Amelidae

The mantis family Amelidae^[1] was previously placed in the family Mantidae. Species have been recorded from Africa, Asia, Europe and North America.

Amelidae
Ameles sp.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mantodea
Family:	Amelidae Giglio-Tos, 1919

Genera

The Mantodea Species File^[2] lists a single subfamily Amelinae, comprising two tribes:

Amelini

• Ameles Burmeister, 1838
• Apteromantis Werner, 1931
• Pseudoyersinia Kirby, 1904

Litaneutriini

• Litaneutria Saussure, 1892
• Yersinia Saussure, 1869 - monotypic Yersinia mexicana Saussure, 1859
• Yersiniops Hebard, 1931

Fossil species

• Litaneutria pilosuspedes Terriquez et al. 2022^[3]

References

1. Giglio-Tos (1919) Bull. Soc. ent. Ital. 49: 55.
2. Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0 retrieved 10 July 2020)
3. Terríquez-Beltrán, J.; Riquelme, F.; Varela-Hernández, F. (2022-10-31). "A new species of mantis (Insecta: Mantodea: Amelidae) from the Miocene Amber-Lagerstätte in Mexico". Historical Biology. 35 (11): 2127–2134. doi:10.1080/08912963.2022.2134782. ISSN 0891-2963. S2CID 253280592.

External links

• Media related to Amelinae at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Amelinae at Wikispecies