The following list of mantis genera and species is based on the "Mantodea Species File", which is the primary reference for the taxonomy shown here.[1]
The insect order Mantodea consists of over 2,400 species of mantises in about 460 genera .[2] [3] 75 of these genera are in the family Mantidae (the mantids), which formerly was sole family recognized within the order.
In some cases, common names in the English language are loosely applied to several different members of a particular genus, or even for species in various genera. For example, "giant Asian mantis " is used for various members of Hierodula , "dead leaf mantis " may refer not only to various species of Deroplatys , but to all brown mantises that use leaf mimicry for camouflage. "flower mantis " refers to numerous mantises, especially those belonging to or similar to those of genus Creobroter , and so on.
---For citation of common nomenclature and additional references, see individual articles.
Some members of this genus are known as dead leaf mantises or boxer mantises .
Adult female Acanthops falcataria
Achlaenella adolphifrederici
Aetaella bakeri
Aetaella pluvisilvae
Indian Stick Mantis
Members of this genus are commonly called stick mantises .
Afrothespis kenyana
Afrothespis rhodesiaca
Agrionopsis bacilliformis
Agrionopsis brachyptera
Agrionopsis congica
Agrionopsis distanti
Agrionopsis modesta
Ambivia parapopa
Ambivia popa
Ameles spallanzania , the European dwarf mantis
Amorphoscelis elegans
Amorphoscelis species are concentrated in Africa, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
Anamiopteryx borellii
Anamiopteryx grandis
Anamiopteryx magna
Anamiopteryx tuberculata
Angela armata
Angela brachyptera
Angela championi
Angela decolor
Angela guianensis (Rehn, 1906) Angela guianensis
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
Apterocorypha atra
Apterocorypha aurita
Apterocorypha bispina
Apterocorypha somalica
†Archaeophlebia enigmatica
Archimantis monstrosa
Archimantis species are common in Australia . Some are called stick mantises .
Armene breviptera
Armene fanica
Armene griseolata
Armene hissarica
Armene pusilla
Armene robusta
Armene silvicola
Arria cinctipes
Arria leigongshanensis
Arria meghalayensis
Arria oreophila
Arria pallida
Arria sticta
Members of this genus are common known as shield mantises .
Austromantis albomarginata
Austrovates papua
Austrovates variegata
† Baissomantis maculata Gratshev & Zherikhin, 1994
† Baissomantis picta Gratshev & Zherikhin, 1994
Belomantis helenae
Belomantis mirei
Belomantis occidentalis
Betamantis aliena
Betamantis marginella
Bisanthe lagrecai
Bisanthe menyharthi
Bisanthe modesta
Bisanthe pulchripennis
Bisanthe tricolor
Bolbella affinis
Bolbella brevis
Bolbella kaltenbachi
Bolbella punctigera
Bolbella rhodesiaca
Bolbella uhligi
Brunneria , species of which are known as stick mantises , are found in North America, Central America, and South America.
†Burmantis asiatica
†Burmantis lebanensis
†Burmantis zherikhini
Caliris elegans
Caliris masoni
Caliris melli
Caliris pallens
Caliris pallida
Calofulcinia australis
Calofulcinia elegans
Calofulcinia integra
Calofulcinia oxynota
Calofulcinia paraoxypila
Calofulcinia vidua
Calofulcinia viridula
Camelomantis giraffa
Camelomantis gracillima
Camelomantis moultoni
Camelomantis parva
Camelomantis penangica
Camelomantis sondaica
Camelomantis sumatrana
Cardioptera brachyptera
Cardioptera minor
Cardioptera nigridens
Cardioptera parva
Cardioptera squalodon
Carvilia gracilis
Carvilia obscura
Carvilia saussurii
Cataspilota armicollis
Cataspilota calabarica
Cataspilota guineensis
Cataspilota lolodorfana
Cataspilota misana
Cataspilota pulchra
Cataspilota tristis
†Chaeteessites minutissimus
Chloromantis impunctata
Chloromantis rhombica
Chloromiopteryx mirim
Chloromiopteryx modesta
Chloromiopteryx plurilobata
Chloromiopteryx thalassina
Members of this genus are commonly known as shield mantises , hooded mantises , or leaf mantises .
