Thespinae
| Thespinae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Superorder: | Dictyoptera |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Thespidae |
| Subfamily: | Thespinae |
Thespinae is a subfamily of mantises in the family Thespidae. There are 16 genera and at least 40 described species: found in most continents.[1][2][3]
Genera[edit]
The following genera are recognised in the subfamily Thespinae:[4]
- Tribe Oligonychini
- Subtribe Oligonychina
- Bistanta Anderson, 2018
- Galapagia Scudder, 1893
- Liguanea Rehn & Hebard, 1938
- Oligonicella Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Oligonyx Saussure, 1869
- Piscomantis Rivera & Vergara-Cobián
- Thesprotia Stal, 1877
- Subtribe Pogonogasterina
- Carrikerella Hebard, 1921
- Pogonogaster Rehn, 1918
- Thesprotiella Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Tribe Thespini
- Macromusonia Hebard, 1922
- Musonia Stal, 1877
- Musoniola Giglio-Tos, 1917
- Paramusonia Rehn, 1904
- Pseudomusonia Werner, 1909
- Thespis Serville, 1831
References[edit]
- ^ 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. doi:10.1111/syen.12178.
- ^ 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).
- ^ 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[edit]
- 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. 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. doi:10.1111/j.0307-6970.2004.00240.x. S2CID 83959942.
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