Gonypetidae

The Gonypetidae are a new (2019) family of praying mantids, based on the type genus Gonypeta. The name was created by Westwood[1] and it has been revived as part of a major revision of mantid taxonomy;[2] the subfamily Iridopteryginae having been moved here from the obsolete family Iridopterygidae. The Gonypetinae include Asian genera transferred from the obsolete taxa Amelinae and Liturgusidae.

Gonypetidae
Gimantis sp.
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Superorder: Dictyoptera
Order: Mantodea
Family: Gonypetidae
Westwood, 1889

The new placement is in superfamily Gonypetoidea (of group Cernomantodea) and infraorder Schizomantodea. Genera in this family have been recorded from: NE Africa, the Middle East, India, Indochina, Malesia through to New Guinea.[3]

Subfamilies, tribes and genera

The Mantodea Species File lists two subfamilies:[3]

Gonypetinae
  • tribe Armenini
    • Armene Stal, 1877
  • tribe Gonypetini
    • subtribe Compsomantina
    • subtribe Gonypetina
      • Bimantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
      • Dimantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
      • Elaea Stal, 1877
      • Elmantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
      • Gimantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
      • Gonypeta Saussure, 1869
      • Gonypetoides Beier, 1942
      • Memantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
      • Myrcinus Stal, 1877
    • subtribe Gonypetyllina
      • Armeniola Giglio-Tos, 1915
      • Gonypetyllis Wood-Mason, 1891
      • Holaptilon Beier, 1964
    • subtribe Humbertiellina

Iridopteryginae
  • tribe Amantini
  • tribe Iridopterygini
    • subtribe Iridopterygina
      • Hapalopeza Stal, 1877
      • Hapalopezella Giglio-Tos, 1915
      • Iridopteryx Saussure, 1869
      • Micromantis Saussure, 1870
      • Muscimantis Henry, 1931
      • Pezomantis Uvarov, 1927
      • Spilomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
    • subtribe Tricondylomimina

References
  1. Westwood (1889) Rev. Insect. Fam. Mantidarum.
  2. Schwarz CJ, Roy R (2019) The systematics of Mantodea revisited: an updated classification incorporating multiple data sources (Insecta: Dictyoptera) Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.) International Journal of Entomology 55 (2): 101-196.
  3. Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 13 July 2020)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.