Biology:Amorphoscelididae

Amorphoscelididae
Amorphoscelis elegans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mantodea
Family:	Amorphoscelididae Stål, 1877
Subfamilies
Amorphoscelinae Paraoxypilinae Perlamantinae

Amorphoscelididae is a family of mantises consisting of 16 genera in the order Mantodea.

Subfamilies and Genera

Amorphoscelinae

Distribution: Africa, Yemen, tropical Asia

• Amorphoscelis
• Bolivaroscelis
• Caudatoscelis
• Gigliotoscelis
• Maculatoscelis

Perlamantinae

Distribution: Africa, Europe

• Paramorphoscelis - monotypic - P. gondokorensis Werner, 1907
• Perlamantis

NB Paraoxypilinae is now in subfamily Fulciniinae; tribe Paraoxypilini

See also

• List of mantis genera and species

External links

• Mantodea Species File
• Amorphoscelididae
• Mantis taxonomy

Wikidata ☰ Q1953555 entry