Deroplatyidae

The Deroplatyidae are a new (2019) family of praying mantises, based on the type genus Deroplatys. As part of a major revision of mantis taxonomy,^[1] the subfamily Deroplatyinae has been moved here from the previously structured family Mantidae.

Deroplatyidae
Deroplatys gorochovi, Vietnam
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Superorder:	Dictyoptera
Order:	Mantodea
Family:	Deroplatyidae

The new placement is in superfamily Mantoidea (of group Cernomantodea) and infraorder Schizomantodea. Genera in this family have been recorded from: Africa, India, Indochina and Malesia.^[2]

Subfamilies, tribes and genera

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

Subfamily Deroplatyinae

• tribe Deroplatyini (Asia)
  • Deroplatys Westwood, 1839
  • Mythomantis Giglio-Tos, 1916
  • Pseudempusa Brunner v. W., 1893
• tribe Euchomenellini (Asia)
  • Euchomenella Giglio-Tos, 1916
  • Indomenella Roy, 2008
  • Phasmomantella Vermeersch, 2018
  • Tagalomantis Hebard, 1920

Subfamily Popinae

Popa spurca adult

• tribe Leptocolini (Africa)
  • subtribe Euchomenina
    • Euchomena Saussure, 1870
  • subtribe Leptocolina
    • Afrothespis Roy, 2006
    • Agrionopsis Werner, 1908
    • Leptocola Gerstaecker, 1883
    • Stenopyga Karsch, 1892
• tribe Popini (Africa)
  • Danuria Stal, 1856
  • †Lithophotina Sharov, 1962
  • Macrodanuria Sjostedt, 1900
  • Macropopa Giglio-Tos, 1914
  • Neodanuria La Greca & Lombardo, 1986
  • Popa Serville, 1839