| Thespidae | |
|---|---|
| Bantia fusca | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Superfamily: | Thespoidea Saussure, 1869 |
| Family: | Thespidae Saussure, 1869 |
| Subfamilies | |
Thespidae is a family of insects in the order Mantodea. Following a major revision of this order in 2019, the old-world subfamilies Haaniinae and Hoplocoryphinae, previously placed here, have been upgraded to family level. Thespidae are mostly Neotropical and few species have reached the Nearctic realm.
The following taxa are recognised in the family Thespidae:
Miobantiinae
Musoniellinae
Pseudomiopteriginae
Pseudopogonogastrinae
Thespinae