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Mantidae
Sign in to saveMantidae is one of the largest families in the order of praying mantises, based on the type species Mantis religiosa; most genera are tropical or subtropical. Historically, this was the only family in the order, and many references still use the term "mantid" to refer to any mantis. Technically, however, "mantid" refers only to members of the family Mantidae, and not the numerous remaining families of mantises. Some of the most recent classifications have promoted a number of the mantid subfamilies to the rank of family, e.g. Iridopterygidae, Sibyllidae, Tarachodidae, Thespidae, and Toxoderida
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Mantidae is a family of insects within the order Mantodea. It belongs to the class Insecta, phylum Arthropoda, and kingdom Animalia. The taxon was described by Burmeister in 1838 and holds an accepted status in taxonomic records.
The family has 310,745 recorded occurrences in global databases. Additional records from iDigBio include 871 entries and 36 media files. These records are held by institutions such as MHNCA, YPM, DBG, UMNH, and MNA. Specimens have been documented in Mexico, the United States, and Saudi Arabia.
Synthesized by Vinony from 23 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Gbif Occ, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderMantodea
- FamilyMantidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 871
- With media
- 36
- Family
- Mantidae
- Collections
- MHNCA, YPM, DBG, UMNH, MNA, CHAS
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Saudi Arabia
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Subfamilies and genera
- Choeradodinae
- Deromantinae
- [[Hierodulinae]]
- [[Mantinae]]
- Mellierinae
- Omomantinae
- Orthoderinae
- [[Stagmomantinae]]
- [[Tenoderinae]]
- Vatinae
- See also
- References
- External links
Mantidae is one of the largest families in the order of praying mantises, based on the type species Mantis religiosa; most genera are tropical or subtropical. Historically, this was the only family in the order, and many references still use the term "mantid" to refer to any mantis. Technically, however, "mantid" refers only to members of the family Mantidae, and not the numerous remaining families of mantises. Some of the most recent classifications have promoted a number of the mantid subfamilies to the rank of family, e.g. Iridopterygidae, Sibyllidae, Tarachodidae, Thespidae, and Toxoderidae, while other classifications have reduced the number of subfamilies without elevating them to higher rank.
thumb|right|Details of a mantis modified foreleg
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