Chroicoptera longa
Chroicoptera saussurei
Chroicoptera vidua
Chromatophotina awajun
Chromatophotina cofan
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
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
Corthylomantis baldersoni
Cotigaonopsis providenceae
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.
†Cretophotina mongolica
†Cretophotina santanensis
†Cretophotina serotina
†Cretophotina tristriata
Also known as giant grass mantises, these are characterised by long slender bodies and sloping, pointed eyes.
Danuriella altera
Danuriella andriai
Danuriella anjouanensis
Danuriella griveaudi
Danuriella irregularis
Danuriella madagascariensis
Danuriella marojejyensis
Danuriella mayottensis
Danuriella merigueti
Danuriella sogai
Danuriella tigrina
Danuriella viettei
Deiphobe australiana
Deiphobe brevipennis
Deiphobe brunneri
Deiphobe infuscata
Deiphobe longipes
Deiphobe mesomelas
Deiphobe moseri
Deiphobe xanthoptera
Deiphobella gardneri
Deiphobella laticeps
Deroplatys desiccata
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)
Didymocorypha lanceolata
Didymocorypha libaii
Dracomantis mirofraternus
Dystacta alticeps
Dystacta tigrifrutex
Dystactula grisea
Dystactula kaltenbachi
Dystactula natalensis
Elaea gestroi
Elaea infumata
Elaea marchali
Elaea perloides
Elaea richteri
Elaea solimani
Elaea somalica
Elmantis lata
Elmantis nira
Elmantis trincomaliae
Enicophlebia hilara
Enicophlebia pallida
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
Episcopomantis chalybea
Episcopomantis chalybea
Episcopomantis congica
Epitenodera brevipennis
Epitenodera capitata
Epitenodera equatoriana
Epitenodera gambiensis
Epitenodera herbacea
Epitenodera houyi
Epitenodera nimbana
Eremoplana guerini
Eremoplana infelix
Members of this genus are known as long neck mantises or twig mantises .
Euchomenella moluccarum
Eumiopteryx bicentenaria
Eumiopteryx laticollis
Eumiopteryx terrai
Eumusonia intermedia
Eumusonia livida
Eumusonia viridis
Euthyphleps curtipes
Euthyphleps rectivenis
Euthyphleps tectiformis
Fuga annulipes
Fuga fluminensis
Fuga grimaldii
Fulcinia alaris
Fulcinia exilis
Fulcinia lobata
Fulcinia punctipes
Fulcinia uxor
Fulcinia variipennis
Fulciniella infumata
Fulciniella loriae
Fulciniella verticalis
Galapagia amazonica
Galapagia solitaria
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
Geomantis algerica
Geomantis larvoides
Gimantis assamica
Gimantis authaemon
Gimantis insularis
Gimantis marmorata
Gonypeta borneana
Gonypeta brigittae
Gonypeta brunneri
Gonypeta humbertiana
Gonypeta noctivaga
Gonypeta punctata
Gonypeta rotundata
Gonypeta simplex
Gonypetella atra
Gonypetella atrocephala
Gonypetella australis
Gonypetella carinata
Gonypetella deletrix
Gonypetella flavicornis
Gonypetella fusca
Gonypetella fuscipes
Gonypetella infumata
Gonypetella ivoirensis
Gonypetella kilimandjarica
Gonypetella punctata
The two members of this genus are commonly known as bark mantises .
