019) family of praying mantises, based on the type genus Nanomantis. As part of a major revision of mantid taxonomy,^[1] genera and tribes have been moved here, substantially replacing the old family Iridopterygidae.

Nanomantidae
Hyalomantis punctata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Superorder:	Dictyoptera
Order:	Mantodea
Family:	Nanomantidae
Subfamilies and tribes
See text

The new placement is in superfamily Nanomantoidea (of group Cernomantodea) and infraorder Schizomantodea. The recorded distribution of genera includes: Africa including Madagascar, the Himalayas, SE Asia through to Australia and Pacific islands.^[2]

Subfamilies, tribes and selected genera

The Mantodea Species File lists four subfamilies:^[2]

Fulciniinae

• tribe Fulciniini
  • Calofulcinia Giglio-Tos, 1915
  • Fulcinia Stal, 1877
  • Hedigerella Werner, 1933
  • Ima Tindale, 1924
  • Inimia Connors, 2023
  • Machairima Beier, 1965
  • Nannofulcinia Beier, 1965
  • Papugalepsus Werner, 1928
  • Pilomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
  • Tylomantis Westwood, 1889
• tribe Neomantini
  • Kongobatha Hebard, 1920
  • Neomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
• tribe Paraoxypilini (Australasia, Oceania):
  • subtribe Bolbina
    • Bolbe Stal, 1877
    • Papubolbe Beier, 1965
  • subtribe Paraoxypilina
    • Cliomantis Giglio-Tos, 1913
    • Exparoxypilus Beier, 1929
    • Gyromantis Giglio-Tos, 1913
    • Metoxypilus Giglio-Tos, 1913
    • Myrmecomantis Giglio-Tos, 1913
    • Nesoxypilus Beier, 1965
    • Paraoxypilus Saussure, 1870
    • Phthersigena Stal, 1871
• tribe Stenomantini
  • Ciulfina Giglio-Tos, 1915
  • Fulciniola Giglio-Tos, 1915
  • Stenomantis Saussure, 1871

Hapalomantinae

• tribe Hapalomantini: mainland Africa - genera:
  • Bolbena Giglio-Tos, 1915
  • Bolbula Giglio-Tos, 1915
  • Hapalogymnes Kaltenbach, 1996
  • Hapalomantis Saussure, 1871
• tribe Nilomantini: Madagascar
  • Chloromantis Kaltenbach, 1998
  • Cornucollis Brannoch & Svenson, 2016
  • Enicophlebia Westwood, 1889
  • Hyalomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
  • Ilomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
  • Melomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
  • Negromantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
  • Nilomantis Werner, 1907
  • Platycalymma Westwood, 1889

Nanomantinae

• Miromantis Giglio-Tos, 1927
• Nanomantis Saussure, 1871
• Ormomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
• Oxymantis Werner, 1931
• Parananomantis Mukherjee, 1995
• Sceptuchus Hebard, 1920

Tropidomantinae

• tribe Epsomantini
  • Epsomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
• tribe Tropidomantini
  • Eomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
  • Oligocanthopus Beier, 1935
  • Pliacanthopus Giglio-Tos, 1927
  • Sinomantis Beier, 1933
  • Tropidomantis Stal, 1877