Следующий список родов и видов богомолов основан на «Файле видов Mantodea», который является основным справочным материалом для показанной здесь таксономии. [1]
Насекомые Заказ Mantodea состоит из более чем 2400 видов в около 430 родов , [2] [3] из которых большинство из них в семье Mantidae . Раньше в ордене признавалась только семья Mantidae .
Обратите внимание, что в некоторых случаях общие названия на английском языке вольно применяются к нескольким различным членам определенного рода или даже к видам в разных родах. Например, « гигантский азиатский богомол » используется для различных представителей Hierodula , « мертвый листовой богомол » может относиться не только к различным видам Deroplatys , но и ко всем коричневым богомолам, которые используют мимикрию листьев для маскировки. « Цветочный богомол » относится к многочисленным богомолам, особенно принадлежащим к роду Creobroter или подобным им , и так далее.
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Род Acanthops [ править ]
Некоторые представители этого рода известны как богомолы с мертвым листом или боксерские богомолы .
- Acanthops bidens
- Акантопс боливианский
- Acanthops brunneri
- Акантопс центральный
- Акантопс колорадский
- Acanthops contorta
- Acanthops elegans
- Acanthops erosa
- Acanthops erosula
- Acanthops falcata
- Acanthops falcataria
- Acanthops fuscifolia
- Акантопс годмани
- Acanthops occidentalis
- Acanthops onorei
- Acanthops parafalcata
- Acanthops parva
- Acanthops royi
- Акантопс сукана
Род Achlaena [ править ]
- Achlaena grandis
Род Achlaenella [ править ]
- Ахленелла адольфифредеричи
Род Acithespis [ править ]
- Acithespis gigas
Род Acontista [ править ]
- Acontista amazonica
- Acontista amoenula
- Acontista aurantiaca
- Acontista bolivari
- Acontista brevipennis
- Acontista cayennensis
- Acontista Championi
- Acontista chopardi
- Acontista concinna
- Acontista cordillerae
- Acontista Cubana
- Acontista ecuadorica
- Acontista eximia
- Acontista festae
- Acontista fraterna
- Acontista gracilis
- Acontista inquinata
- Acontista iriodes
- Acontista maroniensis
- Acontista mexicana
- Acontista minima
- Acontista многоцветный
- Acontista parva
- Acontista piracicabensis
- Acontista rehni
- Acontista semirufa
- Acontista vitrea
Род Acromantis [ править ]
Некоторые виды этого рода известны как богомолы-боксеры или цветочные богомолы .
- Acromantis australis (Saussure, 1871).
- Acromantis dyaka ( Хебард , 1920)
- Acromantis elegans (Ломбардо, 1993)
- Acromantis formosana (Shiraki, 1911) (тайваньский цветочный богомол)
- Acromantis gestri (Giglio-Tos, 1915) (тайский боксер-богомол, Sumatran Acromantis)
- Acromantis grandis (Байер, 1930)
- Acromantis hesione (Сталь, 1877)
- Acromantis indica (Giglio-Tos, 1915).
- Acromantis insularis (Giglio-Tos, 1915).
- Acromantis japonica (Westwood, 1889) (японский боксер-богомол)
- Acromantis lilii (Вернер, 1922)
- Acromantis luzonica (Хебард, 1920)
- Acromantis montana (Giglio-Tos, 1915).
- Acromantis moultoni (Giglio-Tos, 1915).
- Acromantis nicobarica (Мукерджи, 1995)
- Acromantis oligoneura (Хаан, 1942).
- Acromantis palauana (Байер, 1972 г.)
- Acromantis philippina (Байер, 1966)
- Acromantis satsumensis (Мацумура, 1913).
- Acromantis siporana (Giglio-Tos, 1915).
Род Aethalochroa [ править ]
Представителей этого рода обычно называют палочными богомолами .
- Aethalochroa affinis
- Aethalochroa ashmoliana (иранский палочный богомол)
- Aethalochroa indica
- Aethalochroa insignis (индийский богомол)
- Aethalochroa simplicipes
- Aethalochroa spinipes
Род Afrothespis [ править ]
- Афротеспис Кеньяна
- Афротеспис родезийский
Род Agrionopsis [ править ]
- Agrionopsis bacilliformis
- Agrionopsis brachyptera
- Agrionopsis congica
- Agrionopsis distanti
- Агрионопсис модеста
Род Alalomantis [ править ]
- Alalomantis coxalis
- Alalomantis muta (Камерунский богомол)
Род Амантис [ править ]
- Amantis aeta
- Amantis aliena
- Амантис базилана
- Амантис бирой
- Амантис боливари
- Amantis fuliginosa
- Amantis fumosana
- Амантис Гестри
- Амантис hainanensis
- Амантис индика
- Амантис ирина
- Амантис лофаошаненсис
- Амантис лонгипеннис
- Амантис малаяна
- Амантис наваи
- Амантис филиппина
- Амантис ретикулата
- Amantis saussurei
- Амантис субиринский
- Амантис семенниковый
- Амантис тристис
- Амантис Виталиси
Род † Ambermantis [ править ]
- † Амбермантис возняки
Род Ambivia [ править ]
- Амбивия парапопа
- Амбивия попа
Род Ameles [ править ]
- Ameles abjecta
- Ameles aegyptiaca
- Ameles africana
- Амелес арабика
- Амелес Ассой
- Амелес крассинервис
- Ameles decolor
- Амелес думонти
- † Амелес фасциипеннис
- Амелес грацилис
- Амелес Холдрейчи
- Амелес Кервилли
- Ameles maroccana
- Амелес массай
- Амелес Модеста
- Амелес моралези
- Амелес Нана
- Амелес Перса
- Ameles picteti
- Амелес Погги
- Амелес Сорор
- Амелес спалланзания (европейский карликовый богомол)
- Ameles syriensis
- Амелес Вадисирхани
Род Amorphoscelis [ править ]
Виды Amorphoscelis сосредоточены в Африке , Индии , Индонезии и на Филиппинах .
- Amorphoscelis abyssinica
- Amorphoscelis angolica
- Amorphoscelis annulicornis
- Аморфосцелис асимметричный
- Amorphoscelis austrogermanica
- Amorphoscelis bimaculata
- Amorphoscelis borneana
- Amorphoscelis brunneipennis
- Аморфосцелис китайский
- Аморфосцелис чопарди
- Amorphoscelis elegans
- Amorphoscelis griffini
- Amorphoscelis grisea
- Amorphoscelis hainana
- Amorphoscelis hamata
- Amorphoscelis huismani
- Amorphoscelis javana
- Amorphoscelis kenyensis
- Amorphoscelis lamottei
- Amorphoscelis laxeretis
- Amorphoscelis machadoi
- Amorphoscelis morini
- Amorphoscelis naumanni
- Amorphoscelis nigriventer
- Amorphoscelis nubeculosa
- Amorphoscelis opaca
- Восточный аморфосцелис
- Аморфосцелис паллида
- Amorphoscelis pantherina
- Amorphoscelis papua
- Amorphoscelis parva
- Amorphoscelis pellucida
- Amorphoscelis phaesoma
- Amorphoscelis philippina
- Amorphoscelis pinheyi
- Amorphoscelis pulchella
- Amorphoscelis pulchra
- Amorphoscelis punctata
- Аморфосцелис ретикулата
- Amorphoscelis rufula
- Amorphoscelis siebersi
- Аморфосцелис сингапорана
- Amorphoscelis spinosa
- Amorphoscelis stellulatha
- Amorphoscelis subnigra
- Amorphoscelis sulawesiana
- Amorphoscelis sumatrana
- Amorphoscelis tigrina
- Amorphoscelis tuberculata
- Amorphoscelis villiersi
Род † Amorphoscelites [ править ]
- † Аморфосцелиты шарови
Род Amphecostephanus [ править ]
- Амфекостефан рекс
Род Anamiopteryx [ править ]
- Анамиоптерикс бореллий
- Анамиоптерикс большой
- Анамиоптерикс магна
- Anamiopteryx tuberculata
Genus Anaxarcha[edit]
- Anaxarcha acuta
- Anaxarcha graminea
- Anaxarcha hyalina
- Anaxarcha intermedia
- Anaxarcha limbata
- Anaxarcha pulchella
- Anaxarcha pulchra
- Anaxarcha sinensis
- Anaxarcha tianmushanensis
- Anaxarcha zhengi
Genus Angela[edit]
- Angela armata
- Angela brachyptera
- Angela championi
- Angela decolor
- Angela guianensis (Rehn, 1906)
- Angela inermis
- Angela lemoulti
- Angela maxima
- Angela minor
- Angela miranda
- Angela ornata
- Angela perpulchra
- Angela peruviana
- Angela purpurascens
- Angela quinquemaculata
- Angela saussurii
- Angela subhyalina
- Angela trifasciata
- Angela werneri
Genus Anoplosigerpes[edit]
- Anoplosigerpes tessmanni
Genus Antemna[edit]
- Antemna rapax
Genus Antistia[edit]
- Antistia maculipennis
- Antistia parva
- Antistia robusta
- Antistia vicina
Genus Anasigerpes[edit]
- Anasigerpes amieti
- Anasigerpes bifasciata
- Anasigerpes centralis
- Anasigerpes grilloti
- Anasigerpes heydeni
- Anasigerpes nigripes
- Anasigerpes trifasciata
- Anasigerpes unifasciata
Genus Apterameles[edit]
- Apterameles rammei
Genus Apterocorypha[edit]
- Apterocorypha atra
- Apterocorypha aurita
- Apterocorypha bispina
- Apterocorypha somalica
Genus Apteromantis[edit]
- Apteromantis aptera
- Apteromantis bolivari
Genus †Aragonimantis[edit]
- †Aragonimantis aenigma
Genus Archimantis[edit]
Archimantis species are common in Australia. Some are called stick mantises.
- Archimantis armata
- Archimantis brunneriana
- Archimantis gracilis
- Archimantis latistyla (large brown mantis, Australian stick mantis)
- Archimantis monstrosa (monster mantis)
- Archimantis quinquelobata
- Archimantis sobrina
- Archimantis straminea
- Archimantis vittata
Genus Ariusia[edit]
- Ariusia conspersa
Genus Armene[edit]
- Armene breviptera
- Armene fanica
- Armene griseolata
- Armene hissarica
- Armene pusilla
- Armene robusta
- Armene silvicola
Genus Armeniola[edit]
- Armeniola laevis
Genus Arria[edit]
- Arria cinctipes
- Arria leigongshanensis
- Arria meghalayensis
- Arria oreophila
- Arria pallida
- Arria sticta
Genus Asiadodis[edit]
Members of this genus are common known as shield mantises.