Haania aspera
Haania borneana
Haania confusa
Haania dispar
Haania doroshenkoi
Haania lobiceps
Haania orlovi
Haania philippina
Haania simplex
Haania vitalisi
Hagiomantis mesopoda
Hagiomantis ornata
Hagiomantis pallida
Hagiomantis superba
Hagiomantis surinamensis
Hapalomantis abyssinica
Hapalomantis congica
Hapalomantis katangica
Hapalomantis lacualis
Hapalomantis minima
Hapalomantis orba
Hapalomantis rhombochir
Hapalopeza fulmeki
Hapalopeza nigricornis
Hapalopeza nilgirica
Hapalopeza nitens
Hapalopeza periyara
Hapalopeza tigrina
Hebardiella karnyi
Hebardiella rehni
Heterochaeta bernardii
Heterochaeta girardi
Heterochaeta kumari
Heterochaeta lamellosa
Heterochaeta occidentalis
Heterochaeta orientalis
Heterochaeta pantherina
Heterochaeta reticulata
Heterochaeta strachani
Heterochaeta tenuipes
Heterochaeta zavattarii
Heterochaetula fissispinis
Heterochaetula straminea
Heterochaetula tricolor
Hicetia breviceps
Hicetia goediana
Hicetia goeldiana
Hierodula patellifera
The giant Asian mantis genus Hierodula contains numerous large species and has a range that stretches from India to Hawaii .
Hierodulella celebensis
Hierodulella reticulata
Hierodulella soror
Holaptilon brevipugilis
Holaptilon pusillulum (jumping mantis)
Hondurantemna chespiritoi
Hoplocorypha macra
Members of this genus are known collectively as African stick mantises .
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
Hyalomantis antsingica
Hyalomantis madagascariensis
Hyalomantis murzini
Hyalomantis whitingi
Hymenopus species are commonly called orchid mantises .
Idolomorpha dentifrons (alien head mantis)
Idolomorpha lateralis
Idolomorpha madagascariensis
Idolomorpha sagitta
Ischnomantis aethiopica
Ischnomantis fasciata
Ischnomantis fatiloqua
Ischnomantis flavescens
Ischnomantis gigas
Ischnomantis gracilis
Ischnomantis grandis
Ischnomantis media
Ischnomantis perfida
Ischnomantis spinigera
Ischnomantis usambarica
Ischnomantis werneri
†Jersimantis burmiticus
†Jersimantis luzzii
Kongobatha diademata
Kongobatha papua
Lagrecacanthops brasiliensis
Lagrecacanthops guyanensis
Leptocola fragilis
Leptocola giraffa
Leptocola gracilis
Leptocola gracillima
Leptocola phthisica
Leptocola seriepunctata
Leptocola stanleyana
Leptomantella albella
Leptomantella ceylonica
Leptomantella fragilis
Leptomantella indica
Leptomantella lactea
Leptomantella montana
Leptomantella nigrocoxata
Leptomantella parva
Leptomantella tonkinae
Leptomantella xizangensis
Leptomiopteryx argentina
Leptomiopteryx dispar
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
Ligariella australis
Ligariella bicornuta
Ligariella bolivari
Ligariella gracilis
Ligariella trigonali
Ligentella beieri
Ligentella lacualis
Ligentella zairensis
The Lichen Mantis (Liturgusa maya) as it is blending in to its surroundings.
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
Macracanthopus schoutedeni
Macracanthopus seydeli
Macrodanuria baculiformis
Macrodanuria elongata
Macrodanuria phasmoides
Macromusonia conspersa
Macromusonia major
Majanga basilaris
Majanga spinosa
Majanga tricolor
Majangella carli
Majangella moultoni
Majangella ophirensis
Mantasoa lebbei
Mantasoa maculata
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)[5]
Mantis pia
Mantis religiosa (European mantis)
Mantis splendida
Mantis tricolor
Mantoida nitida
This genus is concentrated in Mexico, Central America, and South America.
