Tenoderinae Explained

The Tenoderinae 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 contains many genera previously placed in the subfamily Mantinae.

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, Europe and Asia.^[3]

Tribes and genera

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

Paramantini

subtribe Paramantina

• Alalomantis Giglio-Tos, 1917
• Epitenodera Giglio-Tos, 1911
• Paramantis Ragge & Roy, 1967
• Rhomboderella Giglio-Tos, 1912
• Sphodromantis Stal, 1871

subtribe Tarachomantina

• Mantasoa Mériguet, 2005
• Nausicaamantis Meriguet, 2018
• Tarachomantis Brancsik, 1892
• Tisma Giglio-Tos, 1917

Tenoderini

subtribe Polyspilotina

• Cataspilota Giglio-Tos, 1917
• Plistospilota Giglio-Tos, 1911
• Polyspilota Burmeister, 1838
• Prohierodula Bolivar, 1908

subtribe Tenoderina

• Mesopteryx Saussure, 1870
• Notomantis Tindale, 1923
• Tenodera Burmeister, 1838
• Tenospilota Roy & Ehrmann, 2014^[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=1240225 Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 16 July 2020)
4. http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/ShowImage.aspx?TaxonNameID=1184267&ImageID=199846 Image of dead adult female Tenospilota nova (used to be in the genus Plistospilota, Plistospilota nova).