- Asiadodis squilla (Asian shield mantis)
- Asiadodis yunnanensis
Genus Astape[edit]
- Astape denticollis
Genus Astollia[edit]
- Astollia chloris
Genus Astyliasula[edit]
- Astyliasula basinigra
- Astyliasula hoffmanni
- Astyliasula inermis
- Astyliasula javana
- Astyliasula major
- Astyliasula phyllopus
- Astyliasula sarawaca
- Astyliasula wuyshana
Genus Attalia[edit]
- Attalia philbyi
Genus Austromantis[edit]
- Austromantis albomarginata
Genus Austrovates[edit]
- Austrovates papua
- Austrovates variegata
Genus † Baissomantis[edit]
- † Baissomantis maculata Gratshev & Zherikhin, 1994
- † Baissomantis picta Gratshev & Zherikhin, 1994
Genus Bantia[edit]
- Bantia chopardi
- Bantia fusca
- Bantia marmorata
- Bantia metzi
- Bantia michaelisi
- Bantia nana
- Bantia pygmea
- Bantia simoni
- Bantia werneri
- Bantia yotocoensis
Genus Bantiella[edit]
- Bantiella columbina
- Bantiella fusca
- Bantiella hyalina
- Bantiella pallida
- Bantiella trinitatis
Genus Belomantis[edit]
- Belomantis helenae
- Belomantis mirei
- Belomantis occidentalis
Genus Betamantis[edit]
- Betamantis aliena
- Betamantis marginella
Genus Bimantis[edit]
- Bimantis malaccana
Genus Bistanta[edit]
- Bistanta mexicana
Genus Bisanthe[edit]
- Bisanthe lagrecai
- Bisanthe menyharthi
- Bisanthe modesta
- Bisanthe pulchripennis
- Bisanthe tricolor
Genus Blepharodes[edit]
- Blepharodes candelarius
- Blepharodes cornutus
- Blepharodes parumspinosus
- Blepharodes sudanensis
Genus Blepharopsis[edit]
- Blepharopsis mendica (devil's flower mantis, Egyptian flower mantis, thistle mantis)
Genus Bolbe[edit]
- Bolbe lowi
- Bolbe maia
- Bolbe nigra
- Bolbe pallida
- Bolbe pygmea
Genus Bolbella[edit]
- Bolbella affinis
- Bolbella brevis
- Bolbella kaltenbachi
- Bolbella punctigera
- Bolbella rhodesiaca
- Bolbella uhligi
Genus Bolbena[edit]
- Bolbena assimilis
- Bolbena hottentotta
- Bolbena maraisi
- Bolbena minor
- Bolbena orientalis
- Bolbena minutissima
Genus Bolbula[edit]
- Bolbula debilis
- Bolbula exigua
- Bolbula widenmanni
Genus Bolivaria[edit]
- Bolivaria amnicola
- Bolivaria brachyptera
- Bolivaria kurda
Genus Bolivaroscelis[edit]
- Bolivaroscelis bolivarii
- Bolivaroscelis carinata
- Bolivaroscelis werneri
Genus Brunneria[edit]
Brunneria, species of which are known as stick mantises, are found in North America, Central America, and South America.
- Brunneria borealis (Brunner's mantis, Brunner's stick mantis, American stick mantis)
- Brunneria brasiliensis (Brazilian stick mantis)
- Brunneria gracilis
- Brunneria grandis
- Brunneria longa
- Brunneria subaptera (small-winged stick mantis)
Genus Brancsikia[edit]
- Brancsikia aeroplana (Lamberton, 1911)
- Brancsikia freyi (Brancsik, 1893)
Genus †Burmantis[edit]
- †Burmantis asiatica
- †Burmantis lebanensis
- †Burmantis zherikhini
Genus Calamothespis[edit]
- Calamothespis adusta
- Calamothespis aspoeckorum
- Calamothespis condamini
- Calamothespis congica
- Calamothespis guineensis
- Calamothespis kibweziana
- Calamothespis lesnei
- Calamothespis lineatipennis
- Calamothespis nathani
- Calamothespis oxyops
- Calamothespis prosti
- Calamothespis rourei
- Calamothespis subcornuta
- Calamothespis tanzaniensis
- Calamothespis taylori
- Calamothespis vansoni
- Calamothespis vuattouxi
Genus Caliris[edit]
- Caliris elegans
- Caliris masoni
- Caliris melli
- Caliris pallens
- Caliris pallida
Genus Callimantis[edit]
- Callimantis antillarum[4]
Genus Callibia[edit]
- Callibia diana
Genus Camelomantis[edit]
- Camelomantis giraffa
- Camelomantis gracillima
- Camelomantis moultoni
- Camelomantis parva
- Camelomantis penangica
- Camelomantis sondaica
- Camelomantis sumatrana
Genus Cardioptera[edit]
- Cardioptera brachyptera
- Cardioptera minor
- Cardioptera nigridens
- Cardioptera parva
- Cardioptera squalodon
Genus Carrikerella[edit]
- Carrikerella ceratophora
- Carrikerella empusa
- Carrikerella simpira
Genus Carvilia[edit]
- Carvilia gracilis
- Carvilia obscura
- Carvilia saussurii
Genus Catasigerpes[edit]
- Catasigerpes acuminatus
- Catasigerpes brunnerianus
- Catasigerpes camerunensis
- Catasigerpes congicus
- Catasigerpes erlangeri
- Catasigerpes granulatus
- Catasigerpes jeanneli
- Catasigerpes margarethae
- Catasigerpes mortuifolia
- Catasigerpes nigericus
- Catasigerpes occidentalis
- Catasigerpes toganus
- Catasigerpes zernyi
Genus Catestiasula[edit]
- Catestiasula moultoni
- Catestiasula nitida
- Catestiasula seminigra
Genus Caudatoscelis[edit]
- Caudatoscelis annulipes
- Caudatoscelis caudata
- Caudatoscelis collarti
- Caudatoscelis lagrecai
- Caudatoscelis marmorata
Genus Ceratocrania[edit]
- Ceratocrania macra
- Ceratocrania malayae
Genus Ceratomantis[edit]
- Ceratomantis ghatei
- Ceratomantis gigliotosi
- Ceratomantis kimberlae
- Ceratomantis saussurii
- Ceratomantis yunnanensis
Genus Chaeteessa[edit]
- Chaeteessa burmeisteri
- Chaeteessa caudata
- Chaeteessa filata
- Chaeteessa nana
- Chaeteessa nigromarginata
- Chaeteessa valida
Genus Charieis[edit]
- Charieis peeli
Genus Chlidonoptera[edit]
- Chlidonoptera chopardi
- Chlidonoptera lestoni
- Chlidonoptera roxanae
- Chlidonoptera vexillum
- Chlidonoptera werneri
Genus Chlorocalis[edit]
- Chlorocalis maternaschulzei
- Chlorocalis prasina
Genus Chloroharpax[edit]
- Chloroharpax modesta (Nigerian flower mantis)
Genus Chloromiopteryx[edit]
- Chloromiopteryx mirim
- Chloromiopteryx modesta
- Chloromiopteryx plurilobata
- Chloromiopteryx thalassina
Genus Choeradodis[edit]
Members of this genus are commonly known as shield mantises, hooded mantises, or leaf mantises.
- Choeradodis columbica (Columbian shield mantis)
- Choeradodis rhombicollis (Peruvian shield mantis)
- Choeradodis rhomboidea (tropical shield mantis, Hooded mantis, leaf mantis)
- Choeradodis stalii (tropical shield mantis, Hooded mantis, leaf mantis)
- Choeradodis strumaria (leaf mantis)
Genus Chopardempusa[edit]
- Chopardempusa neglecta
Genus Chopardentella[edit]
- Chopardentella royi
Genus Chroicoptera[edit]
- Chroicoptera longa
- Chroicoptera saussurei
- Chroicoptera vidua
Genus Chromatophotina[edit]
- Chromatophotina awajun
- Chromatophotina cofan
Genus Chrysomantis[edit]
- Chrysomantis cachani
- Chrysomantis congica
- Chrysomantis girardi
- Chrysomantis royi
- Chrysomantis speciosa
- Chrysomantis tessmanni
Genus Cilnia[edit]
- Cilnia chopardi
- Cilnia humeralis (wide-armed mantis)
Genus Citharomantis[edit]
- Citharomantis falcata
Genus Ciulfina[edit]
- Ciulfina baldersoni
- Ciulfina biseriata
- Ciulfina klassi
- Ciulfina liturgusa
- Ciulfina rentzi
Genus Cliomantis[edit]
- Cliomantis cornuta
- Cliomantis dispar
- Cliomantis lateralis
- Cliomantis obscura
Genus Coenomantis[edit]
- Coenomantis kraussiana
Genus Compsomantis[edit]
- Compsomantis ceylonica
- Compsomantis crassiceps
- Compsomantis mindoroensis
- Compsomantis robusta
- Compsomantis semirufula
- Compsomantis tumidiceps
Genus Compsothespis[edit]
- Compsothespis abyssinica
- Compsothespis anomala
- Compsothespis australiensis
- Compsothespis brevipennis
- Compsothespis cinnabarina
- Compsothespis ebneri
- Compsothespis falcifera
- Compsothespis hispida
- Compsothespis kilwana
- Compsothespis marginipennis
- Compsothespis michaelseni
- Compsothespis natalica
- Compsothespis occidentalis
- Compsothespis zavattarii
Genus Congoharpax[edit]
- Congoharpax aberrans
- Congoharpax boulardi
- Congoharpax coiffaiti
- Congoharpax judithae
Genus Congomantis[edit]
- Congomantis femoralis
Genus Coptopteryx[edit]
- Coptopteryx argentina
- Coptopteryx claraziana
- Coptopteryx constricta
- Coptopteryx gayi
- Coptopteryx gracilis
- Coptopteryx grisea
- Coptopteryx inermis
- Coptopteryx magna
- Coptopteryx mesomelas
- Coptopteryx minuta
- Coptopteryx parva
- Coptopteryx platana
- Coptopteryx pusilla
- Coptopteryx rebrevipennis
- Coptopteryx spinosa
- Coptopteryx thoracica
- Coptopteryx thoracoides
- Coptopteryx viridis
Genus Corthylomantis[edit]
- Corthylomantis baldersoni
Genus Corticomantis[edit]
- Corticomantis atricoxata
Genus Cotigaonopsis[edit]
- Cotigaonopsis providenceae
Genus Creobroter[edit]
With their wings adorned with patterns even when at rest, Creobroter, a genus concentrated in Western Asia, is one of the best-known genera to which the common name "flower mantis" is applied.
- Creobroter apicalis
- Creobroter celebensis
- Creobroter discifera
- Creobroter episcopalis
- Creobroter fasciatus
- Creobroter fuscoareatus
- Creobroter gemmatus (jeweled flower mantis, Indian flower mantis)
- Creobroter granulicollis
- Creobroter insolitus
- Creobroter jiangxiensis
- Creobroter labuanae
- Creobroter laevicollis
- Creobroter medanus
- Creobroter meleagris
- Creobroter nebulosa
- Creobroter pictipennis (Indian flower mantis)
- Creobroter signifer
- Creobroter sumatranus
- Creobroter urbanus
- Creobroter vitripennis
Genus Dactylopteryx[edit]
- Dactylopteryx flexuosa
- Dactylopteryx intermedia
- Dactylopteryx orientalis
Genus Danuria[edit]
Also known as giant grass mantises, these are characterised by long slender bodies and sloping, pointed eyes.
- Danuria affinis
- Danuria angusticollis
- Danuria barbozae
- Danuria buchholzi
- Danuria congica
- Danuria contorta
- Danuria fusca
- Danuria gracilis
- Danuria impannosa
- Danuria kilimandjarica
- Danuria obscuripennis
- Danuria serratodentata
- Danuria sublineata
- Danuria thunbergi
Genus Danuriella[edit]
- Danuriella irregularis
- Danuriella madagascariensis
- Danuriella marojejyensis
Genus Decimiana[edit]
- Decimiana bolivari
- Decimiana clavata
- Decimiana elliptica
- Decimiana gaucha
- Decimiana hebardi
- Decimiana rehni
- Decimiana tessellata
Genus Deiphobe[edit]
- Deiphobe australiana
- Deiphobe brevipennis
- Deiphobe brunneri
- Deiphobe infuscata
- Deiphobe longipes
- Deiphobe mesomelas
- Deiphobe moseri
- Deiphobe xanthoptera
Genus Deiphobella[edit]
- Deiphobella gardneri
- Deiphobella laticeps
Genus Deromantis[edit]
- Deromantis limbalicollis
Genus Deroplatys[edit]
Deroplatys, the best-known of the so-called dead leaf mantises, are native to Asia.