Mekongomantis quinquespinosa
Melliera brevipes
Melliera chorotega
Melliera major
Melliera mordax
Mellierella biroi
Mellierella trifasciata
Melomantis africana
Melomantis asema
Memantis anomala
Memantis fuliginosa
Memantis gardneri
Memantis minor
Mesopteryx alata (Saussure, 1870)
Mesopteryx platycephala (Stal, 1877)
Mesopteryx robusta (Wood-Mason, 1882)
Metacromantis nigrofemorata
Metacromantis oxyops
Metagalepsus occidentalis
Metagalepsus stramineus
Metatoxodera subparallela
Metriomantis amazonica
Metriomantis boliviana
Metriomantis cupido
Metriomantis occidentalis
Metriomantis paraensis
Metriomantis Photinaina
Metriomantis pilosella
Metriomantis vitrea
Microphotina cristalino Lanna et al., 2023[10]
Microphotina panguanensis
Microphotina viridescens
Microphotina viridula
Microphotina vitripennis
Microthespis dmitriewi
Microthespis evansi
Microthespis sindhensis
Miobantia aptera
Miobantia ciliata
Miobantia fuscata
Miobantia nebulosa
Miobantia phryganea
Miobantia rustica
Miromantis mirandula
Miromantis thalassina
Miromantis yunnanensis
Musonia boliviana
Musonia costalis
Musonia fuscescens
Musonia lineata
Musonia maculata
Musonia seclusa
Musonia sexdentata
Musonia surinama
Musoniella affinis
Musoniella argentina
Musoniella brasiliensis
Musoniella chopardi
Musoniella fragilis
Musoniella iparanga
Musoniella laevithorax
Musoniella longicauda
Musoniella parva
Musoniella precaria
Musoniola conservatrix
Musoniola dohrniana
Musoniola venezuelana
Musoniola vicina
Myrcinus aspera
Myrcinus octispinus
Myrcinus tuberosus
The single species in this genus is an ant mantis .
Myrmecomantis atra
Mythomantis confusa
Mythomantis gracilis
Mythomantis serrata
Nanomantis australis
Nanomantis gilolae
Nanomantis lactea
Nanomantis yunnanensis
Negromantis gracilis
Negromantis gracillima
Negromantis lutescens
Negromantis milloti
Negromantis modesta
Neodanuria bolauana
Neodanuria simonettai
Neomantis australis
Neomantis australis
Neomantis hyalina
Neomantis robusta
Nesogalepsus andasibensis
Nesogalepsus anovensis
Nesogalepsus enigmaticus
Nesogalepsus hova
Nesogalepsus mandenensis
Nesogalepsus moulini
Nesogalepsus schuettei
Nesoxypilus albomaculatus
Nesoxypilus pseudomyrmex
Nilomantis edmundsi
Nilomantis floweri
Nothogalepsus planivertex
Notomantis brunneriana
Notomantis chlorophana
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
Oestomantis anoplonotus
Oestomantis bacillaris
Oligomantis hyalina
Oligomantis mentaweiana
Oligomantis orientalis
Orthoderella deluchii
Orthoderella elongata
Orthoderella major
Orthoderella ornata
Orthoderina fergusoniana
Orthoderina straminea
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
Oxyelaea elegans
Oxyelaea heteromorpha
Oxyelaea stefaniae
Oxyophthalma engaea
Oxyophthalma gracilis
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
Members of this genus have been called grass mantises .
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
Panurgica basilewskyi
Panurgica compressicollis
Panurgica duplex
Panurgica feae
Panurgica fratercula
Panurgica fusca
Panurgica langi
Panurgica liberiana
Panurgica mende
Panurgica rehni
Papubolbe curvidens
Papubolbe eximia
Papubolbe flava
Papubolbe gressitti
Papubolbe longipennis
Papubolbe picea
Papugalepsus alatus
Papugalepsus elongatus
Paragalepsus bassari
Paragalepsus gestri
Paragalepsus nigericus
Paragalepsus oxyops
Paragalepsus toganus
Paragalepsus vrydaghi
Paralygdamia fisheri
Paralygdamia gigliotosi
Paralygdamia grandidieri
Paralygdamia ifatyensis
Paralygdamia madagascariensis
Paralygdamia madecassa
Paralygdamia nosyensis
Paralygdamia punctata
Paralygdamia sikorai
Paralygdamia wintreberti
Paramorphoscelis gondokorensis
Paraoxypilus armatus
Paraoxypilus distinctus
Paraoxypilus flavifemur
Paraoxypilus insularis
Paraoxypilus kimberleyensis
Paraoxypilus laticollis
Paraoxypilus tasmaniensis
Paraoxypilus verreauxii
Paraphotina caatingaensis
Paraphotina insolita
Paraphotina occidentalis
Paraphotina reticulata
Parapsychomantis vietnamensis
Parasphendale affinis (budwing mantis)
Parasphendale africana
Parasphendale agrionina (budwing mantis)
Parasphendale albicosta
Parasphendale costalis
Parasphendale ghindana
Parasphendale gracilicollis
Parasphendale minor
Parasphendale scioana
Parasphendale stali
Parasphendale vincta
Paratoxodera is a genus of stick mantises .
