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Tenoderinae
Subfamily of praying mantises From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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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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]
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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
- Alalomantis Giglio-Tos, 1917
- Epitenodera Giglio-Tos, 1911
- Paramantis Ragge & Roy, 1967
- Rhomboderella Giglio-Tos, 1912
- Sphodromantis Stal, 1871
- 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]
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