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Liturgusidae
Sign in to saveLiturgusidae is a family of praying mantises in the new (2019) Neotropical superfamily Acanthopoidea. A substantial number of genera, previously placed here, have recently been moved to the new or revived other families: Dactylopterygidae Gonypetidae Epaphroditidae: subfamily Gonatistinae Majangidae: subfamily Majanginae Mantidae: subfamily Mellierinae Nanomantidae: subfamily Fulciniinae
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderMantodea
- FamilyLiturgusidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 17
- Family
- Liturgusidae
- Collections
- CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, OH (CLEV), FMNH, AUM, USNM
- Recorded in
- Thailand, United States, Trinidad And Tobago, Dominican Republic, India, Guatemala
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Tribes and Genera
- References
- External links
Liturgusidae is a family of praying mantises in the new (2019) Neotropical superfamily Acanthopoidea. A substantial number of genera, previously placed here, have recently been moved to the new or revived other families: Dactylopterygidae Gonypetidae Epaphroditidae: subfamily Gonatistinae Majangidae: subfamily Majanginae Mantidae: subfamily Mellierinae Nanomantidae: subfamily Fulciniinae
== Tribes and Genera == The Mantodea Species File now lists two tribes, containing the following genera: tribe Hagiomantini Hagiomantis Serville, 1839 tribe Liturgusini Corticomantis Svenson, 2014 - monotypic (Corticomantis atricoxata (Beier, 1931)) Fuga Svenson, 2014 Liturgusa Saussure, 1869 (lichen mantises) Velox Svenson, 2014 - monotypic (Velox wielandi Svenson, 2014)
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