Tropidomantinae Explained
Tropidomantinae is a subfamily of mantises in the new (2019) family Nanomantidae. Within the single tribe Tropidomantini there are six genera, distributed in Asia and the Pacific.
Tribes and Genera
The Mantodea Species File lists two tribes:
- tribe Epsomantini (monotypic)
- tribe Tropidomantini
- Eomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Oligocanthopus Beier, 1935 - monotypic O. ornata
- Pliacanthopus Giglio-Tos, 1927
- Sinomantis Beier, 1933 - monotypic S. denticulata
- Tropidomantis Stal, 1877
NB: Several genera, previously placed here, have now been moved to the Fulciniinae, Hapalomantinae and Nanomantinae. Xanthomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915 is a synonym of Pliacanthopus (above).
Further reading
- 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. 10.3897/zookeys.696.12542. 5673847. 29200926. 2017ZooK..696....1B. free.
- 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. 10.1111/j.0307-6970.2004.00240.x. 2004SysEn..29..359S. 83959942.
