FAMILY Hymenopodidae Giglio-Tos, 1919 [Chopard 1949; syn. of Acanthopidae by Terra 1995 p.23] SUBFAMILY Acromantinae Giglio-Tos, 1919 GENUS Acromantis Saussure, 1870:229 SPECIES Acromantis australis Saussure, 1871:449-450 [Australia-NE, Aru Island, Waigu Island, New Guinea, Roon] SPECIES Acromantis dyaka Hebard, 1920:74-76 [Borneo] SPECIES Acromantis elegans Lombardo, 1993:202-203 [Nepal] SPECIES Acromantis formosana (Shiraki, 1911):316-318 [Taiwan] [=Micromantis formosana Shiraki, 1911] SPECIES Acromantis gestri Giglio-Tos, 1915:7-8 [Malaysia, Sumatra] SPECIES Acromantis grandis Beier, 1930:454-455 [Vietnam, Nepal] SPECIES Acromantis hesione Stål, 1877:38-39 [Philippine Islands, China] SPECIES Acromantis indica (Giglio-Tos, 1915) [Myanmar] [=Acromanlis indica Giglio-Tos, 1915] SPECIES Acromantis insulans Giglio-Tos, 1915:6 [India, Sumatra, Java] SPECIES Acromantis japonica (Westwood, 1889):43 [Japan, Korea-N, Taiwan, China] [=Acromant japonica Westwood, 1889] SPECIES Acromantis lilii Werner, 1922:155 [Java, Philippine Islands] SPECIES Acromantis luzonica Hebard, 1920:71-73 [Philippine Islands; var. brevipennis Werner is a nomen nudum] SPECIES Acromantis montana Giglio-Tos, 1915:7 [India, Java, Borneo] SPECIES Acromantis moultoni Giglio-Tos, 1915:5 [Borneo] SPECIES Acromantis nicobarica Mukherjee, 1995:211 [India] TYPE SPECIES Acromantis oligoneura (de Hann, 1842):90-91 [Bali, India, Java, Sulawesi, Sumatra] [=Mantis oligoneura de Hann, 1842] SPECIES Acromantis palauana Beier, 1972:174-175 [Palau] SPECIES Acromantis philippina Beier, 1966:367 [Philippine Islands] SPECIES Acromantis satsumensis (Matsumura, 1913):25 [Japan] [=Micromantis satsumensis Matsumura, 1913] SPECIES Acromantis siporana Giglio-Tos, 1915:6 [Mentawai Island; Sumatra] GENUS Anasigerpes Giglio-Tos, 1915:14 [=Phylloharpax Werner, 1915] [syn. Roy 1979 p.81] SPECIES Anasigerpes amieti Roy, 1962:199-201 [Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Congo, Sierra Leone] SPECIES Anasigerpes bifasciata Giglio-Tos, 1915:14-15 [Angola, Ivory Coast, Gabun, Ghana, Cameroon, Congo, Nigeria, Ruwenzori] [=Phylloharpax coxalis Werner, 1915] [syn. Roy 1979 p.86] SPECIES Anasigerpes centralis Roy, 1966:142-143 [Congo] SPECIES Anasigerpes grilloti Roy, 1979:92 [Congo] TYPE SPECIES Anasigerpes heydeni (Werner, 1908):54-55 [Ivory Coast, Gabun, Cameroon, Kenya, Congo, Central African Republic] [=Sigerpes heydeni Werner, 1908] SPECIES Anasigerpes nigripes Roy, 1964:770-773 [Ivory Coast, Ghana, Congo] [=Anasigerpes punctata Roy, 1966:144] [syn. Roy 1979 p.93] SPECIES Anasigerpes unifasciata Roy, 1979:88-89 [Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea] GENUS Anaxarcha Stål, 1877:87 [=Anaxandra Kirby, 1904:223] [misspelling] [=Parastatilia Werner, 1922:119] SPECIES Anaxarcha acuta Beier, 1963:9-10 [India] TYPE SPECIES Anaxarcha graminea Stål, 1877:87 [India, Malaysia] SPECIES Anaxarcha hyalina Zhang, 1988:103-105 [China] SPECIES Anaxarcha intermedia Mukherjee, 1995:214-215 [India] SPECIES Anaxarcha limbata Giglio-Tos, 1915:1-2 [India, Sumatra, Borneo] SPECIES Anaxarcha maculata Mao & Yang, 2002:1 [Yunnan; English p. 2] SPECIES Anaxarcha sinensis Beier, 