Hierodulinae Explained

The Hierodulinae are a subfamily of praying mantids, originally used by Brunner von Wattenwyl.^[1] It was restored as part of a major revision of mantid taxonomy,^[2] and now contains genera previously placed elsewhere in the family Mantidae.

The new placement means that this taxon is part of the superfamily Mantoidea (of group Cernomantodea) and infraorder Schizomantodea. Species have been recorded from: Africa, Asia and Australia.^[3]

Tribes and genera

This subfamily now contains many genera that were previously placed elsewhere including the Mantinae. The Mantodea Species File lists two tribes here:^[3]

Archimantini

• subtribe Archimantina
  • Archimantis Saussure, 1869
  • Austromantis Sjostedt, 1918
  • Austrovates Sjostedt, 1918
  • Coenomantis Giglio-Tos, 1917
  • Corthylomantis Milledge, 1997
  • Nullabora Tindale, 1923
• subtribe Pseudomantina
  • Pseudomantis Saussure, 1869
• subtribe Trachymantina
  • Sphodropoda Stal, 1871
  • Trachymantis Giglio-Tos, 1917
  • Zopheromantis Tindale, 1924

Hierodulini

• Camelomantis Giglio-Tos, 1917
• Chlorocalis Stiewe, Shcherbakov & Vermeersch, 2019
• Dracomantis – monotypic D. mirofraternus Shcherbakov & Vermeersch, 2020
• Ephierodula Giglio-Tos, 1912
• Gretella – monotypic G. gracilis Werner, 1923
• Hierodula Burmeister, 1838
• Hierodulella Giglio-Tos, 1912
• Mekongomantis – monotypic M. quinquespinosa Schwarz, Ehrmann & Shcherbakov, 2018
• Pnigomantis Giglio-Tos, 1917 – monotypic P. medioconstricta Westwood, 1889
• Rhombodera Burmeister, 1838
• Rhombomantis Ehrmann & Borer, 2015
• Stictomantis Beier, 1942 – monotypic S. cinctipes Werner, 1916
• Tamolanica Werner, 1923
• Tismomorpha Roy, 1973
• Titanodula ^[4]

Notes and References

1. Brunner von Wattenwyl C (1893) Revis. Syst. Orth.
2. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00379271.2018.1556567 Schwarz CJ, Roy R (2019) The systematics of Mantodea revisited: an updated classification incorporating multiple data sources (Insecta: Dictyoptera) Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.) International Journal of Entomology 55 (2): 101-196.
3. http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1240235 Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 11 July 2020)
4. Vermeersch. Xavier H.C.. 2018-06-07. Phasmomantella gen. nov., a spectacular new genus of praying mantis from southern Central Vietnam (Mantodea, Mantidae, Deroplatyinae, Euchomenellini). European Journal of Taxonomy. 442. 10.5852/ejt.2018.442. 2118-9773. free.