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Chroicopteridae

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Chroicopteridae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Superorder: Dictyoptera
Order: Mantodea
Family: Chroicopteridae
Schwarz & Roy, 2019

The Chroicopteridae are a new (2019) family of praying mantids, based on the type genus Chroicoptera. The name is derived from first use, for subfamily Chroicopterinae, by Giglio-Tos[1] and it has been revived as part of a major revision of mantid taxonomy.[2] Some genera have also been moved here from the tribe Rivetinini, with others placed elsewhere including the subfamily Miomantinae.

The new placement is as a sole family in the superfamily Chroicopteroidea (of group Cernomantodea) and infraorder Schizomantodea. Genera in this family have been recorded from Africa and islands in the Atlantic and Indian oceans.[3]

Subfamilies, tribes and genera

The Mantodea Species File lists two subfamilies:[3]

Chroicopterinae

tribe Bolbellini
tribe Chroicopterini

Tarachininae

Auth. Giglio-Tos (1915); tropical central Africa

tribe Gonypetellini
tribe Tarachinini

References