Thespinae
Subfamily of praying mantises
Thespinae is a subfamily of mantises in the family Thespidae . There are 16 genera and at least 40 described species: found in most continents.
Genera
The following genera are recognised in the subfamily Thespinae:
Tribe Oligonychini
Subtribe Oligonychina
Subtribe Pogonogasterina
Tribe Thespini
References
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Rivera, Julio; Svenson, Gavin J. (2016). "The Neotropical "polymorphic earless praying mantises" – Part I: molecular phylogeny and revised higher-level systematics (Insecta: Mantodea, Acanthopoidea)" . Systematic Entomology . 41 (3): 607– 649. Bibcode :2016SysEn..41..607R . doi :10.1111/syen.12178 .
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Patel, Shveta; Singh, Garima; Singh, Rajendra (2016). "A checklist of global distribution of Liturgusidae and Thespidae (Mantodea: Dictyoptera)" . Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies . 4 (6).
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Otte, Daniel; Spearman, Lauren; Stiewe, Martin B. D. (2019). "subfamily Thespinae" . Mantodea species file online, Version 5.0 . Retrieved 2019-07-02 .
↑ "subfamily Thespinae: Mantodea Species File" . mantodea.speciesfile.org . Retrieved 2020-11-13 .
Further reading
Agudelo Rondón, Antonio Arnovis; Lombardo, Francesco; Jantsch, Lauro José (2007). "Checklist of the neotropical mantids (Insecta, Dictyoptera, Mantodea)" (PDF) . Biota Colombiana . 8 (2): 105– 158.
Brannoch, S. K.; Wieland, F.; Rivera, J.; Klass, K-D; et al. (2017). "Manual of praying mantis morphology, nomenclature, and practices (Insecta, Mantodea)" . ZooKeys (696): 1– 100. Bibcode :2017ZooK..696....1B . doi :10.3897/zookeys.696.12542 . PMC 5673847 . PMID 29200926 .
Schwarz, Christian J.; Roy, Roger (2019). "The systematics of Mantodea revisited: an updated classification incorporating multiple data sources (Insecta: Dictyoptera)". Annales de la Société entomologique de France . 55 (2): 101– 196. doi :10.1080/00379271.2018.1556567 . S2CID 109541941 .
Svenson, Gavin J.; Whiting, Michael F. (2004). "Phylogeny of Mantodea based on molecular data: evolution of a charismatic predator". Systematic Entomology . 29 (3): 359– 370. Bibcode :2004SysEn..29..359S . doi :10.1111/j.0307-6970.2004.00240.x . S2CID 83959942 .