Amelidae

Amelidae
Ameles sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Superfamily: Eremiaphiloidea
Family: Amelidae
Giglio-Tos, 1919

The Amelidae are a family of praying mantids. Its genera were previously placed in the family Mantidae. Species have been recorded from Africa, Asia, Europe and North America.

Genera

The Mantodea Species File lists a single subfamily Amelinae, comprising two tribes:

Amelini

Litaneutriini

Fossil species

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.