Acanthopidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Supercohort: Polyneoptera
Cohort: Dictyoptera
Ordo: Mantodea

Familia: Acanthopidae
Subfamiliae (3): Acanthopinae - Acontiothespinae - Stenophyllinae

Overview of genera (13)

Acanthops – Acontista – Astollia – Callibia – Decimiana – Lagrecacanthops – Metilia – Miracanthops – Paratithrone – Pseudacanthops – Raptrix – Stenophylla – Tithrone
Name

Acanthopidae Burmeister, 1838
References
Primary references
Links

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Tree of Life Web Project. 2005. Acanthopidae. Version 22 November 2005 (temporary). http://tolweb.org/Acanthopidae/52959/2005.11.22 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

Acanthopidae is a family of mantises consisting of 16 genera in the order Mantodea. The group was first formally split off as a separate family by the German entomologist Reinhard Ehrmann in 2002.[1] In 2016, five genera (Acontista, Callibia, Paratithrone, Raptrix, and Tithrone) were moved from Acanthopidae to the newly created family Acontistidae,[2] but this has not been accepted in most recent classifications.[3]
Genera

The following genera are recognised in the family Acanthopidae:[3]

Acanthops Serville, 1831
Acontista Saussure, 1872
Astollia Kirby, 1904
Callibia Stal, 1877
Decimiana Uvarov, 1940
Lagrecacanthops Roy, 2004
Metacanthops Agudelo, Maldaner & Rafael, 2019
Metilia Stal, 1877
Miracanthops Roy, 2004
Ovalimantis Roy, 2015
Paratithrone Lombardo, 1996
Plesiacanthops Chopard, 1913
Pseudacanthops Saussure, 1870
Raptrix Terra, 1995
Stenophylla Westwood, 1845
Tithrone Stal, 1877