Acromantinae

Short description: Subfamily of praying mantises

Acromantinae

Adult female Acromantis japonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Mantodea
Family:  | Hymenopodidae
Subfamily:  | Acromantinae
Giglio-Tos, 1919
Tribes

* Acromantini
* Otomantini

Acromantinae is a subfamily of the mantis family Hymenopodidae which contains two tribes and about 13 genera.

## Tribes and genera

The Mantodea Species File lists:[1]

Tribe Acromantini

* Acromantis Saussure, 1870
* Ambivia Stal, 1877
* Citharomantis Rehn, 1909
* Majangella Giglio-Tos, 1915, synonym: Ephippiomantis Werner, 1922
* Metacromantis Beier, 1930
* Oligomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
* Parapsychomantis Shcherbakov, 2017
* Psychomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
* Rhomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915

Tribe Otomantini

* Anasigerpes Giglio-Tos, 1915
* Chrysomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915, synonym: Anoplosigerpes Werner, 1928
* Otomantis Bolivar, 1890
* Oxypiloidea Schulthess, 1898

Now placed elsewhere:

* Anaxarcha Stal, 1877 (in Hymenopodinae)
* Ephestiasula Giglio-Tos, 1915 (in Oxypilinae, synonym: Parahestiasula Lombardo, 1995)
* Heliomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915 (in Hymenopodinae)
* Hestiasula Saussure, 1871 (in Oxypilinae)
* Odontomantis Saussure, 1871 (in Hymenopodinae)

## See also

* List of mantis genera and species

## References

1. ↑ Mantodea Species File (retrieved 16 August 2018)

Wikidata ☰ Q4676150 entry

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