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Hierodulinae
Subfamily of praying mantises / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Hierodulinae 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 now contains genera previously placed elsewhere in the family Mantidae.
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Mantodea |
Family: | Mantidae |
Subfamily: | Hierodulinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 |
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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, Asia and Australia.[3]