- Deroplatys angustata (Westwood, 1845)
- Deroplatys cordata (Fabricius, 1798)
- Deroplatys desiccata (Westwood, 1839) (giant dead leaf mantis, Malaysian dead leaf mantis, dead leaf mantis)
- Deroplatys gorochovi (Anisyutkin, 1998)
- Deroplatys indica (Roy, 2007)
- Deroplatys lobata (Guérin-Méneville (1838) (Malaysian dead leaf mantis, dead leaf mantis)
- Deroplatys moultoni (Giglio-Tos, 1917)
- Deroplatys philippinica (Werner, 1922) (Philippines dead leaf mantis)
- Deroplatys rhombica (Brunner, 1897)
- Deroplatys sarawaca (Westwood, 1889)
- Deroplatys trigonodera (Westwood, 1889) (dead leaf mantis)
- Deroplatys truncata (Guerin-Meneville, 1843) (dead leaf mantis)
Genus Diabantia[edit]
- Diabantia minima
Genus Didymocorypha[edit]
- Didymocorypha anceolata
- Didymocorypha libaii
Genus Dilatempusa[edit]
- Dilatempusa aegyptiaca (Giglio-Tos, 1917)[5]
Genus Dimantis[edit]
- Dimantis haani
Genus Dracomantis[edit]
- Dracomantis mirofraternus
Genus Dysaules[edit]
- Dysaules brevipennis
- Dysaules himalayanus
- Dysaules longicollis
- Dysaules uvana
Genus Dysaulophthalma[edit]
- Dysaulophthalma nathani
Genus Dystacta[edit]
- Dystacta alticeps
- Dystacta tigrifrutex
Genus Dystactula[edit]
- Dystactula grisea
- Dystactula kaltenbachi
- Dystactula natalensis
Genus Elaea[edit]
- Elaea gestroi
- Elaea infumata
- Elaea marchali
- Elaea perloides
- Elaea richteri
- Elaea solimani
- Elaea somalica
Genus Elmantis[edit]
- Elmantis lata
- Elmantis nira
- Elmantis trincomaliae
Genus Empusa[edit]
- Empusa binotata
- Empusa fasciata
- Empusa guttula
- Empusa hedenborgii
- Empusa longicollis
- Empusa pennata (conehead mantis, also Spanish mantis palo meaning "stick mantis")
- Empusa pennicornis
- Empusa romboidea
- Empusa simonyi
- Empusa spinosa
- Empusa uvarovi
Genus Entella[edit]
- Entella angolensis
- Entella angolica
- Entella brunni
- Entella congica
- Entella delalandi
- Entella exilis
- Entella femina
- Entella fuliginosa
- Entella gaerdesi
- Entella grandis
- Entella machadoi
- Entella meruensis
- Entella minor
- Entella natalica
- Entella nebulosa
- Entella obscura
- Entella orientalis
- Entella personata
- Entella pusilla
- Entella reussi
- Entella rudebecki
- Entella rukwaensis
- Entella stegmanni
- Entella taborana
- Entella transvaalica
- Entella vitticeps
Genus Entelloptera[edit]
- Entelloptera rogenhoferi
Genus Epaphrodita[edit]
- Epaphrodita lobivertex
- Epaphrodita musarum
- Epaphrodita undulata
Genus Ephestiasula[edit]
- Ephestiasula obscura
- Ephestiasula rogenhoferi
- Ephestiasula woodmasoni
Genus Ephierodula[edit]
- Ephierodula albomaculata
- Ephierodula excellens
- Ephierodula heteroptera
- Ephierodula meihuashana
Genus Ephippiomantis[edit]
- Ephippiomantis ophirensis
Genus Episcopomantis[edit]
- Episcopomantis chalybea
- Episcopomantis congica
Genus Epitenodera[edit]
- Epitenodera brevipennis
- Epitenodera capitata
- Epitenodera equatoriana
- Epitenodera gambiensis
- Epitenodera herbacea
- Epitenodera houyi
- Epitenodera nimbana
Genus Epsomantis[edit]
- Epsomantis tortricoides (de Haan, 1842)
Genus Eremiaphila[edit]
- Eremiaphila ammonita
- Eremiaphila andresi
- Eremiaphila anubis
- Eremiaphila arabica
- Eremiaphila aristidis
- Eremiaphila audouini
- Eremiaphila barbara
- Eremiaphila berndstiewi
- Eremiaphila bifasciata
- Eremiaphila bovei
- Eremiaphila braueri
- Eremiaphila brevipennis
- Eremiaphila brunneri (common desert mantis)
- Eremiaphila cairina
- Eremiaphila cerisyi
- Eremiaphila collenettei
- Eremiaphila cordofana
- Eremiaphila cycloptera
- Eremiaphila dagi
- Eremiaphila dentata
- Eremiaphila denticollis
- Eremiaphila foureaui
- Eremiaphila fraseri
- Eremiaphila genei
- Eremiaphila gigas
- Eremiaphila hebraica
- Eremiaphila heluanensis
- Eremiaphila irridipennis
- Eremiaphila khamsini
- Eremiaphila kheychi
- Eremiaphila klunzingeri
- Eremiaphila laeviceps
- Eremiaphila lefebvrii
- Eremiaphila luxor
- Eremiaphila maculipennis
- Eremiaphila monodi
- Eremiaphila moretii
- Eremiaphila murati
- Eremiaphila mzabi
- Eremiaphila nilotica
- Eremiaphila nova
- Eremiaphila numida
- Eremiaphila persica
- Eremiaphila petiti
- Eremiaphila pierrei
- Eremiaphila pyramidum
- Eremiaphila rectangulata
- Eremiaphila reticulata
- Eremiaphila rohlfsi
- Eremiaphila rotundipennis
- Eremiaphila rufipennis
- Eremiaphila rufula
- Eremiaphila savignyi
- Eremiaphila somalica
- Eremiaphila spinulosa
- Eremiaphila tuberculifera
- Eremiaphila turica
- Eremiaphila typhon
- Eremiaphila uvarovi
- Eremiaphila voltaensis
- Eremiaphila werneri
- Eremiaphila wettsteini
- Eremiaphila yemenita
- Eremiaphila zetterstedti (desert pebble mantis)
Genus Eremoplana[edit]
- Eremoplana guerini
- Eremoplana infelix
Genus Euchomena[edit]
- Euchomena madecassa
Genus Euchomenella[edit]
Members of this genus are known as long neck mantises or twig mantises.
- Euchomenella adwinae
- Euchomenella apicalis
- Euchomenella heteroptera (twig mantis, Malaysia long neck mantis)
- Euchomenella macrops (long neck mantis)
- Euchomenella matilei
- Euchomenella moluccarum
- Euchomenella thoracica
- Euchomenella udovichenkoi
Genus Eumiopteryx[edit]
- Eumiopteryx bicentenaria
- Eumiopteryx laticollis
- Eumiopteryx terrai
Genus Eumusonia[edit]
- Eumusonia intermedia
- Eumusonia livida
- Eumusonia viridis
Genus Euthyphleps[edit]
- Euthyphleps curtipes
- Euthyphleps rectivenis
- Euthyphleps tectiformis
Genus Exparoxypilus[edit]
- Exparoxypilus africanus
Genus Fuga[edit]
- Fuga annulipes
- Fuga fluminensis
- Fuga grimaldii
Genus Galapagia[edit]
- Galapagia amazonica
- Galapagia solitaria
Genus Galepsus[edit]
- Galepsus aberrans
- Galepsus affinis
- Galepsus angolensis
- Galepsus beieri
- Galepsus binotatus
- Galepsus bioculatus
- Galepsus bipunctatus
- Galepsus birkenmeierae
- Galepsus bispinosus
- Galepsus brincki
- Galepsus brunneri
- Galepsus bucheti
- Galepsus buettneri
- Galepsus cacuminatus
- Galepsus capensis
- Galepsus capitatus
- Galepsus centralis
- Galepsus cliquennoisi
- Galepsus congicus
- Galepsus coronatus
- Galepsus culminans
- Galepsus damaranus
- Galepsus decipiens
- Galepsus denigratus
- Galepsus diversus
- Galepsus dubius
- Galepsus dudleyi
- Galepsus erythraeus
- Galepsus fallaciosus
- Galepsus fallax
- Galepsus feae
- Galepsus femoratus
- Galepsus focki
- Galepsus fumipennis
- Galepsus globiceps
- Galepsus gracilis
- Galepsus inermis
- Galepsus intermedius
- Galepsus konakrynus
- Galepsus laticeps
- Galepsus lenticularis
- Galepsus letabaensis
- Galepsus machadoi
- Galepsus malawiensis
- Galepsus meridionalis
- Galepsus minima
- Galepsus minutus
- Galepsus montanus
- Galepsus nigricoxa
- Galepsus nimulensis
- Galepsus nyassensis
- Galepsus oxycephalus
- Galepsus pentheri
- Galepsus rhodesicus
- Galepsus rouxi
- Galepsus schwetzi
- Galepsus scorteccii
- Galepsus signatus
- Galepsus sudanensis
- Galepsus supervacaneus
- Galepsus tenuis
- Galepsus thomseni
- Galepsus transvaalensis
- Galepsus ulricae
- Galepsus wittei
Genus Galinthias[edit]
- Galinthias amoena
- Galinthias meruensis
- Galinthias occidentalis
- Galinthias philbyi
- Galinthias rhomboidalis
Genus Geomantis[edit]
- Geomantis algerica
- Geomantis larvoides
Genus Geothespis[edit]
- Geothespis australis
Genus Gigliotoscelis[edit]
- Gigliotoscelis simulans
Genus Gildella[edit]
- Gildella suavis
Genus Gimantis[edit]
- Gimantis assamica
- Gimantis authaemon
- Gimantis insularis
- Gimantis marmorata
Genus Gonatista[edit]
- Gonatista grisea (grizzled mantis, lichen mimic)
- Gonatista jaiba
- Gonatista major
- Gonatista phryganoides
- Gonatista reticulata
Genus Gonatistella[edit]
- Gonatistella nigropicta
Genus Gongylus[edit]
- Gongylus gongylodes (wandering violin mantis, Indian rose mantis)
- Gongylus pauperatus
- Gongylus trachelophyllus
Genus Gonypeta[edit]
- Gonypeta borneana
- Gonypeta brigittae
- Gonypeta brunneri
- Gonypeta humbertiana
- Gonypeta noctivaga
- Gonypeta punctata
- Gonypeta rotundata
- Gonypeta simplex
Genus Gonypetella[edit]
- Gonypetella atra
- Gonypetella australis
- Gonypetella carinata
- Gonypetella deletrix
- Gonypetella flavicornis
- Gonypetella fusca
- Gonypetella fuscipes
- Gonypetella infumata
- Gonypetella ivoirensis
- Gonypetella kilimandjarica
- Gonypetella punctata
- Gonypetella semuncialis
Genus Gonypetoides[edit]
- Gonypetoides brevipennis
Genus Gonypetyllis[edit]
- Gonypetyllis liliputana
- Gonypetyllis micra
- Gonypetyllis semuncialis
Genus Gretella[edit]
- Gretella gracilis
Genus Gyromantis[edit]
The two members of this genus are commonly known as bark mantises.
