Hymenopodidae

Family of praying mantises

Hymenopodidae

Adult female Hymenopus coronatus
Adult female Hestiasula brunneriana
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Cohort:  | Polyneoptera
Superorder:  | Dictyoptera
Order:  | Mantodea
Family:  | Hymenopodidae
Giglio-Tos, 1927
Subfamilies

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Hymenopodidae is a family of the order Mantodea (mantises), which contains six subfamilies. Some of the species in this family mimic flowers and are found camouflaged among them; these are called flower mantises. Their coloration is aggressive mimicry, luring prey to approach close enough to be seized and eaten.

## Subfamilies, tribes and genera

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The Mantodea Species File[1] lists:

### Acromantinae

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Auth: Giglio-Tos, 1919

* tribe Acromantini
* Acromantis Saussure, 1870
* Ambivia Stal, 1877
* Citharomantis Rehn, 1909
* Majangella Giglio-Tos, 1915
* 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
* Otomantis Bolivar, 1890
* Oxypiloidea Schulthess, 1898

### Hymenopodinae

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Auth: Giglio-Tos, 1919

* tribe Anaxarchini
* Anaxarcha Stal, 1877
* Euantissa Giglio-Tos, 1927
* Heliomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
* Nemotha Wood-Mason, 1884
* Odontomantis Saussure, 1871
* Werneriana Shcherbakov, Ehrmann & Borer, 2016
* tribe Hymenopodini
* Chlidonoptera Karsch, 1892
* Chloroharpax Werner, 1908
* Creobroter (Westwood, 1889)
* Helvia Stal, 1877
* Hymenopus (Serville, 1831)
* Panurgica Karsch, 1896
* Pseudocreobotra Saussure, 1870
* Theopropus Saussure, 1898

### Oxypilinae

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Auth: Giglio-Tos, 1919

* tribe Hestiasulini
* Astyliasula Schwarz & Shcherbakov, 2017
* Catestiasula Giglio-Tos, 1915
* Ephestiasula Giglio-Tos, 1915
* Hestiasula Saussure, 1871
* Pseudohestiasula' Schwarz & Shcherbakov, 2017
* tribe Oxypilini
* Ceratomantis Wood-Mason, 1876
* Junodia Schulthess-Rechberg, 1899
* Oxypilus Serville, 1831
* Pachymantis Saussure, 1871
* Pseudoxypilus Giglio-Tos, 1915

### Phyllocraniinae

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Africa:

* Phyllocrania Burmeister, 1838

### Phyllothelyinae

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Ceratocrania macra

South-East Asia:

* tribe Parablepharini
* Parablepharis Saussure, 1870
* tribe Phyllothelyini
* Ceratocrania Westwood, 1889
* Phyllothelys Wood-Mason, 1877

### Sibyllinae

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Africa:

* Leptosibylla Roy, 1996
* Presibylla Bolivar, 1908
* Sibylla Stal, 1856

NB: The Epaphroditinae Giglio-Tos, 1915 (from the Caribbean) are now placed in a separate family Epaphroditidae.

## Gallery

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* Sudanese Hymenopodid Mantis, Pseudocreobotra species

* Adult female Chlidonoptera vexillum

* Adult female Pseudoharpax virescens

* Adult female Creobroter species from West Java

* Adult female Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii

* Adult male Creobroter gemmatus

* Dead adult female C. gemmatus

* Adult female Acromantis japonica

* Adult female Ephestiasula species

* Four dead adult female Hymenopus coronatus

* Dead adult male Hymenopus coronatus

* Subadult female Hymenopus coronatus head

* Subadult female H. coronatus

* Subadult female H. coronatus eating

* Adult female pakyulisis titinggalit

* Subadult female Phyllocrania paradoxa

* Two adult female P. paradoxa

* Subadult female P. paradoxa

* Male Phyllocrania paradoxa, probably subadult

* Adult female Hestiasula brunneriana

* Pseudocreobotra ocellata nymph

## See also

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* List of mantis genera and species

## References

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1. ^ Daniel Otte, Lauren Spearman, Martin B.D. Stiewe, David C. Eades Mantodea Species File \- Version 5.0 (retrieved 8 October 2018)

## External links

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* Media related to Hymenopodidae at Wikimedia Commons
* Tree of Life - Hymenopodidae

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Extant Mantodea families

* Kingdom: Animalia
* Phylum: Arthropoda
* Class: Insecta
* Subclass: Pterygota
* Infraclass: Neoptera
* Superorder: Dictyoptera

* Acanthopidae
* Amorphoscelididae
* Chaeteessidae
* Chroicopteridae
* Dactylopterygidae
* Deroplatyidae
* Empusidae
* Eremiaphilidae
* Gonypetidae
* Haaniidae
* Hoplocoryphidae
* Hymenopodidae (flower mantises)
* Iridopterygidae
* Leptomantellidae
* Liturgusidae
* Majangidae
* Mantidae
* Mantoididae
* Metallyticidae
* Nanomantidae
* Rivetinidae
* Sibyllidae
* Tarachodidae
* Thespidae
* Toxoderidae

List of mantis genera and species

Taxon identifiers

Hymenopodidae|

* Wikidata: Q592684
* Wikispecies: Hymenopodidae
* AFD: Hymenopodidae
* BioLib: 97258
* BOLD: 303770
* CoL: 8NKL7
* EoL: 417
* GBIF: 5919
* iNaturalist: 132734
* IRMNG: 110920
* ITIS: 666590
* Mantodea Species File: 1182473
* NCBI: 119670
* Open Tree of Life: 414606
* Paleobiology Database: 180113

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