Amorphoscelidae

Amorphoscelididae
Amorphoscelis elegans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mantodea
Family:	Amorphoscelididae Stål, 1877
Subfamilies
Amorphoscelinae Paraoxypilinae Perlamantinae

Amorphoscelididae is a family of mantises consisting of 16 genera in the order Mantodea.

Subfamilies and Genera

Amorphoscelinae

Distribution: Africa, Yemen, tropical Asia

• Amorphoscelis
• Bolivaroscelis
• Caudatoscelis
• Gigliotoscelis
• Maculatoscelis

Paraoxypilinae

Distribution: Australia, Oceania

• Cliomantis
• Exparoxypilus
• Gyromantis
• Metoxypilus
• Myrmecomantis
• Nesoxypilus
• Paraoxypilus
• Phthersigena

Perlamantinae

Distribution: Africa, Europe

• Paramorphoscelis - monotypic - P. gondokorensis Werner, 1907
• Perlamantis

See also

• List of mantis genera and species

External links

• Mantodea Species File
• Amorphoscelididae
• Mantis taxonomy