- Gyromantis kraussii (spiny bark mantis)
- Gyromantis occidentalis (eastern bark mantis)
Genus Haania[edit]
- Haania aspera
- Haania borneana
- Haania confusa
- Haania dispar
- Haania doroshenkoi
- Haania lobiceps
- Haania orlovi
- Haania philippina
- Haania simplex
- Haania vitalisi
Genus Hagiomantis[edit]
- Hagiomantis mesopoda
- Hagiomantis ornata
- Hagiomantis pallida
- Hagiomantis superba
- Hagiomantis surinamensis
Genus Hapalogymnes[edit]
- Hapalogymnes gymnes
Genus Hapalomantis[edit]
- Hapalomantis abyssinica
- Hapalomantis congica
- Hapalomantis lacualis
- Hapalomantis minima
- Hapalomantis orba
- Hapalomantis rhombochir
Genus Hapalopeza[edit]
- Hapalopeza fulmeki
- Hapalopeza nigricornis
- Hapalopeza nilgirica
- Hapalopeza nitens
- Hapalopeza periyara
- Hapalopeza tigrina
Genus Hapalopezella[edit]
- Hapalopezella maculata
Genus Harpagomantis[edit]
- Harpagomantis tricolor
Genus Heliomantis[edit]
- Heliomantis elegans
Genus Helvia[edit]
- Helvia cardinalis
Genus Hemiempusa[edit]
- Hemiempusa capensis
Genus Hestiasula[edit]
- Hestiasula brachyptera
- Hestiasula brunneriana
- Hestiasula castetsi
- Hestiasula ceylonica
- Hestiasula gyldenstolpei
- Hestiasula kaestneri
- Hestiasula masoni
- Hestiasula nigrofemorata
- Hestiasula woodi
- Hestiasula zhejiangensis
Genus Heterochaeta[edit]
- Heterochaeta bernardii
- Heterochaeta girardi
- Heterochaeta kumari
- Heterochaeta lamellosa
- Heterochaeta occidentalis
- Heterochaeta orientalis
- Heterochaeta pantherina
- Heterochaeta reticulata
- Heterochaeta strachani
- Heterochaeta tenuipes
- Heterochaeta zavattarii
Genus Heterochaetula[edit]
- Heterochaetula fissispinis
- Heterochaetula straminea
- Heterochaetula tricolor
Genus Heteronutarsus[edit]
- Heteronutarsus aegyptiacus
- Heteronutarsus albipennis
- Heteronutarsus arenivagus
- Heteronutarsus zolotarevskyi
Genus Hicetia[edit]
- Hicetia breviceps
- Hicetia goediana
- Hicetia goeldiana
Genus Hierodula[edit]
The giant Asian mantis genus Hierodula contains numerous large species and has a range that stretches from India to Hawaii.
- Hierodula ansusana
- Hierodula aruana
- Hierodula assamensis
- Hierodula atrocoxata
- Hierodula beieri
- Hierodula bhamoana
- Hierodula biaka
- Hierodula borneana
- Hierodula brunnea
- Hierodula chamoana
- Hierodula chinensis
- Hierodula coarctata
- Hierodula confusa
- Hierodula crassa
- Hierodula cuchingina'
- Hierodula dolichoptera
- Hierodula doveri
- Hierodula dyaka
- Hierodula everetti'
- Hierodula fumipennis
- Hierodula fuscescens
- Hierodula gigliotosi
- Hierodula gracilicollis
- Hierodula harpyia
- Hierodula heinrichi
- Hierodula inconspicua
- Hierodula ingens
- Hierodula italii
- Hierodula jobina
- Hierodula kapaurana
- Hierodula laevicollis
- Hierodula lamasonga
- Hierodula latipennis
- Hierodula longedentata
- Hierodula macrodentata
- Hierodula macrostigmata
- Hierodula maculata
- Hierodula maculisternum
- Hierodula major
- Hierodula majuscula
- Hierodula malaccana
- Hierodula malaya
- Hierodula membranacea (giant Asian mantis, Sri Lanka mantis, green mantis)
- Hierodula microdon
- Hierodula mindanensis
- Hierodula modesta
- Hierodula monochroa
- Hierodula multispinulosa
- Hierodula nicobarica
- Hierodula obiensis
- Hierodula obtusata
- Hierodula oraea
- Hierodula ovata
- Hierodula papua
- Hierodula parviceps
- Hierodula patellifera (giant Asian mantis)
- Hierodula perakana
- Hierodula philippina
- Hierodula pistillinota
- Hierodula prosternalis
- Hierodula pulchra
- Hierodula pulchripes
- Hierodula purpurescens
- Hierodula pustulifera
- Hierodula pygmaea
- Hierodula quadridens
- Hierodula quadripunctata
- Hierodula quinquecallosa
- Hierodula quinquepatellata
- Hierodula rajah
- Hierodula ralumina
- Hierodula robusta
- Hierodula rufomaculata
- Hierodula rufopatellata
- Hierodula salomonis (jade mantis)
- Hierodula samangensis
- Hierodula sarsinorum
- Hierodula saussurei
- Hierodula schultzei
- Hierodula scutata
- Hierodula simbangana
- Hierodula similis
- Hierodula siporana
- Hierodula sorongana
- Hierodula sternosticta
- Hierodula stigmata
- Hierodula striata
- Hierodula striatipes
- Hierodula szentivanyi
- Hierodula tenuidentata
- Hierodula tenuis
- Hierodula timorensis
- Hierodula togiana
- Hierodula tonkinensis
- Hierodula tornica
- Hierodula transcaucasica
- Hierodula trimacula
- Hierodula unimaculata
- Hierodula venosa
- Hierodula ventralis
- Hierodula versicolor
- Hierodula vitreoides
- Hierodula werneri
- Hierodula westwoodi
Genus Hierodulella[edit]
- Hierodulella celebensis
- Hierodulella reticulata
- Hierodulella soror
Genus Holaptilon[edit]
- Holaptilon brevipugilis
- Holaptilon pusillulum (jumping mantis)
Genus Hondurantemna[edit]
- Hondurantemna chespiritoi
Genus Hoplocoryphella[edit]
- Hoplocoryphella grandis
Genus Hoplocorypha[edit]
Members of this genus are known collectively as African stick mantises.
- Hoplocorypha acuta
- Hoplocorypha bicornis
- Hoplocorypha boromensis
- Hoplocorypha bottegi
- Hoplocorypha boviformis
- Hoplocorypha brevicollis
- Hoplocorypha cacomana
- Hoplocorypha carli
- Hoplocorypha congica
- Hoplocorypha dentata
- Hoplocorypha distinguenda
- Hoplocorypha foliata
- Hoplocorypha fumosa
- Hoplocorypha galeata
- Hoplocorypha garuana
- Hoplocorypha hamulifera
- Hoplocorypha lacualis
- Hoplocorypha lobata
- Hoplocorypha macra
- Hoplocorypha mellea
- Hoplocorypha montana
- Hoplocorypha nana
- Hoplocorypha narocana
- Hoplocorypha nigerica
- Hoplocorypha nigra
- Hoplocorypha perplexa
- Hoplocorypha picea
- Hoplocorypha punctata
- Hoplocorypha rapax
- Hoplocorypha salfii
- Hoplocorypha saussurii
- Hoplocorypha sordida
- Hoplocorypha striata
- Hoplocorypha turneri
- Hoplocorypha ugandana
- Hoplocorypha vittata
- Hoplocorypha wittei
Genus Hoplocoryphella[edit]
- Hoplocoryphella grandis
Genus Humbertiella[edit]
- Humbertiella affinis
- Humbertiella africana
- Humbertiella assimilata
- Humbertiella brunneri
- Humbertiella ceylonica
- Humbertiella indica
- Humbertiella laosana
- Humbertiella nada
- Humbertiella nigrospinosa
- Humbertiella ocularis
- Humbertiella similis
- Humbertiella sindhica
- Humbertiella taprobanarum
- Humbertiella yunnanensis
Genus Hymenopus[edit]
Hymenopus species are commonly called orchid mantises.
- Hymenopus bicornis
- Hymenopus coronatoides
- Hymenopus coronatus (Malaysian orchid mantis, orchid mantis)
Genus Hypsicorypha[edit]
- Hypsicorypha gracilis
Genus Idolomantis[edit]
- Idolomantis diabolica (giant devil's flower mantis, devil's flower mantis)
Genus Idolomorpha[edit]
- Idolomorpha dentifrons (alien head mantis)
- Idolomorpha lateralis
- Idolomorpha madagascariensis
- Idolomorpha sagitta
Genus Ilomantis[edit]
- Ilomantis ginsburgae
- Ilomantis thalassina
Genus Indothespis[edit]
- Indothespis assamensis
Genus Indomenella[edit]
- Indomenella indica
Genus Iridopteryx[edit]
- Iridopteryx iridipennis
Genus Iris[edit]
- Iris caeca
- Iris deserti
- Iris insolita
- Iris nana
- Iris narzykulovi
- Iris oratoria (Mediterranean mantis)
- Iris orientalis
- Iris persa
- Iris persiminima
- Iris pitcheri
- Iris polystictica
- Iris senegalensis
- Iris splendida
- Iris strigosa
Genus Ischnomantis[edit]
- Ischnomantis aethiopica
- Ischnomantis fasciata
- Ischnomantis fatiloqua
- Ischnomantis flavescens
- Ischnomantis gigas
- Ischnomantis gracilis
- Ischnomantis grandis
- Ischnomantis media
- Ischnomantis perfida
- Ischnomantis spinigera
- Ischnomantis usambarica
- Ischnomantis werneri
Genus †Jersimantis[edit]
- †Jersimantis burmiticus
- †Jersimantis luzzii
Genus Junodia[edit]
- Junodia amoena
- Junodia beieri
- Junodia congica
- Junodia hararensis
- Junodia lameyi
- Junodia maternaschulzei
- Junodia spinosa
- Junodia stiewei
- Junodia strigipennis
- Junodia vansomereni
- Junodia vansoni
Genus Kongobatha[edit]
- Kongobatha diademata
- Kongobatha papua
Genus Lagrecacanthops[edit]
- Lagrecacanthops brasiliensis
- Lagrecacanthops guyanensis
Genus Leptocola[edit]
- Leptocola fragilis
- Leptocola giraffa
- Leptocola gracilis
- Leptocola gracillima
- Leptocola phthisica
- Leptocola seriepunctata
- Leptocola stanleyana
Genus Leptomiopteryx[edit]
- Leptomiopteryx argentina
- Leptomiopteryx dispar
Genus Leptosibylla[edit]
- Leptosibylla gracilis
Genus Ligaria[edit]
- Ligaria aberrans
- Ligaria affinis
- Ligaria backlundi
- Ligaria brevicollis
- Ligaria brevis
- Ligaria chopardi
- Ligaria clara
- Ligaria costalis
- Ligaria culicivora
- Ligaria dentata
- Ligaria denticollis
- Ligaria diabolica
- Ligaria inexpectata
- Ligaria jeanneli
- Ligaria quadrinotata
- Ligaria quadripunctata
- Ligaria senegalensis
Genus Ligariella[edit]
- Ligariella australis
- Ligariella bicornuta
- Ligariella bolivari
- Ligariella gracilis
- Ligariella trigonali
Genus Ligentella[edit]
- Ligentella beieri
- Ligentella lacualis
- Ligentella zairensis
Genus Liguanea[edit]
- Liguanea pediodromia
Genus Litaneutria[edit]
- Litaneutria elongata
- Litaneutria emarginata
- Litaneutria minor (minor ground mantis)
- Litaneutria ocularis
- Litaneutria pacifica
- Litaneutria skinneri (Skinner's ground mantis)
Genus †Lithophotina[edit]
- †Lithophotina floccosa
Genus Liturgusa[edit]
- Liturgusa actuosa
- Liturgusa algorei
- Liturgusa bororum
- Liturgusa cameroni
- Liturgusa cayennensis
- Liturgusa charpentieri
- Liturgusa cura
- Liturgusa cursor
- Liturgusa dominica
- Liturgusa fossetti
- Liturgusa guyanensis
- Liturgusa kirtlandi
- Liturgusa krattorum
- Liturgusa lichenalis
- Liturgusa manausensis
- Liturgusa maroni
- Liturgusa maya
- Liturgusa milleri
- Liturgusa neblina
- Liturgusa nubeculosa
- Liturgusa purus
- Liturgusa stiewei
- Liturgusa tessae
- Liturgusa trinidadensis
- Liturgusa zoae
Genus Liturgusella[edit]
- Liturgusella malagassa
Genus Lobothespis[edit]
- Lobothespis vignai
Genus Macracanthopus[edit]
- Macracanthopus schoutedeni
- Macracanthopus seydeli
Genus Macrodanuria[edit]
- Macrodanuria baculiformis
- Macrodanuria elongata
- Macrodanuria phasmoides
Genus Macromusonia[edit]
- Macromusonia conspersa
- Macromusonia major
Genus Macropopa[edit]
- Macropopa lobata
Genus Maculatoscelis[edit]
- Maculatoscelis ascalaphoides
- Maculatoscelis gilloni
- Maculatoscelis maculata
Genus Macromantis[edit]
- Macromantis hyalina
- Macromantis nicaraguae
- Macromantis ovalifolia
- Macromantis saussurei
Genus Majanga[edit]
- Majanga basilaris
- Majanga spinosa
- Majanga tricolor
Genus Majangella[edit]
- Majangella carli
- Majangella moultoni
- Majangella ophirensis
Genus Mantellias[edit]
- Mantellias pubicornis
Genus Mantilia[edit]
- Mantilia ehrmanni
Genus Mantillica[edit]
- Mantillica nigricans
Genus Mantis[edit]
- Mantis beieri
- Mantis callifera
- Mantis carinata
- Mantis dilaticollis
- Mantis emortualis
- Mantis griveaudi
- Mantis insignis
- Mantis macroalata
- Mantis macrocephala
- Mantis octospilota (eight-spotted mantis, blackbarrel mantis)[6]
- Mantis pia
- Mantis religiosa (European mantis)
- Mantis splendida
- Mantis tricolor
Genus Mantoida[edit]
This genus is concentrated in Mexico, Central America, and South America.