1933:332 [China] SPECIES Anaxarcha tianmushanensis Zheng, 1985:319-321 [China] GENUS Anoplosigerpes Werner, 1928:22-23 TYPE SPECIES Anoplosigerpes tessmanni Werner, 1928:23 [Cameroon] GENUS Catasigerpes Giglio-Tos, 1927:533 [=Sigerpes Wood-Mason, 1879:259] [type is occidentalis] SPECIES Catasigerpes acummatus Kevan, 1954:467-469 [Kenya, Somalia] SPECIES Catasigerpes brunnerianus (Saussure, 1871):170-171 [Kenya, Somalia] [=Oxypilus brunnerianus Saussure, 1871] SPECIES Catasigerpes camerunensis Giglio-Tos, 1915:13 [Ivory Coast, Gabun, Ghana, Cameroon] SPECIES Catasigerpes congicus (Giglio-Tos, 1915):12-13 [Cameroon, Congo] [=Oxypiloidea congicus Giglio-Tos, 1915] SPECIES Catasigerpes erlangen Beier, 1931:9-10 [Kenya] SPECIES Catasigerpes granulatus Roy, 1965:598-601 [Guinea] SPECIES Catasigerpes jeanneli Chopard, 1938:113-114 [Kenya, Tschad] SPECIES Catasigerpes margarethae (Werner, 1912):17-18 [Ethiopia, Cameroon, Kenya, Nigeria, Sudan, Tschad] [=Oxypiloidea margarethae Werner, 1912] SPECIES Catasigerpes mortuifolia (Saussure, 1899):597-598 [Somalia, Tanzania] [=Sibylla mortuifolia Saussure, 1899] SPECIES Catasigerpes nigericus (Giglio-Tos, 1915):13-14 [Nigeria] [=Sigerpes nigericus Giglio-Tos, 1915] TYPE SPECIES Catasigerpes occidentalis (Wood-Mason, 1879):259 [Ivory Coast, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Senegal] [=Sigerpes occidentalis Wood-Mason, 1879] SPECIES Catasigerpes toganus (Giglio-Tos, 1915):13 [Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Togo] [=Sigerpes toganus Giglio-Tos, 1915] SPECIES Catasigerpes zernyi Beier, 1942:124-125 [Tansania] GENUS Chrysomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915:103 [=Uvarovmantis Beier, 1930:456-457] SPECIES Chrysomantis cachani Roy, 1964:776-781 [Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Congo] SPECIES Chrysomantis centralis La Greca & Lombardo, 1987:118-121 [Congo] SPECIES Chrysomantis cervoides La Greca & Lombardo, 1987:121-123 [Congo] SPECIES Chrysomantis congica La Greca & Lombardo, 1987:108-114 [Congo] SPECIES Chrysomantis girardi Gillon & Roy, 1968:1132-1135 [Ivory Coast, Guinea] SPECIES Chrysomantis royi La Greca & Lombardo, 1987:114-118 [Kenya, Uganda] SPECIES Chrysomantis speciosa Giglio-Tos, 1915:103 [Angola, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Congo] SPECIES Chrysomantis tristis (Beier, 1930):457 [Nigeria] [=Uvarovmantis tristis Beier, 1930] GENUS Citharomantis Rehn, 1909:184 TYPE SPECIES Citharomantis falcata Rehn, 1909:185-186 [Sumatra] GENUS Ephestiasula Giglio-Tos, 1915:101 SPECIES Ephestiasula amoena (Bolivar, 1897):314-315 [India] [=Pachymantis amoena Bolivar, 1897] SPECIES Ephestiasula intermedia Werner, 1930:690 [India] TYPE SPECIES Ephestiasula pictipes (Wood-Mason, 1879):258 [India, Nepal] [=Hestias pictipes Wood-Mason, 1879] GENUS Ephippiomantis Werner, 1922:123 TYPE SPECIES Ephippiomantis ophirensis Werner, 1922:123-125 [Sumatra] GENUS Euantissa Giglio-Tos, 1927:540-541 [=Antissa Stål, 1871:400] SPECIES Euantissa ornata Werner, 1935:498 [India] TYPE SPECIES Euantissa pulchra (Fabricius, 1787):229 [China, India, Sri Lanka] [=Mantis pulchra Fabricius, 1787] SPECIES Euantissa sinensis (Giglio-Tos, 1915):99 [China] [=Antissa sinensis Giglio-Tos, 1915] GENUS Heliomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915:2 [=Detrobarpax Werner, 1916:283] [=Paraspilota Bolivar, 1914:206] [not praeocc. ?] TYPE SPECIES Heliomantis elegans (Navás, 1904):132 [India, Nepal] [=Polyspilota elegans Navás, 1904] [=Deiroharpax viridis Werner, 1917:283-284] SPECIES Heliomantis latipennis Werner, 1930:7 [Sarawak] GENUS Hestiasula Saussure, 1871:329-330,453-454 [=Catestiasula Giglio-Tos, 1915:101] [=Hestias Saussure, 1872:83] SPECIES Hestiasula basinigra Zhang, 1992:67-70 [China] TYPE SPECIES Hestiasula brunneriana Saussure, 1871:454-455 [India, Pakistan-W, Sri Lanka] SPECIES Hestiasula castetsi (Bolivar, 1897):313-314 [India] [=Pachymantis castetsi Bolivar, 1897] SPECIES Hestiasula ceylonica Beier, 1956:39-40 [Sri Lanka] SPECIES Hestiasula gyldenstolpei Werner, 1930:8 [Thailand] SPECIES Hestiasula hoffmanni Tinkham, 1937:567-569 [Island of Hainan] SPECIES Hestiasula inermis (Wood-Mason, 1879):258 [India] [=Hestias inermis Wood-Mason, 1879] SPECIES Hestiasula javana Beier, 1929:249-251 [Java] SPECIES Hestiasula kaestneri Beier, 1942:148-149 [India; as kästneri] SPECIES Hestiasula major Beier, 1929:247-249 [China, Vietnam] SPECIES Hestiasula masoni Giglio-Tos, 1915:100 [India] SPECIES Hestiasula moultoni (Giglio-Tos, 1915):101 [Borneo] [=Catestiasula moultoni Giglio-Tos, 1915] SPECIES Hestiasula nigrofemorata Werner, 1930:690 [India] SPECIES Hestiasula nitida (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1892):72-73 [Borneo, India, Myanmar, Sumatra] [=Pachymantis nitida Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1892] SPECIES Hestiasula phyllopus (de Hann, 1842):84-85 [Sumatra, Mentawai Island, Java, Borneo; in subgenus Oxypilus] [=Mantis phyllopus de Hann, 1842] SPECIES Hestiasula rogenhoferi (Saussure, 1872):77-78 [Moluccas; location ?] [=Pachymantis rogenhoferi Saussure, 1872] SPECIES Hestiasula seminigra Zhang, 1992:67-70 [China] SPECIES Hestiasula woodi Giglio-Tos, 1915:100 [India] SPECIES Hestiasula zhejiangensis Zhou & Shen, 1992:62-68 [China] GENUS Metacromantis Beier, 1930:455 TYPE SPECIES Metacromantis oxyops Beier, 1930:455-456 [Sri Lanka] GENUS Odontomantis Saussure, 1871:32 [type is planiceps] [=Antissa Stål, 1871:400] SPECIES Odontomantis brachyptera Zhang, 1989:186-189 [China] SPECIES Odontomantis buehleri Beier, 1952:303-304 [Sumba; as bühleri] SPECIES Odontomantis chayuensis Zhang, 1987:63-67 [China] SPECIES Odontomantis euphrosyne Stål, 1877:38 [Philippine Islands] SPECIES Odontomantis foveafrons Zhang, 1985:330-331 [China] SPECIES Odontomantis hainana Tinkham, 1937:566-567 [China] SPECIES Odontomantis laticollis Beier, 1933:333-334 [China] SPECIES Odontomantis longipennis Zhang, 1989:186-189 [China] SPECIES Odontomantis micans (Saussure, 1871):194-195 [Borneo, Sunda Island; in subgenus Iridopteryx] [=Gonypeta micans Saussure, 1871] SPECIES Odontomantis montana Giglio-Tos, 1915:100 [India, Malaysia, Sumatra] SPECIES Odontomantis monticola Beier, 1933:334-335 [China] SPECIES Odontomantis nigrimarginalis Zhang, 1985:330-331 [China] SPECIES Odontomantis parva Giglio-Tos, 1915:99-100 [Vietnam] SPECIES Odontomantis planiceps (de Hann, 1842):88 [Sumatra, Mentawai Island, Java, Borneo; in subgenus Oxypilus] [=Mantis planiceps de Hann, 1842] SPECIES Odontomantis rhyssa Werner, 1930:7-8 [Borneo] SPECIES Odontomantis xizangensis Zhang, 1989:186-189 [China] GENUS Oligomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915:3 SPECIES Oligomantis hyalina (Werner, 1916):284 [Sumatra] [=Deiroharpax hyalina Werner, 1916] SPECIES Oligomantis mentaweiana (Giglio-Tos, 1915):4 [Mentawai Island] [=Ohgomantis mentaweiana Giglio-Tos, 1915] TYPE SPECIES Oligomantis orientalis (Giglio-Tos, 1915):4 [Malaysia, Sumatra] [=Ohgomantis orientalis Giglio-Tos, 1915] GENUS Otomantis Bolivar, 1890:304-305 [=Acanthomantis Saussure & Zehntner, 1895:212] SPECIES Otomantis aurita (Saussure & Zehntner, 1895):213-215 [Madagascar, Tanzania] [=Acanthomantis aurita Saussure & Zehntner, 1895] SPECIES Otomantis capirica Giglio-Tos, 1915:102 [Angola, Cameroon, Congo] [=Phylloharpax xenocentrus Werner, 1915:85-86] SPECIES Otomantis casaica Giglio-Tos, 1915:102 [Congo] SPECIES Otomantis rendalli (Kirby, 1899):352 [Zambia] [=Acanthomantis rendalli Kirby, 1899] TYPE SPECIES Otomantis scutigera Bolivar, 1890:305 [Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Transvaal] [=Acanthomantis africana Saussure & Zehntner, 1895:215] GENUS Oxypiloidea Schulthess-Schindler, 1898:178-179 [=Onychosigerpes Beier, 1969:38] [as subgenus of Catasigerpes] SPECIES Oxypiloidea subcornuta (Westwood, 1889):43 [Botswana, Transvaal, Zimbabwe, Natal] [=Acromantis subcornuta Westwood, 1889] TYPE SPECIES Oxypiloidea tridens (Saussure, 1872):81-82 [Angola, Congo, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Transvaal, Tschad] [=Sibylla tridens Saussure, 1872] [=Oxypiloidea margarethae Werner, 1912:17-18] [male] GENUS Parahestiasula Lombardo, 1995:11 TYPE SPECIES Parahestiasula obscura Lombardo, 1995:12-14 [Nepal] GENUS Psychomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915:2 TYPE SPECIES Psychomantis borneensis (de Hann, 1842):91 [Borneo] [=Mantis borneensis de Hann, 1842] SPECIES Psychomantis malayensis Beier, 1931:152-153 [Malaysia] GENUS Rhomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915:2 TYPE SPECIES Rhomantis moultoni Giglio-Tos, 1915:3 [Borneo, Sunda Island] SUBFAMILY Epaphroditinae Giglio-Tos, 1919 [syn. of Acanthopinae by Terra 1995 p.28] [=Phyllocranini] GENUS Amphecostephanus Rehn, 1912:120 TYPE SPECIES Amphecostephanus rex Rehn, 1912:120-122 [Angola, Malawi] GENUS Epaphrodita Serville, 1831:52 [type is Mantis musarum Palisot 1805] SPECIES Epaphrodita dentifrons Saussure, 1872:281-282 [Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti] SPECIES Epaphrodita lobivertex Lombardo & Perez-Gelabert, 2004:46 [Dominican Republic] TYPE SPECIES Epaphrodita musarum (Palisot, 1805):111 [Dominican Republic, Haiti] [=Mantis musarum Palisot, 1805] GENUS Parablepharis Saussure, 1870:223 TYPE SPECIES Parablepharis kuhlii (de Hann, 1842):93-94 [India, Myanmar, Vietnam, Borneo, Java; in subgenus Blepharis] [=Mantis kuhlii de Hann, 1842] GENUS Phyllocrania Burmeister, 1838:548-549 [Diagnostic; Kaltenbach 1998 p.36] TYPE SPECIES Phyllocrania