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Ciulfina
Ciulfina is a genus of small, tree-dwelling praying mantises belonging to the family Nanomantidae. They are native to Australia.
Bolbena
Bolbena is a genus of praying mantises native to Africa. It includes the following species:
Bolbena assimilis
Bolbena hottentotta
Bolbena maraisi
Bolbena minor
Bolbena minutissima
Bolbena orientalis
Carrikerella
Carrikerella is a genus of mantis in the family Thespidae.

Fulcinia
Fulcinia is a genus of praying mantises found in Australia. It is the type genus of the subfamily Fulciniinae and tribe Fulciniini.
Hapalomantis
Hapalomantis (from Ancient Greek απαλος (hapalos), meaning "delicate", and "mantis") is a genus of mantises belonging to the family Nanomantidae. It is distributed in Africa.
Ambivia
Ambivia is a genus of praying mantids in the subfamily Acromantinae and the tribe Acromantini; species distribution records include Indo-China.
Chlidonoptera
Chlidonoptera is an African genus of praying mantis in the family Hymenopodidae and tribe Hymenopodini.

Oxyopsis
Oxyopsis is a genus consisting of 11 species of mantises in the subfamily Vatinae.
Phyllothelys
Phyllothelys is a genus of Asian praying mantids in the family Hymenopodidae: subfamily Phyllothelyinae.
Theopropus
Theopropus is an Asian genus of praying mantids in the family Hymenopodidae: subfamily Hymenopodinae and tribe Hymenopodini.
Alalomantis
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Alalomantis is a genus of praying mantis in the family Mantidae.
Humbertiella
Humbertiella is a genus of praying mantids in the subfamily Gonypetinae found in Asia.

Parastagmatoptera
Parastagmatoptera is a genus consisting of ten species of mantises in the subfamily Vatinae.

Bolbula
Bolbula is a genus of praying mantises in the family Nanomantidae.
Deiphobe
genus of insects
Cilnia
Cilnia is a genus of praying mantises in the family Miomantidae that is native to Africa.
Brancsikia
Brancsikia is a genus of praying mantises in the new (2019) family Majangidae and the monotypic subfamily Brancsikiinae; it was previously placed in the Deroplatyinae.
Sphodropoda
Sphodropoda is a genus of mantis within the family Mantidae. Members of this genus can be found in Australia.
Toxodera
Toxodera is the type genus of mantises in the family Toxoderidae, known for their stick mimicry. There are four confirmed species in Borneo restricted to old-growth forests, and are considered to be rare. Species of the South-East Asian Toxoderini inhabit beneath the forest canopy. Not much is known regarding their ecology. Males however, are often attracted to lights. One species, Toxodera maxima, can reach 18 cm in total length.
Paratoxodera
Paratoxodera is a genus of praying mantis in the family Toxoderidae and tribe Toxoderini; species are recorded from Indo-China and Malesia.
Macromantis
Macromantis is a genus of mantises belonging to the family Photinaidae.
Ceratomantis
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Ceratomantis is an Asian genus of praying mantises in the family Hymenopodidae.
Heterochaeta Westwood, 1845
genus of mantis
Galinthias
Galinthias is an African genus of praying mantises (order Mantodea); it is the type genus for the new family Galinthiadidae.
Caudatoscelis
Caudatoscelis is a genus of mantis in the family Amorphoscelididae; species are found in West Africa.
Calamothespis
Calamothespis is a genus of praying mantis in the family Toxoderidae. It contains the following species:
Calamothespis adusta
Calamothespis aspoeckorum
Calamothespis condamini
Calamothespis congica
Calamothespis guineensis
Calamothespis kibweziana
Calamothespis lesnei
Calamothespis lineatipennis
Calamothespis nathani
Calamothespis oxyops
Calamothespis prosti
Calamothespis rourei
Calamothespis subcornuta
Calamothespis tanzaniensis
Calamothespis taylori
Calamothespis vansoni
Calamothespis vuattouxi

Idolomorpha
Idolomorpha is a genus of mantises in the family Empusidae.
Thespis
genus of insects
Leptomantella
Leptomantella is a genus of praying mantids and typical of the new (2019) family Leptomantellidae. Species have been recorded from Asia.
Anasigerpes
Anasigerpes is a genus of praying mantis in the family Acromantinae from Africa.