- Mantoida argentinae
- Mantoida brunneriana
- Mantoida fulgidipennis
- Mantoida luteola
- Mantoida maya (little Yucatán mantis)
- Mantoida nitida
- Mantoida ronderosi
- Mantoida schraderi
- Mantoida tenuis
Genus Mekongomantis[edit]
- Mekongomantis quinquespinosa
Genus Melliera[edit]
- Melliera brevipes
- Melliera chorotega
- Melliera major
- Melliera mordax
Genus Mellierella[edit]
- Mellierella biroi
- Mellierella trifasciata
Genus Memantis[edit]
- Memantis anomala
- Memantis fuliginosa
- Memantis gardneri
- Memantis minor
Genus Mesopteryx[edit]
- Mesopteryx alata (Saussure, 1870)
- Mesopteryx platycephala (Stal, 1877)
- Mesopteryx robusta (Wood-Mason, 1882)
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Genus Metacromantis[edit]
- Metacromantis nigrofemorata
- Metacromantis oxyops
Genus Metagalepsus[edit]
- Metagalepsus occidentalis
- Metagalepsus stramineus
Genus Metallyticus[edit]
- Metallyticus fallax
- Metallyticus pallipes
- Metallyticus semiaeneus
- Metallyticus splendidus
- Metallyticus violaceus
Genus Metatoxodera[edit]
- Metatoxodera subparallela
Genus Metilia[edit]
- Metilia amazonica (Beier, 1930)[8]
- Metilia boliviana (Werner, 1927)[9]
- Metilia brunnerii (Saussure, 1871)[10]
Genus Metoxypilus[edit]
- Metoxypilus costalis
- Metoxypilus lobifrons
- Metoxypilus spinosus
- Metoxypilus werneri
Genus Metriomantis[edit]
- Metriomantis amazonica
- Metriomantis boliviana
- Metriomantis cupido
- Metriomantis occidentalis
- Metriomantis paraensis
- Metriomantis Photinaina
- Metriomantis pilosella
- Metriomantis vitrea
Genus Micromantis[edit]
- Micromantis glauca
Genus Microphotina[edit]
- Microphotina panguanensis
- Microphotina vitripennis
Genus Microthespis[edit]
- Microthespis dmitriewi
- Microthespis evansi
- Microthespis sindhensis
Genus Mimomantis[edit]
- Mimomantis milloti
Genus Miobantia[edit]
- Miobantia aptera
- Miobantia ciliata
- Miobantia fuscata
- Miobantia nebulosa
- Miobantia phryganea
- Miobantia rustica
Genus Miomantis[edit]
- Miomantis abyssinica (Egyptian mantis, Ethiopian mantis)
- Miomantis acutipes
- Miomantis affinis
- Miomantis alata
- Miomantis amanica
- Miomantis andreinii
- Miomantis annulipes
- Miomantis arabica
- Miomantis aurantiaca
- Miomantis aurea
- Miomantis binotata
- Miomantis bintumanensis
- Miomantis brachyptera
- Miomantis brevipennis
- Miomantis brunni
- Miomantis buettneri
- Miomantis caffra (South African mantis, springbok mantis)
- Miomantis cinnabarina
- Miomantis ciprianii
- Miomantis coxalis
- Miomantis devylderi
- Miomantis diademata
- Miomantis ehrenbergi
- Miomantis equalis
- Miomantis exilis
- Miomantis fallax
- Miomantis feminina
- Miomantis fenestrata
- Miomantis griffinii
- Miomantis gyldenstolpei
- Miomantis helenae
- Miomantis kibweziana
- Miomantis kilimandjarica
- Miomantis lacualis
- Miomantis lamtoensis
- Miomantis longicollis
- Miomantis menelikii
- Miomantis milmilena
- Miomantis minuta
- Miomantis misana
- Miomantis mombasica
- Miomantis monacha
- Miomantis montana
- Miomantis multipunctata
- Miomantis nairobiensis
- Miomantis natalica
- Miomantis ornata
- Miomantis paykullii (Egyptian mantis)
- Miomantis pellucida
- Miomantis planivertex
- Miomantis prasina
- Miomantis preussi
- Miomantis pygmaea
- Miomantis quadripunctata
- Miomantis rebeli
- Miomantis rehni
- Miomantis rouxi
- Miomantis rubra
- Miomantis sangarana
- Miomantis saussurei
- Miomantis scabricollis
- Miomantis semialata
- Miomantis sjoestedti
- Miomantis steelae
- Miomantis tangana
- Miomantis tenuis
- Miomantis togana
- Miomantis usambarica
- Miomantis vitrea
- Miomantis wittei
Genus Miracanthops[edit]
- Miracanthops essjja
- Miracanthops lombardoi
- Miracanthops poulaini
Genus Muscimantis[edit]
- Muscimantis montana
Genus Musonia[edit]
- Musonia boliviana
- Musonia costalis
- Musonia fuscescens
- Musonia lineata
- Musonia maculata
- Musonia seclusa
- Musonia sexdentata
- Musonia surinama
Genus Musoniella[edit]
- Musoniella affinis
- Musoniella argentina
- Musoniella brasiliensis
- Musoniella chopardi
- Musoniella fragilis
- Musoniella iparanga
- Musoniella laevithorax
- Musoniella longicauda
- Musoniella parva
- Musoniella precaria
Genus Musoniola[edit]
- Musoniola conservatrix
- Musoniola dohrniana
- Musoniola venezuelana
- Musoniola vicina
Genus Myrcinus[edit]
- Myrcinus aspera
- Myrcinus octispinus
- Myrcinus tuberosus
Genus Myrmecomantis[edit]
The single species in this genus is an ant mantis.
- Myrmecomantis atra (ant mantis)
Genus Mythomantis[edit]
- Mythomantis confusa
- Mythomantis gracilis
- Mythomantis serrata
Genus Namamantis[edit]
- Namamantis nigropunctata
Genus Nanomantis[edit]
- Nanomantis australis
- Nanomantis gilolae
- Nanomantis lactea
- Nanomantis yunnanensis
Genus Negromantis[edit]
- Negromantis gracilis
- Negromantis gracillima
- Negromantis lutescens
- Negromantis modesta
Genus Nemotha[edit]
- Nemotha metallica
Genus Neodanuria[edit]
- Neodanuria bolauana
- Neodanuria simonettai
Genus Neomantis[edit]
- Neomantis australis
- Neomantis hyalina
- Neomantis robusta
Genus Nesogalepsus[edit]
- Nesogalepsus andasibensis
- Nesogalepsus enigmaticus
- Nesogalepsus hova
- Nesogalepsus mandenensis
- Nesogalepsus moulini
- Nesogalepsus schuettei
Genus Nesoxypilus[edit]
- Nesoxypilus albomaculatus
- Nesoxypilus pseudomyrmex
Genus Nilomantis[edit]
- Nilomantis edmundsi
- Nilomantis floweri
Genus Nothogalepsus[edit]
- Nothogalepsus planivertex
Genus Nullabora[edit]
- Nullabora flavoguttata
Genus Odontomantis[edit]
Some members of this genus practice ant mimicry when young and are known as ant mantises. The name grass mantis has also been applied to some species.
- Odontomantis brachyptera
- Odontomantis buehleri
- Odontomantis chayuensis
- Odontomantis euphrosyne
- Odontomantis foveafrons
- Odontomantis hainana
- Odontomantis laticollis
- Odontomantis longipennis
- Odontomantis micans
- Odontomantis montana
- Odontomantis monticola
- Odontomantis nigrimarginalis
- Odontomantis ornata
- Odontomantis parva
- Odontomantis planiceps (Asian ant mantis, grass mantis)
- Odontomantis pulchra
- Odontomantis rhyssa
- Odontomantis sinensis
- Odontomantis xizangensis
Genus Oestomantis[edit]
- Oestomantis anoplonotus
- Oestomantis bacillaris
Genus Oligomantis[edit]
- Oligomantis hyalina
- Oligomantis mentaweiana
- Oligomantis orientalis
Genus Oligonicella[edit]
- Oligonicella bolliana
- Oligonicella brunneri
- Oligonicella punctulata
- Oligonicella scudderi
- Oligonicella striolata
- Oligonicella tessellata
Genus Oligonyx[edit]
- Oligonyx bicornis
- Oligonyx bidens
- Oligonyx dohrnianus
- Oligonyx insularis
- Oligonyx maya
Genus Omomantis[edit]
- Omomantis sigma
- Omomantis tigrina
- Omomantis zebrata
Genus Orthodera[edit]
- Orthodera australiana
- Orthodera burmeisteri
- Orthodera gracilis
- Orthodera gunni
- Orthodera insularis
- Orthodera ministralis (garden mantis)
- Orthodera novaezealandiae (New Zealand mantis)
- Orthodera rubrocoxata
- Orthodera timorensis
Genus Orthoderella[edit]
- Orthoderella deluchii
- Orthoderella elongata
- Orthoderella major
- Orthoderella ornata
Genus Orthoderina[edit]
- Orthoderina fergusoniana
- Orthoderina straminea
Genus Otomantis[edit]
Some species within this genus are known as boxer mantises.
- Otomantis aurita
- Otomantis bolivari
- Otomantis capirica
- Otomantis casaica
- Otomantis centralis
- Otomantis minima
- Otomantis rendalli
- Otomantis scutigera
- Otomantis trimacula
Genus Ovalimantis[edit]
- Ovalimantis maculata
Genus Oxyelaea[edit]
- Oxyelaea elegans
- Oxyelaea heteromorpha
- Oxyelaea stefaniae
Genus Oxyophthalma[edit]
- Oxyophthalma engaea
- Oxyophthalma gracilis
Genus Oxyophthalmellus[edit]
- Oxyophthalmellus rehni
- Oxyophthalmellus somalicus
Genus Oxyopsis[edit]
- Oxyopsis acutipennis
- Oxyopsis festae
- Oxyopsis gracilis (South American green mantis)
- Oxyopsis lobeter
- Oxyopsis media
- Oxyopsis obtusa
- Oxyopsis oculea
- Oxyopsis peruviana (Peruvian mantis)
- Oxyopsis rubicunda
- Oxyopsis saussurei
- Oxyopsis stali
Genus Oxyothespis[edit]
Members of this genus have been called grass mantises.