paradoxa Burmeister, 1838:549 [Angola, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Cape Province, Kenya, Cameroon, Congo, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Transvaal, Uganda, Zimbabwe] [=Phyllocrania illudens Saussure & Zehntner, 1895:221-222] [=Phyllocrania insignis Westwood, 1843:51] SUBFAMILY Hymenopodinae Giglio-Tos, 1919 [1927?] GENUS Attalia Uvarov, 1936:533 TYPE SPECIES Attalia philbyi Uvarov, 1936:533-534 [Yemen, Saudi Arabia] GENUS Chlidonoptera Karsch, 1892:150 [=Anabomistria Giglio-Tos, 1915:107-108] [=Bomistria Saussure, 1898:202] SPECIES Chlidonoptera chopardi Roy, 1964:764-768 [Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea] SPECIES Chlidonoptera lestoni Roy, 1975:329-332 [Ghana] TYPE SPECIES Chlidonoptera vexillum Karsch, 1892:150 [Cameroon, Congo, Tanzania] SPECIES Chlidonoptera werneri (Giglio-Tos, 1915):108 [Kenya, Tanzania] [=Bomistria werneri Giglio-Tos, 1915] GENUS Chloroharpax Werner, 1908:43-44 TYPE SPECIES Chloroharpax modesta (Gerstaecker, 1883):82-83 [Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Cameroon, Congo, Nigeria] [=Gonypeta modesta Gerstaecker, 1883] GENUS Congoharpax La Greca, 1954:36-37 [=Gongoharpax La Greca, 1954:36] [misspelling] TYPE SPECIES Congoharpax aberrans La Greca, 1954:38-39 [Ivory Coast, Gabun, Ghana, Guinea, Cameroon, Congo, Senegal, Togo] SPECIES Congoharpax boulardi Roy, 1972:860-863 [Central African Republic] SPECIES Congoharpax coiffaiti Roy, 1972:864-867 [Gabun] SPECIES Congoharpax judithae Roy, 1972:863-864 [Nigeria] GENUS Creobroter Serville, 1839:160-161 [as subgenus of Harpax; as genus Saussure 1869 p.59; type is gemmata] [=Creoboter Stål, 1877:86] [misspelling] [=Creobrotra Saussure, 1898:200] [misspelling] SPECIES Creobroter apicalis Saussure, 1869:73 [India, Nepal, Bangladesch, China, Java] SPECIES Creobroter celebensis Werner, 1930:176,177 [Sulawesi] SPECIES Creobroter discifera (Serville, 1839):16l [Java; in subgenus Creobroter] [=Harpax discifera Serville, 1839] SPECIES Creobroter elongata Beier, 1929:251,252 [India] SPECIES Creobroter episcopalis Stål, 1877:86 [Borneo] SPECIES Creobroter fasciatus Werner, 1927:278,279 [Sulawesi] SPECIES Creobroter fuscoareata Saussure, 1870:242 [Thailand] SPECIES Creobroter geminata (Stoll, 1813):71 [China, India, Java, Myanmar, Sundamseln, Vietnam] [=Mantis geminata Stoll, 1813] SPECIES Creobroter granulicollis Saussure, 1870:242 [Borneo, Java, Sumatra] SPECIES Creobroter insolitus Beier, 1942:151,152 [Sulawesi] SPECIES Creobroter jiangxiensis Zheng, 1988:97,101 [China] SPECIES Creobroter labuanae (Hebard, 1920):78,80 [Borneo, Brunei] [=Creobrotcr labuanae Hebard, 1920] SPECIES Creobroter laevicollis (Saussure, 1870):242 [India, Java] [=Creobotm laevicollis Saussure, 1870] SPECIES Creobroter medanus Giglio-Tos, 1915:105 [Sumatra] SPECIES Creobroter meleagris Stål, 1877:39 [Philippine Islands] SPECIES Creobroter nebulosa Zheng, 1988:97-101 [China] SPECIES Creobroter pictipennis Wood-Mason, 1878:585-586 [India, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi] SPECIES Creobroter signifer (Walker, 1859):220-221 [Sri Lanka] [=Harpax signifer Walker, 1859] SPECIES Creobroter