Parentella benguelae
Parentella laticollis
Parentella major
Parentella parva
Parentella producta
Pareuthyphlebs arabica
Pareuthyphlebs occidentalis
Pareuthyphlebs palmonii
Pareuthyphlebs popovi
Pareuthyphlebs scorteccii
Pareuthyphlebs somalica
Pareuthyphlebs uvarovi
Paroxyophthalmus collaris
Paroxyophthalmus collaris
Paroxyophthalmus nigericus
Paroxyophthalmus ornatus
Paroxyophthalmus savatieri
Phasmomantella nuichuana
Phasmomantella pallida
Photina amplipennis
Photina gracilis
Photina ludens
Photina reticulata
Photina vitrea
Photinella biramosa
Photinella brevis
Photinella magna
Photinella media
Photiomantis glauca
Photiomantis nigrolineata
Photiomantis planicephala
Phyllocrania illudens (Saussure & Zehntner, 1895)
Phyllocrania insignis (Westwood, 1843)
Phyllocrania paradoxa (Burmeister, 1838) (ghost mantis)
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
Platycalymma annulicornis
Platycalymma befasica
Platycalymma dichroica
Platycalymma latipennis
Platycalymma mahafalica
Platycalymma viettei
Pliacanthopus bimaculatus
Pliacanthopus flavus
Pliacanthopus malayanus
Pliacanthopus mantispoides
Pliacanthopus visayanus
Plistospilota camerunensis
Plistospilota congica
Plistospilota gasconi
Plistospilota guineensis
Plistospilota insignis
Plistospilota mabirica
Plistospilota maxima
Plistospilota nigerica
Plistospilota validissima
This genus has a species of shield mantis .
Pogonogaster latens
Pogonogaster tristani
Polyspilota aeruginosa , the Madagascan marbled mantis
Polyspilota aeruginosa (Madagascan marbled mantis)
Polyspilota caffra
Polyspilota comorana
Polyspilota griffinii (Griffin mantis)
Polyspilota magna
Polyspilota montana
Polyspilota pavani
Polyspilota robusta
Polyspilota saussurei
Polyspilota seychelliana
Polyspilota voelzkowiana
Popa gracilis
Popa spurca (African twig mantis) - a species of twig mantis popular in captivity.
Presibylla elegans
Presibylla speciosa
†Prochaeradodis enigmaticus
This genus likely represents a cockroach belonging to the family Blaberidae .[11]
Prohierodula brunnea
Prohierodula congica
Prohierodula duchaillui
Prohierodula enghoffi
Prohierodula flavipennis
Prohierodula grassei
Prohierodula laticollis
Prohierodula lineata
Prohierodula mundamensis
Prohierodula nigrispinis
Prohierodula ornatipennis
Prohierodula picta
Prohierodula viridimarginata
Promiopteryx fallax
Promiopteryx granadensis
Promiopteryx punctata
Promiopteryx simplex
Promiopteryx stigmatica
Pseudacanthops huaoranianus
Pseudacanthops caelebs
Pseudacanthops centralis
Pseudacanthops clorindae
Pseudacanthops huaoranianus
Pseudacanthops lobipes
Pseudacanthops spinulosa
Pseudempusa pavonina
Pseudempusa pinnapavonis (peacock mantis)
This genus contains several species of flower mantises .
