Miomantidae Explained

Miomantidae is a family of praying mantises in the order Mantodea.^[1]

The species are mostly found in western and central Africa and similar in characteristics and behaviour to other mantids.

Taxonomy

The Mantodea Species File lists two subfamilies and seven genera:^[2]

Subfamily Miomantinae

• Cilnia Stal, 1876
• Miomantis Saussure, 1870
• Neocilnia Beier, 1930
• Paracilnia Werner, 1909
• Parasphendale Schulthess-Schildler, 1898
• Taumantis Giglio-Tos, 1917

Subfamily Solygiinae

• Solygia Stal, 1877

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=1184358 Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0 retrieved 15 July 2020)