Iridopterygidae
Iridopterygidae was a family of praying mantids the members in order Mantodea whose members, having formerly been moved here as a subfamily within Mantidae, have now been transferred elsewhere as part of the recent (2019) major revision of mantid taxonomy.
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- Former subfamilies
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Iridopterygidae was a family of praying mantids the members in order Mantodea whose members, having formerly been moved here as a subfamily within Mantidae, have now been transferred elsewhere as part of the recent (2019) major revision of mantid taxonomy.
== Former subfamilies== Hapalomantinae: moved to new family Nanomantidae Iridopteryginae: now consists of two tribes in the Gonypetidae Nanomantinae: now in new family Nanomantidae contained: Tribe Fulcinini Tribe Nanomantini Nilomantinae: now a tribe of Hapalomantinae Tropidomantinae: previously containing a single tribe, the Tropidomantini genera previously placed incertae sedis here are now the Tropidomantinae.