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Acanthopidae

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Acanthopidae
Metilia brunnerii - Muséum de Toulouse
Scientific classification
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Acanthopidae
Genera

Acanthops
Acontista
Astollia
Callibia
Decimiana
Lagrecacanthops
Metilia
Miracanthops
Paratithrone
Pseudacanthops
Raptrix
Stenophylla
Tithrone

Acanthopidae is a family of mantises consisting of 13 genera in the order Mantodea.[1] The group was first formally split off as a separate family by the German entomologist Reinhard Ehrmann in 2002.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ ITIS Catalogue of Life[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Ehrmann, R. 2002. Mantodea: Gottesanbeterinnen der Welt. Natur und Tier, Münster.