- Oxyothespis acuticeps
- Oxyothespis alata
- Oxyothespis apostata
- Oxyothespis bifurcata
- Oxyothespis brevicollis
- Oxyothespis brevipennis
- Oxyothespis dumonti (North African grass mantis)
- Oxyothespis flavipennis
- Oxyothespis longicollis
- Oxyothespis longipennis
- Oxyothespis mammillata
- Oxyothespis maroccana
- Oxyothespis meridionalis
- Oxyothespis nilotica
- Oxyothespis noctivaga
- Oxyothespis parva
- Oxyothespis pellucida
- Oxyothespis persica
- Oxyothespis philbyi
- Oxyothespis senegalensis
- Oxyothespis sudanensis
- Oxyothespis tricolor
- Oxyothespis villiersi
- Oxyothespis wagneri
Genus Oxypiloidea[edit]
- Oxypiloidea acuminata
- Oxypiloidea angolica
- Oxypiloidea brunneriana
- Oxypiloidea camerunensis
- Oxypiloidea carvalhoi
- Oxypiloidea centrafricana
- Oxypiloidea congica
- Oxypiloidea dargei
- Oxypiloidea denticulata
- Oxypiloidea granulata
- Oxypiloidea ivoirensis
- Oxypiloidea jeanneli
- Oxypiloidea lobata
- Oxypiloidea maldesi
- Oxypiloidea margarethae
- Oxypiloidea maroccana
- Oxypiloidea mortuifolia
- Oxypiloidea murphyi
- Oxypiloidea namibiana
- Oxypiloidea nigerica
- Oxypiloidea occidentalis
- Oxypiloidea orientalis
- Oxypiloidea sinuata
- Oxypiloidea tridens
- Oxypiloidea zernyi
- Oxypiloidea nigerica
Genus Oxypilus[edit]
- Oxypilus annulatus
- Oxypilus burri
- Oxypilus capensis
- Oxypilus cherlonneixi
- Oxypilus descampsi
- Oxypilus enei
- Oxypilus falcatus
- Oxypilus flavicoxa
- Oxypilus gillonae
- Oxypilus hamatus
- Oxypilus inscriptus
- Oxypilus lamottei
- Oxypilus maculifemur
- Oxypilus meruensis
- Oxypilus montanus
- Oxypilus pallidus
- Oxypilus pierrei
- Oxypilus polyacanthus
- Oxypilus raggei
- Oxypilus servillei
- Oxypilus tanzanicus
- Oxypilus transvalensis
- Oxypilus villiersi
Genus Pachymantis[edit]
- Pachymantis bicingulata
- Pachymantis dohertyi
- Pachymantis maculicoxa
- Pachymantis piceifemur
Genus Panurgica[edit]
- Panurgica basilewskyi
- Panurgica compressicollis
- Panurgica duplex
- Panurgica feae
- Panurgica fratercula
- Panurgica fusca
- Panurgica langi
- Panurgica liberiana
- Panurgica mende
- Panurgica rehni
Genus Papubolbe[edit]
- Papubolbe curvidens
- Papubolbe eximia
- Papubolbe flava
- Papubolbe gressitti
- Papubolbe longipennis
- Papubolbe picea
Genus Papugalepsus[edit]
- Papugalepsus alatus
- Papugalepsus elongatus
Genus Parablepharis[edit]
- Parablepharis kuhlii
Genus Paradiabantia[edit]
- Paradiabantia perparva
Genus Paragalepsus[edit]
- Paragalepsus bassari
- Paragalepsus gestri
- Paragalepsus nigericus
- Paragalepsus oxyops
- Paragalepsus toganus
- Paragalepsus vrydaghi
Genus Paraligaria[edit]
- Paraligaria malawica
Genus Paralygdamia[edit]
- Paralygdamia fisheri
- Paralygdamia gigliotosi
- Paralygdamia grandidieri
- Paralygdamia ifatyensis
- Paralygdamia madagascariensis
- Paralygdamia madecassa
- Paralygdamia nosyensis
- Paralygdamia punctata
- Paralygdamia sikorai
- Paralygdamia wintreberti
Genus Paramantis[edit]
- Paramantis natalensis
- Paramantis nyassana
- Paramantis prasina
- Paramantis sacra
- Paramantis togana
- Paramantis victoriana
- Paramantis viridis
Genus Paramorphoscelis[edit]
- Paramorphoscelis gondokorensis
Genus Paramusonia[edit]
- Paramusonia cubensis
Genus Parapsychomantis[edit]
- Parapsychomantis vietnamensis
Genus Paraseverinia[edit]
- Paraseverinia finoti
Genus Parasphendale[edit]
- Parasphendale affinis (budwing mantis)
- Parasphendale africana
- Parasphendale agrionina (budwing mantis)
- Parasphendale albicosta
- Parasphendale costalis
- Parasphendale ghindana
- Parasphendale minor
- Parasphendale scioana
- Parasphendale stali
Genus Parahestiasula[edit]
- Parahestiasula obscura
Genus Parastagmatoptera[edit]
- Parastagmatoptera flavoguttata
- Parastagmatoptera serricornis
Genus Paratoxodera[edit]
Paratoxodera is a genus of stick mantises.
- Paratoxodera borneana (Borneo stick mantis)
- Paratoxodera cornicollis (giant Malaysian stick mantis)
- Paratoxodera gigliotosi
- Paratoxodera marshallae
- Paratoxodera meggitti
- Paratoxodera polyacantha
Genus Paroxyophthalmus[edit]
- Paroxyophthalmus collaris
- Paroxyophthalmus nigericus
- Paroxyophthalmus ornatus
- Paroxyophthalmus savatieri
Genus Paramorphoscelis[edit]
- Paramorphoscelis gondokorensis
Genus Paraphotina[edit]
- Paraphotina caatingaensis
- Paraphotina insolita
- Paraphotina occidentalis
- Paraphotina reticulata
Genus Pararivetina[edit]
- Pararivetina fraseri
Genus Paratheopompa[edit]
- Paratheopompa siamensis
Genus Parathespis[edit]
- Parathespis humbertiana
Genus Paratithrone[edit]
- Paratithrone royi
Genus Paraoxypilus[edit]
- Paraoxypilus armatus
- Paraoxypilus distinctus
- Paraoxypilus flavifemur
- Paraoxypilus insularis
- Paraoxypilus kimberleyensis
- Paraoxypilus laticollis
- Paraoxypilus tasmaniensis
- Paraoxypilus verreauxii
Genus Parentella[edit]
- Parentella benguelae
- Parentella laticollis
- Parentella major
- Parentella parva
- Parentella producta
Genus Pareuthyphlebs[edit]
- Pareuthyphlebs arabica
- Pareuthyphlebs occidentalis
- Pareuthyphlebs palmonii
- Pareuthyphlebs popovi
- Pareuthyphlebs scorteccii
- Pareuthyphlebs somalica
- Pareuthyphlebs uvarovi
Genus Parymenopus[edit]
- Parymenopus davisoni (Wood-Mason, 1890) (Davidson's mantis, yellow flower mantis)
Genus Perlamantis[edit]
- Perlamantis algerica
- Perlamantis allibertii
Genus Pezomantis[edit]
- Pezomantis henryi
Genus Phasmomantella[edit]
- Phasmomantella nuichuana
- Phasmomantella pallida
Genus Phasmomantis[edit]
- Phasmomantis basalis (Giglio-Tos, 1917)
- Phasmomantis sumichrasti (Saussure, 1861)
Genus Photina[edit]
- Photina amplipennis
- Photina gracilis
- Photina ludens
- Photina reticulata
- Photina vitrea
Genus Photinella[edit]
- Photinella biramosa
- Photinella brevis
- Photinella magna
- Photinella media
Genus Photiomantis[edit]
- Photiomantis glauca
- Photiomantis nigrolineata
- Photiomantis planicephala
Genus Phthersigena[edit]
- Phthersigena centralis
- Phthersigena conspersa
- Phthersigena insularis
- Phthersigena melania
- Phthersigena minor
- Phthersigena nebulosa
- Phthersigena timorensis
- Phthersigena unicornis
Genus Phyllocrania[edit]
- Phyllocrania illudens (Saussure & Zehntner, 1895)
- Phyllocrania insignis (Westwood, 1843)
- Phyllocrania paradoxa (Burmeister, 1838) (ghost mantis)
Genus Phyllothelys[edit]
- Phyllothelys bakeri
- Phyllothelys breve
- Phyllothelys cornutus
- Phyllothelys decipiens
- Phyllothelys hepaticus
- Phyllothelys jianfenglingensis
- Phyllothelys mitratum
- Phyllothelys paradoxum
- Phyllothelys robusta
- Phyllothelys sinensis
- Phyllothelys taprobanae
- Phyllothelys werneri
- Phyllothelys westwoodi
Genus Phyllovates[edit]
Species of unicorn mantis are within this genus.
- Phyllovates brasiliensis
- Phyllovates brevicornis
- Phyllovates chlorophaea (Texas unicorn mantis, Mexican unicorn mantis)
- Phyllovates cingulata
- Phyllovates cornuta
- Phyllovates iheringi
- Phyllovates maya
- Phyllovates minor
- Phyllovates parallela
- Phyllovates parvula
- Phyllovates spinicollis
- Phyllovates tripunctata
Genus Plastogalepsus[edit]
- Plastogalepsus kuhlgatzi
Genus Plesiacanthops[edit]
- Phyllovates tuberculata
Genus Piscomantis[edit]
- Piscomantis peruana
Genus Pizaia[edit]
- Pizaia seabrai
Genus Pnigomantis[edit]
This genus has a species of shield mantis.
- Pnigomantis medioconstricta (Indonesia double shield mantis, double shield mantis)
Genus Pogonogaster[edit]
- Pogonogaster latens
- Pogonogaster tristani
Genus Polyspilota[edit]
- Polyspilota aeruginosa (Madagascan marbled mantis)
- Polyspilota caffra
- Polyspilota comorana
- Polyspilota griffinii (Griffin mantis)
- Polyspilota magna
- Polyspilota montana
- Polyspilota pavani
- Polyspilota robusta
- Polyspilota seychelliana
- Polyspilota voelzkowiana
Genus Popa[edit]
- Popa gracilis
- Popa spurca (African twig mantis) - a species of twig mantis popular in captivity.
Genus Presibylla[edit]
- Presibylla elegans
- Presibylla speciosa
Genus †Prochaeradodis[edit]
- †Prochaeradodis enigmaticus
Genus Promiopteryx[edit]
- Promiopteryx fallax
- Promiopteryx granadensis
- Promiopteryx punctata
- Promiopteryx simplex
- Promiopteryx stigmatica
Genus Protoxodera[edit]
- Protoxodera monstrosa
Genus Pseudacanthops[edit]
- Pseudacanthops caelebs
- Pseudacanthops centralis
- Pseudacanthops clorindae
- Pseudacanthops huaoranianus
- Pseudacanthops lobipes
- Pseudacanthops spinulosa
Genus Pseudempusa[edit]
- Pseudempusa pavonina
- Pseudempusa pinnapavonis (peacock mantis)
Genus Pseudocreobotra[edit]
This genus contains several species of flower mantises.
