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Thespidae
Sign in to saveThespidae is a family of insects in the order Mantodea. Following a major revision of this order in 2019, the old-world subfamilies Haaniinae and Hoplocoryphinae, previously placed here, have been upgraded to family level. Thespidae are mostly Neotropical and few species have reached the Nearctic realm.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderMantodea
- FamilyThespidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 125
- Family
- Thespidae
- Collections
- NAUF, UMNH
- Recorded in
- United States, Panama, Brazil, Costa Rica
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Subfamilies and genera
- See also
- References
- External links
Thespidae is a family of insects in the order Mantodea. Following a major revision of this order in 2019, the old-world subfamilies Haaniinae and Hoplocoryphinae, previously placed here, have been upgraded to family level. Thespidae are mostly Neotropical and few species have reached the Nearctic realm.
==Subfamilies and genera== The following taxa are recognised in the family Thespidae:
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