Photinaidae Explained

Photinaidae is a family of mantises in the order Neotropical Mantodea, in the superfamily Acanthopoidea. There are about 11 genera and more than 40 described species in Photinaidae.

Genera

These 11 genera belong to the family Photinaidae:

• Cardioptera Burmeister, 1838
• Chromatophotina Rivera, 2010
• Hicetia Saussure & Zehntner, 1894
• Macromantis Saussure, 1871
• Metriomantis Saussure & Zehntner, 1894
• Microphotina Beier, 1935
• Orthoderella Giglio-Tos, 1897
• Paraphotina Giglio-Tos, 1915
• Photina Burmeister, 1838
• Photinella Giglio-Tos, 1915
• Photiomantis Toledo Piza, 1968

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. 2017ZooK..696....1B.
• 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. 2004SysEn..29..359S. 83959942.