Acanthopidae

Acanthopidae (from Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha), meaning "spine", and ὅψ (óps), meaning "eye") is a family of South American 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. In 2016, five genera (Acontista, Callibia, Paratithrone, Raptrix, and Tithrone) were moved from Acanthopidae to the newly created family Acontistidae, but this has not been accepted in most recent classifications.

==Genera== The following genera are recognised in the family Acanthopidae: 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