- Pseudocreobotra amarae
- Pseudocreobotra ocellata (pcellated spiny flower mantis, spiny flower mantis)
- Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii (Walhbergi's spiny flower mantis, spiny flower mantis)
Genus Pseudodystacta[edit]
- Pseudodystacta braueri
Genus Pseudogalepsus[edit]
- Pseudogalepsus dispar
- Pseudogalepsus inermis
- Pseudogalepsus modestior
- Pseudogalepsus modestus
- Pseudogalepsus nigricoxa
Genus Pseudoharpax[edit]
- Pseudoharpax abyssinicus (Beier, 1930)
- Pseudoharpax beieri (La Greca, 1950)
- Pseudoharpax crenaticollis (La Greca, 1954)
- Pseudoharpax dubius (La Greca, 1954)
- Pseudoharpax erythraeus (Giglio-Tos, 1915)
- Pseudoharpax francoisi (Bolivar, 1908)
- Pseudoharpax nigericus (Giglio-Tos, 1915)
- Pseudoharpax parallelus (La Greca, 1954)
- Pseudoharpax ugandanus (Giglio-Tos, 1915)
- Pseudoharpax virescens (Serville, 1839) (Gambian spotted-eye flower mantis )
Genus Pseudohestiasula[edit]
- Pseudohestiasula borneana (Beier, 1930)
Genus Pseudomantis[edit]
- Pseudomantis albofimbriata (Stal, 1860) (false garden mantis)
- Pseudomantis albomarginata (Sjostedt, 1918)
- Pseudomantis apicalis (Saussure, 1870)
- Pseudomantis dimorpha (Werner, 1912)
- Pseudomantis hartmeyeri (Werner, 1912)
- Pseudomantis maculata (Saussure, 1872)
- Pseudomantis victorina (Westwood, 1889)
Genus Pseudomiopteryx[edit]
- Pseudomiopteryx amazonensis
- Pseudomiopteryx bogotensis
- Pseudomiopteryx columbica
- Pseudomiopteryx decipiens
- Pseudomiopteryx festae
- Pseudomiopteryx guyanensis
- Pseudomiopteryx infuscata
- Pseudomiopteryx maculata
- Pseudomiopteryx meridana
- Pseudomiopteryx spinifrons
Genus Pseudomusonia[edit]
- Pseudomusonia carlottae
- Pseudomusonia fera
- Pseudomusonia lineativentris
- Pseudomusonia maculosa
- Pseudomusonia rapax
Genus Pseudopogonogaster[edit]
- Pseudopogonogaster hebardi
- Pseudopogonogaster kanjaris
- Pseudopogonogaster mirabilis
- Pseudopogonogaster muscosa
Genus Pseudostagmatoptera[edit]
- Pseudostagmatoptera infuscata
Genus Pseudovates[edit]
Some species within this genus are known as unicorn mantises or stick mantises.
- Pseudovates arizonae (Arizona unicorn mantis)
- Pseudovates bidens
- Pseudovates denticulata
- Pseudovates hyalostigma
- Pseudovates longicollis
- Pseudovates paraensis
- Pseudovates peruviana (Peruvian stick mantis)
- Pseudovates tolteca
- Pseudovates townsendi
Genus Pseudoxypilus[edit]
- Pseudoxypilus hemerobius
Genus Pseudoyersinia[edit]
- Pseudoyersinia andreae
- Pseudoyersinia betancuriae
- Pseudoyersinia brevipennis
- Pseudoyersinia canariensis
- Pseudoyersinia inaspectata
- Pseudoyersinia kabilica
- Pseudoyersinia lagrecai
- Pseudoyersinia occidentalis
- Pseudoyersinia paui
- Pseudoyersinia pilipes
- Pseudoyersinia salvinae
- Pseudoyersinia subaptera
- Pseudoyersinia teydeana
Genus Psychomantis[edit]
- Psychomantis borneensis
- Psychomantis malayensis
Genus Pyrgomantis[edit]
- Pyrgomantis bisignata
- Pyrgomantis congica
- Pyrgomantis curta
- Pyrgomantis fasciata
- Pyrgomantis jonesi
- Pyrgomantis longissima
- Pyrgomantis mabuia
- Pyrgomantis mitrata
- Pyrgomantis nana
- Pyrgomantis nasuta
- Pyrgomantis ornatipes
- Pyrgomantis pallida
- Pyrgomantis rhodesica
- Pyrgomantis runifera
- Pyrgomantis signatifrons
- Pyrgomantis simillima
- Pyrgomantis singularis
- Pyrgomantis wellmanni
Genus Raptrix[edit]
- Raptrix intermedia
- Raptrix occidentalis
- Raptrix perspicua
- Raptrix westwoodi
Genus Rhachimantis[edit]
- Rhachimantis carinata
Genus Rhodomantis[edit]
- Rhodomantis disparilis
- Rhodomantis helenae
- Rhodomantis kimberley
- Rhodomantis macula
- Rhodomantis microptera
- Rhodomantis mitchell
- Rhodomantis napier
- Rhodomantis queenslandica
- Rhodomantis rentzi
Genus Rhomantis[edit]
- Rhomantis moultoni
Genus Rhombodera[edit]
Rhombodera is a large genus of shield mantises.[11]
- Rhombodera basalis (giant Malaysian shield mantis)
- Rhombodera boschmai
- Rhombodera brachynota
- Rhombodera crassa
- Rhombodera doriana
- Rhombodera extensicollis (giant shield mantis)
- Rhombodera extraordinaria
- Rhombodera fratricida
- Rhombodera handschini
- Rhombodera javana
- Rhombodera keiana
- Rhombodera kirbyi
- Rhombodera laticollis
- Rhombodera latipronotum
- Rhombodera lingulata
- Rhombodera megaera (giant shield mantis)
- Rhombodera mjoebergi
- Rhombodera morokana
- Rhombodera ornatipes
- Rhombodera palawanensis
- Rhombodera papuana
- Rhombodera rennellana
- Rhombodera rollei
- Rhombodera sjoestedti
- Rhombodera stalii
- Rhombodera taprobana
- Rhombodera titania
- Rhombodera valida
- Rhombodera zhangi
Genus Rhomboderella[edit]
- Rhomboderella gabonica
- Rhomboderella parmata
- Rhomboderella scutata
- Rhomboderella thorectes
Genus Rhombomantis[edit]
- Rhombomantis butleri
- Rhombomantis fusca
- Rhombomantis tectiformis
- Rhombomantis woodmasoni
Genus Rivetina[edit]
Rivetina is a genus containing species of ground mantis.
- Rivetina asiatica
- Rivetina baetica (ground mantis)
- Rivetina balcanica
- Rivetina beybienkoi
- Rivetina buettikeri
- Rivetina byblica
- Rivetina caucasica
- Rivetina compacta
- Rivetina crassa
- Rivetina dentata
- Rivetina deserta
- Rivetina dolichoptera
- Rivetina elegans
- Rivetina excellens
- Rivetina fasciata
- Rivetina feisabadica
- Rivetina gigantea
- Rivetina gigas
- Rivetina grandis
- Rivetina inermis
- Rivetina iranica
- Rivetina karadumi
- Rivetina karateginica
- Rivetina laticollis
- Rivetina monticola
- Rivetina nana
- Rivetina pallida
- Rivetina parva
- Rivetina pulisangini
- Rivetina rhombicollis
- Rivetina similis
- Rivetina syriaca
- Rivetina tarda
- Rivetina varsobica
Genus Rivetinula[edit]
- Rivetinula fraterna
Genus Sceptuchus[edit]
- Sceptuchus baehri
- Sceptuchus simplex
Genus Schizocephala[edit]
- Schizocephala bicornis
Genus Scolodera[edit]
- Scolodera pardalotus
Genus Severinia[edit]
- Severinia granulata
- Severinia lemoroi
- Severinia mistshenkoi
- Severinia nigrofasciata
- Severinia obscurus
- Severinia popovi
- Severinia turcomaniae
- Severinia ullrichi
Genus Sibylla[edit]
- Sibylla dives
- Sibylla dolosa
- Sibylla gratiosa
- Sibylla griffinii
- Sibylla limbata
- Sibylla maculosa
- Sibylla marmorata
- Sibylla operosa
- Sibylla pannulata
- Sibylla polyacantha
- Sibylla pretiosa (cryptic mantis, lichen mantis)
- Sibylla punctata
- Sibylla vanderplaetseni
Genus Sinaiella[edit]
- Sinaiella nebulosa
- Sinaiella raggei
- Sinaiella sabulosa
Genus Sinomiopteryx[edit]
- Sinomiopteryx brevifrons
- Sinomiopteryx grahami
- Sinomiopteryx guangxiensis
Genus Somalithespis[edit]
- Somalithespis minor
Genus Sphaeromantis[edit]
- Sphaeromantis spinicollis
- Sphaeromantis spinulosa
Genus Sphodromantis[edit]
Sphodromantis is a large genus of mantises concentrated in Africa. Outside their range, many share the name African mantis.
- Sphodromantis abessinica
- Sphodromantis aethiopica
- Sphodromantis annobonensis
- Sphodromantis aurea (Congo green mantis)
- Sphodromantis aureoides
- Sphodromantis baccettii
- Sphodromantis balachowskyi (African mantis)
- Sphodromantis biocellata
- Sphodromantis centralis (African mantis, Central African mantis)
- Sphodromantis citernii
- Sphodromantis congica
- Sphodromantis conspicua
- Sphodromantis elegans
- Sphodromantis elongata
- Sphodromantis fenestrata
- Sphodromantis gastrica (common green mantis)
- Sphodromantis gestri
- Sphodromantis giubana
- Sphodromantis gracilicollis
- Sphodromantis gracilis
- Sphodromantis hyalina
- Sphodromantis kersteni
- Sphodromantis lagrecai
- Sphodromantis lineola (African mantis, African lined mantis)
- Sphodromantis obscura
- Sphodromantis pachinota
- Sphodromantis pardii
- Sphodromantis pavonina
- Sphodromantis pupillata
- Sphodromantis royi
- Sphodromantis rubrostigma
- Sphodromantis rudolfae
- Sphodromantis socotrana
- Sphodromantis splendida
- Sphodromantis stigmosa
- Sphodromantis tenuidentata
- Sphodromantis viridis (giant African mantis, bush mantis)
- Sphodromantis werneri
Genus Sphodropoda[edit]
- Sphodropoda lepida
- Sphodropoda quinquedens
- Sphodropoda tristis (burying mantis)
- Sphodropoda viridis
Genus Spilomantis[edit]
- Spilomantis nigripes
- Spilomantis occipitalis
Genus Stagmatoptera[edit]
- Stagmatoptera abdominalis
- Stagmatoptera binotata
- Stagmatoptera biocellata
- Stagmatoptera femoralis
- Stagmatoptera flavipennis
- Stagmatoptera hyaloptera (Argentine white crested mantis)
- Stagmatoptera luna
- Stagmatoptera nova
- Stagmatoptera pia
- Stagmatoptera precaria
- Stagmatoptera reimoseri
- Stagmatoptera septentrionalis
- Stagmatoptera supplicaria
- Stagmatoptera vischeri
Genus Stagmomantis[edit]
The range of Stagmomantis species includes North America, Central America, and South America.
- Stagmomantis californica (California mantis)
- Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis)
- Stagmomantis coerulans
- Stagmomantis colorata
- Stagmomantis costalis
- Stagmomantis domingensis
- Stagmomantis floridensis (larger Florida mantis)
- Stagmomantis fraterna
- Stagmomantis gracilipes (Arizona tan mantis)
- Stagmomantis hebardi
- Stagmomantis limbata (bordered mantis, Arizona mantis)
- Stagmomantis marginata
- Stagmomantis maya
- Stagmomantis montana
- Stagmomantis nahua
- Stagmomantis pagana
- Stagmomantis parvidentata
- Stagmomantis theophila
- Stagmomantis tolteca
- Stagmomantis venusta
- Stagmomantis vicina
Genus Statilia[edit]
- Statilia agresta
- Statilia apicalis
- Statilia chayuensis
- Statilia flavobrunnea
- Statilia maculata (Japanese "ko-kamakiri" i.e. small mantis)
- Statilia major
- Statilia nemoralis
- Statilia nobilis
- Statilia occibivittata
- Statilia ocellata
- Statilia pallida
- Statilia spanis
- Statilia viridibrunnea
Genus Stenophylla[edit]
- Stenophylla cornigera
- Stenophylla gallardi
- Stenophylla lobivertex
Genus Stenopyga[edit]
- Stenopyga belinga
- Stenopyga casta
- Stenopyga extera
- Stenopyga ipassa
- Stenopyga orientalis
- Stenopyga reticulata
- Stenopyga tenera
- Stenopyga usambarica
- Stenopyga ziela
Genus Stenotoxodera[edit]
- Stenotoxodera pluto
- Stenotoxodera porioni
Genus Stictomantis[edit]
- Stictomantis cinctipes
Genus Tagalomantis[edit]
- Tagalomantis brevis
- Tagalomantis manillensis
Genus Tamolanica[edit]
This is another genus with species sometimes called shield mantises.
