Photinaidae

Photinaidae is a family of mantises in the order Neotropical Mantodea, in the superfamily Acanthopoidea. There are about 11 genera and more than 40 described species in Photinaidae.^[1][2]

Photinaidae
Cardioptera brachyptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mantodea
Family:	Photinaidae

Genera

These 11 genera belong to the family Photinaidae:

• Cardioptera Burmeister, 1838
• Chromatophotina Rivera, 2010
• Hicetia Saussure & Zehntner, 1894
• Macromantis Saussure, 1871
• Metriomantis Saussure & Zehntner, 1894
• Microphotina Beier, 1935
• Orthoderella Giglio-Tos, 1897
• Paraphotina Giglio-Tos, 1915
• Photina Burmeister, 1838
• Photinella Giglio-Tos, 1915
• Photiomantis Toledo Piza, 1968