Hoplocoryphidae Explained

Hoplocoryphidae is a newly erected (2019) family of praying mantids, based on the type genus Hoplocorypha. As part of a major revision of mantid taxonomy,^[1] genera have been moved here from the subfamily Hoplocoryphinae of the previously polyphyletic family Thespidae. The family Hoplocoryphidae is the only member of superfamily Hoplocoryphoidea. Species in this family have been recorded from tropical Africa.^[2]

Genera

The Mantodea Species File lists:^[2]

• Apterocorypha Roy, 1966
• Hoplocorypha Stal, 1871
• Hoplocoryphella Giglio-Tos, 1916

See also

• List of mantis genera and species

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1185628 Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 14 July 2020)