- Tamolanica andaina
- Tamolanica atricoxis
- Tamolanica decipiens
- Tamolanica denticulata
- Tamolanica dilena
- Tamolanica katauana
- Tamolanica leopoldi
- Tamolanica pectoralis
- Tamolanica phryne
- Tamolanica tamolana (New Guinea shield mantis)
Genus Taumantis[edit]
- Taumantis cephalotes
- Taumantis globiceps
- Taumantis sigiana (lime mantis)
Genus Tauromantis[edit]
- Tauromantis championi
Genus Tarachina[edit]
- Tarachina brevipennis
- Tarachina congica
- Tarachina constricta
- Tarachina occidentalis
- Tarachina rammei
- Tarachina raphidioides
- Tarachina schultzei
- Tarachina seriepunctata
- Tarachina transvaalensis
- Tarachina werneri
- Tarachina zernyi
Genus Tarachodella[edit]
- Tarachodella monticola
Genus Tarachodes[edit]
Members of this genus may be called bark mantises or ground mantises.
- Tarachodes abyssinicus
- Tarachodes aestuans
- Tarachodes afzelii (Tanzanian ground mantis)
- Tarachodes alluaudi
- Tarachodes arabicus
- Tarachodes basinotatus
- Tarachodes beieri
- Tarachodes betakarschi
- Tarachodes bicornis (two-horned mantis)
- Tarachodes bispinosus
- Tarachodes brevipennis
- Tarachodes chopardi
- Tarachodes circulifer
- Tarachodes circuliferoides
- Tarachodes davidi
- Tarachodes dissimulator
- Tarachodes dives
- Tarachodes feae
- Tarachodes fraterculus
- Tarachodes fuscipennis
- Tarachodes gerstaeckeri
- Tarachodes gibber
- Tarachodes gigas
- Tarachodes gilvus
- Tarachodes griseus
- Tarachodes haedus
- Tarachodes insidiator
- Tarachodes karschi
- Tarachodes lucubrans
- Tarachodes maculisternum
- Tarachodes maurus
- Tarachodes minor
- Tarachodes modesta
- Tarachodes monstrosus
- Tarachodes namibiensis
- Tarachodes natalensis
- Tarachodes nubifer
- Tarachodes nyassanus
- Tarachodes obscuripennis
- Tarachodes obtusiceps
- Tarachodes okahandyanus
- Tarachodes oxynotus
- Tarachodes perloides
- Tarachodes pilosipes
- Tarachodes pujoli
- Tarachodes rhodesicus
- Tarachodes robustus
- Tarachodes rotundiceps
- Tarachodes sanctus
- Tarachodes saussurei
- Tarachodes schulthessi
- Tarachodes severini
- Tarachodes similis
- Tarachodes sjostedti
- Tarachodes smithi
- Tarachodes taboranus
- Tarachodes tananus
- Tarachodes taramassi
- Tarachodes ugandensis
- Tarachodes usambaricus
- Tarachodes vitreus
- Tarachodes werneri
Genus Tarachodula[edit]
- Tarachodula ornata
- Tarachodula pantherina
Genus Teddia[edit]
- Teddia dioscoris
Genus Telomantis[edit]
- Telomantis amperti
- Telomantis robusta
Genus Tenodera[edit]
There are Tenodera in Asia, Africa, Australia and North America.
- Tenodera sinensis (Saussure, 1871) (Chinese mantis)
- Tenodera angustipennis (Saussure, 1869) (narrow-winged mantis)
- Tenodera aridifolia (Stoll, 1813)
- Tenodera australasiae (Leach, 1814) (purple-winged mantis)
- Tenodera acuticauda (Yang, 1997)
- Tenodera superstitiosa (Fabricius, 1781)
- Tenodera fasciata (Olivier, 1792)
- Tenodera brevipennis (Saussure, 1871)
- Tenodera gambiensis (Beier, 1931)
- Tenodera stotzneri (Werner, 1929)
- Tenodera caudafissilis (Wang, 1992)
- Tenodera capitata (Saussure, 1869)
- Tenodera chloreudeta (Burmeister, 1838)
- Tenodera costalis (Blanchard, 1853)
- Tenodera equatoriana (La Greca, 1993)
- Tenodera herbacea (Serville, 1839)
- Tenodera houyi (Werner, 1928)
- Tenodera intermedia (Saussure, 1870)
- Tenodera iringana (Giglio-Tos, 1912)
- Tenodera nimbana (Roy, 1963)
- Tenodera parasinensis (Otte & Spearman, 2004)
- Tenodera philippina (Beier, 1929)
- Tenodera rungsi (Uvarov, 1935)
Genus Theopompa[edit]
These species are sometimes known as the Asian bark mantises.
- Theopompa borneana
- Theopompa burmeisteri
- Theopompa ophthalmica
- Theopompa servillei
- Theopompa tosta
Genus Theopompella[edit]
- Theopompella aurivillii
- Theopompella chopardi
- Theopompella congica
- Theopompella elegans
- Theopompella fusca
- Theopompella heterochroa
- Theopompella orientalis
- Theopompella pallida
- Theopompella westwoodi
Genus Theopropus[edit]
Boxer mantis and flower mantis are among the common names used for members of this genus.
- Theopropus borneensis
- Theopropus cattulus
- Theopropus elegans (banded flower mantis, Asian boxer mantis)
- Theopropus rubrobrunneus
Genus Thespis[edit]
- Thespis bicolor
- Thespis dissimilis
- Thespis exposita
- Thespis major
- Thespis media
- Thespis metae
- Thespis parva
Genus Thesprotia[edit]
This genus is sometimes called American grass mantises.
- Thesprotia brasiliensis
- Thesprotia brevis
- Thesprotia caribea
- Thesprotia filum
- Thesprotia fuscipennis
- Thesprotia gigas
- Thesprotia graminis (American grass mantis)
- Thesprotia infumata
- Thesprotia insolita
- Thesprotia macilenta
- Thesprotia maculata
- Thesprotia pellucida
- Thesprotia simplex
- Thesprotia subhyalina
Genus Thesprotiella[edit]
- Thesprotiella bicorniculata
- Thesprotiella festae
- Thesprotiella fronticornis
- Thesprotiella peruana
- Thesprotiella similis
Genus Thrinaconyx[edit]
- Thrinaconyx fumosus
- Thrinaconyx kirschianus
- Thrinaconyx sialidea
Genus Tismomorpha[edit]
- Tismomorpha cherlonneixi
- Tismomorpha inexpectata
- Tismomorpha reinhardi
- Tismomorpha vitripennis
Genus Titanodula[edit]
- Titanodula attenboroughi
- Titanodula formosana
- Titanodula fruhstorferi
- Titanodula grandis
Genus Tithrone[edit]
- Tithrone laeta
- Tithrone latipennis
- Tithrone roseipennis
Genus Toxodanuria[edit]
- Toxodanuria orientalis
- Toxodanuria parvula
Genus Toxodera[edit]
- Toxodera beieri
- Toxodera denticulata
- Toxodera fimbriata
- Toxodera hauseri
- Toxodera integrifolia
- Toxodera maculata
- Toxodera maxima
- Toxodera pfanneri
Genus Toxoderella[edit]
- Toxoderella fortnumi
Genus Toxoderopsis[edit]
- Toxoderopsis spinigera
- Toxoderopsis taurus
Genus Toxomantis[edit]
- Toxomantis sinensis
- Toxomantis westwoodi
Genus Trachymantis[edit]
- Trachymantis dentifrons
- Trachymantis obesa
Genus Tricondylomimus[edit]
- Tricondylomimus coomani
- Tricondylomimus intermedius
- Tricondylomimus mirabilis
Genus Tropidomantis[edit]
- Tropidomantis guttatipennis
- Tropidomantis iridipennis
- Tropidomantis yunnanensis
- Tropidomantis gressitti
- Tropidomantis tenera
Genus Tuberculepsus[edit]
- Tuberculepsus ambrensis
- Tuberculepsus analabensis
- Tuberculepsus andriai
- Tuberculepsus beieri
- Tuberculepsus masoalensis
- Tuberculepsus nigricoxa
- Tuberculepsus orangea
- Tuberculepsus tuberculatus
Genus Vates[edit]
- Vates amazonica
- Vates biplagiata
- Vates boliviana
- Vates festae
- Vates foliata
- Vates lobata
- Vates luxuriosa
- Vates multilobata
- Vates obscura
- Vates pectinata
- Vates pectinicornis
- Vates peruviana
- Vates serraticornis
- Vates weyrauchi
Genus Velox[edit]
- Velox wielandi
Genus Werneriana[edit]
- Werneriana latipennis
Genus Xystropeltis[edit]
- Xystropeltis lankesteri
- Xystropeltis meridionalis
- Xystropeltis quadrilobata
Genus Yersinia[edit]
- Yersinia mexicana
Genus Yersiniops[edit]
Members of this genus are commonly called ground mantises. Genus Pseudoyersinia is similar.
- Yersiniops newboldi
- Yersiniops solitaria (horned ground mantis)
- Yersiniops sophronica (Yersin's ground mantis)
Genus Zoolea[edit]
Some members of this genus go by the common name unicorn mantis.
- Zoolea borellii
- Zoolea gigas
- Zoolea guerinii
- Zoolea lobipes
- Zoolea major
- Zoolea minor
- Zoolea orba
Genus Zopheromantis[edit]
- Zopheromantis loripes
Genus Zouza[edit]
- Zouza radiosa
Families[edit]
According to most recent taxonomy, all genera of mantis now belong to one of the following families:[12]
- Extinct taxa
- †Un-named mantis family
- †Baissomantidae
- †Cretomantidae
- †Santanmantidae Grimaldi, 2003
- Extant taxa (suborder Eumantodea)
- Infraorder Schizomantodea
- Subinfraordinal group Artimantodea
- Superfamily group Amerimantodea
- Superfamily Acanthopoidea
- Family Acanthopidae
- Family Angelidae
- Family Coptopterygidae
- Family Liturgusidae
- Family Photinaidae
- Superfamily Thespoidea
- Family Thespidae
- Superfamily Acanthopoidea
- Superfamily group Cernomantodea
- Superfamily Chroicopteroidea
- Family Chroicopteridae
- Superfamily Epaphroditoidea
- Family Epaphroditidae
- Family Majangidae
- Superfamily Eremiaphiloidea
- Family Amelidae
- Family Eremiaphilidae
- Family Rivetinidae
- Family Toxoderidae
- Superfamily Galinthiadoidea
- Family Galinthiadidae
- Superfamily Gonypetoidea
- Family Gonypetidae
- Superfamily Haanioidea
- Family Haaniidae
- Superfamily Hoplocoryphoidea
- Family Hoplocoryphidae
- Superfamily Hymenopooidea
- Family Empusidae
- Family Hymenopodidae
- Superfamily Mantoidea
- Family Dactylopterygidae
- Family Deroplatyidae
- Family Mantidae
- Superfamily Miomantoidea
- Family Miomantidae
- Superfamily Nanomantoidea
- Family Amorphoscelidae
- Family Leptomantellidae
- Family Nanomantidae
- Superfamily Chroicopteroidea
- Superfamily group Amerimantodea
- Superfamily Metallyticoidea
- Family Metallyticidae
- Subinfraordinal group Artimantodea
- Infraorder Spinomantodea
- Superfamily Mantoidoidea
- Family Mantoididae
- Superfamily Mantoidoidea
- Superfamily Chaeteessoidea
- Family Chaeteessidae
- Infraorder Schizomantodea
See also[edit]
- Bark mantis
- Boxer mantis
- Dead leaf mantis
- Flower mantis
- Grass mantis
- Ground mantis
- Leaf mantis
- Shield mantis
- Stick mantis
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