Acontistini Explained

Acontistini is a tribe of neotropical mantises in the superfamily Acanthopoidea, and family Acanthopidae. There are 7 genera and more than 30 described species in Acontistini. In 2016, several genera were moved from Acanthopidae to a newly created family Acontistidae, but this has not been accepted in most recent classifications.^{[1] [2]}

Genera

• Acontista Saussure, 1872
• Astollia Kirby, 1904
• Callibia Stal, 1877
• Ovalimantis Roy, 2015
• Paratithrone Lombardo, 1996
• Raptrix Terra, 1995
• Tithrone Stal, 1877

Further reading

• Checklist of the neotropical mantids (Insecta, Dictyoptera, Mantodea). 2007. Agudelo Rondón . Antonio Arnovis. Lombardo . Francesco. Jantsch . Lauro José. Biota Colombiana. 8. 2. 105–158.
• Manual of praying mantis morphology, nomenclature, and practices (Insecta, Mantodea). 2017. Brannoch . S. K.. Wieland . F.. Rivera . J.. Klass . K-D. Béthoux . O.. Svenson . G. J.. 4. ZooKeys. 696. 1–100. 1313-2989. 10.3897/zookeys.696.12542. 5673847. 29200926. free.
• Phylogeny of Mantodea based on molecular data: evolution of a charismatic predator. 2004. Svenson . Gavin J.. Whiting . Michael F.. Systematic Entomology. 29. 3. 359–370. 0307-6970. 10.1111/j.0307-6970.2004.00240.x. 83959942.

Notes and References

1. Web site: family Acanthopidae: Mantodea Species File. 2020-11-10. mantodea.speciesfile.org.
2. http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1240101 Mantodea Species File