Photinaidae
Family of praying mantises From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Photinaidae is a family of mantises in the order Neotropical Mantodea, in the superfamily Acanthopoidea. There are about 11 genera and more than 40 described species in Photinaidae.[1][2]
| Photinaidae | |
|---|---|
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| Cardioptera brachyptera | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Photinaidae |
Genera
These 11 genera belong to the family Photinaidae:
- Cardioptera Burmeister, 1838
- Chromatophotina Rivera, 2010
- Hicetia Saussure & Zehntner, 1894
- Macromantis Saussure, 1871
- Metriomantis Saussure & Zehntner, 1894
- Microphotina Beier, 1935
- Orthoderella Giglio-Tos, 1897
- Paraphotina Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Photina Burmeister, 1838
- Photinella Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Photiomantis Toledo Piza, 1968
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