Photinaidae
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Photinaidae is a family of mantises in the order Neotropical Mantodea, in the superfamily Acanthopoidea. There are about 11 genera and more than 40 described species in Photinaidae.
==Genera== These 11 genera belong to the family Photinaidae: Cardioptera Burmeister, 1838 Chromatophotina Rivera, 2010 Hicetia Saussure & Zehntner, 1894 Macromantis Saussure, 1871 Metriomantis Saussure & Zehntner, 1894 Microphotina Beier, 1935 Orthoderella Giglio-Tos, 1897 Paraphotina Giglio-Tos, 1915 Photina Burmeister, 1838 Photinella Giglio-Tos, 1915 Photiomantis Toledo Piza, 1968
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