Epaphroditinae

Epaphroditinae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Epaphroditidae
Subfamily: Epaphroditinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893

Epaphroditinae is a subfamily of praying mantids in the Epaphroditidae: previously placed in the family Hymenopodidae and now containing two monotypic tribes. The type genus remains Epaphrodita (Serville, 1831).

Tribes and Genera

tribe Callimantini
tribe Epaphroditini
now placed elsewhere

References

  1. ↑ Brunner von Wattenwyl (1893) Revis. Syst. Orth.
  2. ↑ Mantodea.speciesfile.org: Subfamily Epaphroditinae