Phasmomantis
Phasmomantis is a genus of mantis of the family Mantidae.
Phthersigena
Phthersigena is an Australasian genus of praying mantids: in the subfamily Fulciniinae and tribe Paraoxypilini. It is one of several genera containing certain species called "unicorn mantids", due to a process on their heads.
Epaphrodita
Epaphrodita is a genus of praying mantids in the family Epaphroditidae. It is the type genus of its family. It is distributed in Hispaniola and Saint Lucia.
Pseudovates
Pseudovates is a genus of praying mantis in the family Mantidae. There are more than 20 described species in the genus Pseudovates, and are found in North, Central, and South America.
Dactylopteryx
Dactylopteryx is the type genus of praying mantids in the revived family Dactylopterygidae. The oldest documented instance of the species appeared in "Annual issues of the Association for Patriotic Natural History in Württemberg", by Werner Karl Frederick Hall.
Thesprotia
genus of insects
Bantia
genus of insects
Gonatista
Gonatista is a genus of praying mantises in the family Epaphroditidae.
list of mantis genera and species
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Gyromantis
Gyromantis is genus of praying mantises represented by two species of bark mantis:
Gyromantis kraussi (spiny bark mantis)
Gyromantis occidentalis (eastern bark mantis)
Paraoxypilus
Paraoxypilus is a genus of mantis, known as the boxer bark mantises. They are native to Australia and Oceania.
Oligonicella
Oligonicella is a wide-ranging genus of mantises in the family Thespidae. It is represented in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America.
Anaxarcha
Anaxarcha is a genus of Asian praying mantids, as the type genus for the Tribe Anaxarchini in the Family Hymenopodidae. They are widespread across southern China, but range into India, Myanmar, parts of Indo-China such as Vietnam, with a few Malaysian records in Sumatra and Borneo.
Antistia
genus of insects
Lobocneme
Lobocneme is a genus consisting of 3 species of mantises in the tribe Oxyopsidini.
Chrysomantis
Chrysomantis is a genus of praying mantis in the family Hymenopodidae. They are native to Africa and are represented by the following species:
Chrysomantis cachani
Chrysomantis congica
Chrysomantis girardi
Chrysomantis royi
Chrysomantis speciosa
Chrysomantis tessmanni
Blepharodes
Blepharodes is a genus of North African mantis in the family Empusidae.
Sibylla
genus of insects
Bolivaroscelis
Bolivaroscelis is a genus of praying mantis in the family Amorphoscelidae.
Oligonyx
Oligonyx is a genus of mantises in the family Thespidae.
Cliomantis
Cliomantis is a genus of praying mantises in the family Nanomantidae.
Belomantis helenae
Belomantis is a genus of mantis in the family Toxoderidae. It contains the following three species:
Belomantis helenae
Belomantis mirei
Belomantis occidentalis
Bantiella
Bantiella is a genus of mantis in the family Thespidae.
Galepsus
genus of insects
Dysaules
genus of insects
Junodia
Junodia is a genus of praying mantises native to Africa and represented by the following species:
Junodia amoena
Junodia beieri
Junodia congica
Junodia hararensis
Junodia lameyi
Junodia maternaschulzei
Junodia spinosa
Junodia stiewei
Junodia strigipennis
Junodia vansomereni
Junodia vansoni
Tarachodes
The bark mantises and ground mantises (genus Tarachodes) are praying mantises now placed in the family Eremiaphilidae that are native to the Afrotropics. They are generally light brown but more silvery on the wings. The wings are attractively reticulated, and the veins may be mottled dark and pale. The head is wider than the pronotum, which is rounded anteriorly, and doesn't overlap with the rear of the head. The pronotum is depressed, with its sides more or less parallel, and only a weak supra-coxal bulge is present. The anterior tibia are flattened and greatly expanded longitudinally, and th
Diabantia
Diabantia is a genus of praying mantises in the family Thespidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Diabantia minima.