Pseudogalepsus dispar
Pseudogalepsus inermis
Pseudogalepsus modestior
Pseudogalepsus modestus
Pseudogalepsus nigricoxa
Pseudoharpax virescens mating
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 )
Pseudohestiasula borneana (Beier, 1930)
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)
Pseudomiopteryx amazonensis
Pseudomiopteryx bogotensis
Pseudomiopteryx columbica
Pseudomiopteryx decipiens
Pseudomiopteryx festae
Pseudomiopteryx guyanensis
Pseudomiopteryx infuscata
Pseudomiopteryx maculata
Pseudomiopteryx meridana
Pseudomiopteryx spinifrons
Pseudostagmatoptera infuscata
Some species within this genus are known as unicorn mantises or stick mantises .
Pseudovates arizonae (Arizona unicorn mantis)
Pseudovates bidens
Pseudovates brasiliensis
Pseudovates brevicollis
Pseudovates brevicornis
Pseudovates chlorophaea
Pseudovates cingulata
Pseudovates cornuta
Pseudovates denticulata
Pseudovates gracilicollis
Pseudovates hofmanni
Pseudovates iheringi
Pseudovates longicollis
Pseudovates minor
Pseudovates paraensis
Pseudovates parallela
Pseudovates parvula
Pseudovates spinicollis
Pseudovates stolli
Pseudovates tolteca
Pseudovates townsendi
Pseudovates tripunctata
Pseudoxyops boliviana
Pseudoxyops borellii
Pseudoxyops diluta
Pseudoxyops minuta
Pseudoxyops perpulchra
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
Psychomantis borneensis
Psychomantis malayensis
Raptrix intermedia
Raptrix occidentalis
Raptrix perspicua Raptrix perspicua
Raptrix westwoodi
Rhodomantis disparilis
Rhodomantis helenae
Rhodomantis kimberley
Rhodomantis macula
Rhodomantis microptera
Rhodomantis mitchell
Rhodomantis napier
Rhodomantis queenslandica
Rhodomantis rentzi
Rhombodera is a large genus of shield mantises .[12]
Rhomboderella gabonica
Rhomboderella parmata
Rhomboderella scutata
Rhomboderella thorectes
Rivetina is a genus containing species of ground mantis .
Sceptuchus baehri
Sceptuchus simplex
Severinia granulata
Severinia lemoroi
Severinia mistshenkoi
Severinia nigrofasciata
Severinia obscurus
Severinia popovi
Severinia turcomaniae
Severinia ullrichi
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
Sinomiopteryx brevifrons
Sinomiopteryx grahami
Sinomiopteryx guangxiensis
Sphaeromantis spinicollis
Sphaeromantis spinulosa
Sphodromantis viridis
Sphodromantis is a large genus of mantises concentrated in Africa. Outside their range, many share the name African mantis .
Sphodropoda lepida
Sphodropoda quinquedens
Sphodropoda tristis (burying mantis)
Sphodropoda viridis
Spilomantis nigripes
Spilomantis occipitalis
Stagmomantis carolina
The range of Stagmomantis species includes North America, Central America, and South America.
Statilia nemoralis (Saussure, 1870), male, dorsal view; det. R. Ehrmann, 2002; leg.: Malaysia, Sabah, North Borneo, District Ranau, Poring Hot Spring Lodge, May, 2002, Leg. T. Kothe
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
Stenopyga belinga
Stenopyga casta
Stenopyga extera
Stenopyga ipassa
Stenopyga orientalis
Stenopyga reticulata
Stenopyga tenera
Stenopyga usambarica
Stenopyga ziela
Tagalomantis brevis
Tagalomantis manillensis
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)
Taumantis cephalotes
Taumantis globiceps
Taumantis sigiana (lime mantis)
Tarachina brevipennis
Tarachina congica
Tarachina constricta
Tarachina occidentalis
Tarachina rammei
Tarachina raphidioides
Tarachina schultzei
Tarachina seriepunctata
Tarachina transvaalensis
Tarachina werneri
Tarachina zernyi
Members of this genus may be called bark mantises or ground mantises .
Tarachodula ornata
Tarachodula pantherina
Tarachomantis alaotrana
Tarachomantis analamazoatra
Tarachomantis betanimena
Tarachomantis betsilea
Tarachomantis caldwelli
Tarachomantis confusa
Tarachomantis hova
Tarachomantis macula
Tarachomantis marojeziensis
Tarachomantis rubiginosa
Tarachomantis sakalava
Tarachomantis sogai
Tarachomantis tsaratanana
Telomantis lamperti
Telomantis robusta
Adult female Tenodera sinensis
Species of the genus Tenodera are found in Asia, Africa, Australia and North America.
These species are sometimes known as the Asian bark mantises .
Theopompa borneana
Theopompa burmeisteri
Theopompa ophthalmica
Theopompa servillei
Theopompa tosta
Theopompella aurivillii
Theopompella chopardi
Theopompella congica
Theopompella elegans
Theopompella fusca
Theopompella heterochroa
Theopompella orientalis
Theopompella pallida
Theopompella westwoodi
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
Thespis bicolor
Thespis dissimilis
Thespis exposita
Thespis major
Thespis media
Thespis metae
Thespis parva
Thesprotiella peruana
Thesprotiella graminis
Thesprotiella bicorniculata
Thesprotiella festae
Thesprotiella fronticornis
Thesprotiella peruana
Thesprotiella similis
Thrinaconyx fumosus
Thrinaconyx fumosus
Thrinaconyx kirschianus
Thrinaconyx sialidea
Tisma acutipennis
Tisma chopardi
Tisma freyi
Tisma grandidieri
Tisma pauliani
Tisma peyrierasi
Tismomorpha cherlonneixi
Tismomorpha inexpectata
Tismomorpha reinhardi
Tismomorpha vitripennis
Tithrone laeta
Tithrone latipennis
Tithrone roseipennis Tithrone roseipennis
Toxodanuria orientalis
Toxodanuria parvula
Toxoderopsis spinigera
Toxoderopsis taurus
Toxomantis sinensis
Toxomantis westwoodi
Trachymantis dentifrons
Trachymantis obesa
Tuberculepsus ambrensis
Tuberculepsus analabensis
Tuberculepsus andriai
Tuberculepsus beieri
Tuberculepsus masoalensis
Tuberculepsus nigricoxa
Tuberculepsus orangea
Tuberculepsus tuberculatus
Tylomantis armillata
Tylomantis fuliginosa
Vates amazonica
Vates biplagiata
Vates boliviana
Vates chopardi
Vates festae
Vates foliata
Vates lobata
Vates luxuriosa
Vates pectinata
Vates pectinicornis
Vates peruviana
Vates serraticornis
Vates weyrauchi
Xystropeltis lankesteri
Xystropeltis meridionalis
Xystropeltis quadrilobata
Members of this genus are commonly called ground mantises . Genus Pseudoyersinia is similar.
Zoolea lobipes
Some members of this genus go by the common name unicorn mantis .
Zoolea descampsi
Zoolea lobipes
Zoolea major
Zoolea minor
Zoolea orba
According to most recent taxonomy, all genera of mantis now belong to one of the following families:[13]
Extinct taxa
Extant taxa (suborder Eumantodea)
Infraorder Schizomantodea
Subinfraordinal group Artimantodea
Superfamily group Amerimantodea
Superfamily Acanthopoidea
Superfamily Thespoidea
Superfamily group Cernomantodea
Superfamily Chroicopteroidea
Superfamily Epaphroditoidea
Superfamily Eremiaphiloidea
Superfamily Galinthiadoidea
Superfamily Gonypetoidea
Superfamily Haanioidea
Superfamily Hoplocoryphoidea
Superfamily Hymenopooidea
Superfamily Mantoidea
Superfamily Miomantoidea
Superfamily Nanomantoidea
Superfamily Metallyticoidea
Infraorder Spinomantodea
Superfamily Chaeteessoidea
"Mantid" . encyclopedia article . 2008 Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2008-07-24 .