sumatranus de Hann, 1842:89-90 [Java, Perak, Sumatra; in subgenus Harpax] [=Mantis sumatrana de Hann, 1842] SPECIES Creobroter urbana (Fabricius, 1775):278 [India, Myanmar, Vietnam, China, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Philippine Islands] [=Mantis urbana Fabricius, 1775] SPECIES Creobroter vitripennis Beier, 1933:335-336 [China] GENUS Galinthias Stål, 1877:86 TYPE SPECIES Galinthias amoena (Saussure, 1871):442-443 [Angola, Cameroon, Kenya, Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Natal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Transvaal, Zimbabwe; in subgenus Pseudoharpax] [=Harpax amoena Saussure, 1871] [=Galinthias hyalina Saussure, 1899:598.] SPECIES Galinthias memensis Sjöstedt, 1909:69-71 [Kenya, Malawi, Somalia, Tanzania] SPECIES Galinthias occidentals Beier, 1930:456 [Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Cameroon, Sierra Leone] GENUS Harpagomantis Kirby, 1899:345 [=Australomantis Rehn, 1901:271] [=Harpax Serville, 1831:49] TYPE SPECIES Harpagomantis tricolor (Linnaeus, 1758):426 [Botswana, Cape Province, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Natal, Oranje Staat, Transvaal, Zimbabwe; in subgenus Mantis] [=Gryllus tricolor Linnaeus, 1758] [=Mantis lobata Fabricius, 1781:350] [=Mantis paradoxa Goeze, 1778:35-36] [=Mantis quadricornis Stoll, 1813:42] [=Harpax spinocula Serville, 1839:159-160] GENUS Helvia Stål, 1877:86 TYPE SPECIES Helvia cardinalis Stål, 1877:86-87 [Malaysia] GENUS Hymenopus Serville, 1831:46 [=Hymenopa Serville, 1839:162-163] [misspelling] TYPE SPECIES Hymenopus coronata (Olivier, 1792):638 [India, Thailand, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Ambon] [=Mantis coronata Olivier, 1792] SPECIES Hymenopus coronatoides Wang, Liu & Yin, 1994:79-81 [China] GENUS Panurgica Karsch, 1896:243-244 [=Mystipola Saussure, 1898:210] [201?] [=Propanurgica Giglio-Tos, 1915:104] SPECIES Panurgica basilewskyi La Greca, 1954:10-13 [Congo] SPECIES Panurgica compressicollis (Saussure, 1898):201-202 [Ghana, Cameroon, Togo] [=Mystipola compressicollis Saussure, 1898] TYPE SPECIES Panurgica duplex Karsch, 1896:244-245 [Cameroon, Togo; female is compressicollis?] SPECIES Panurgica feae Griffini, 1907:414-415 [Angola, Island of Fernando Po] SPECIES Panurgica fratercula Rehn, 1912:468-470 [Ghana, Liberia] SPECIES Panurgica fusca (Giglio-Tos, 1915):104 [Cameroon, Kenya] [=Propanurgica fusca Giglio-Tos, 1915] SPECIES Panurgica langi Rehn, 1949:204-208 [Congo] SPECIES Panurgica liberiana Rehn, 1912:466-468 [Liberia] SPECIES Panurgica mende Rehn, 1949:208-212 [Sierra Leone] SPECIES Panurgica rehni La Greca, 1954:6-10 [Congo] GENUS Parhymenopus Wood-Mason, 1890:437 [Giglio-Tos 1927 p.554-555 emend. ?] [=Parymenopus] [original spelling ??] TYPE SPECIES Parhymenopus davisoni (Wood-Mason, 1890):437-439 [Malaysia, Sunda Island] [=Parymenopus davisoni Wood-Mason, 1890] GENUS Pseudocreobotra Saussure, 1870:242 [=Pseudocreobrotra Saussure, 1898:206] [=Theomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915:16] [Syn. ?] SPECIES Pseudocreobotra amarae Rehn, 1901:286-287 [Somalia] TYPE SPECIES Pseudocreobotra ocellata (Palisot de Beauvois, 1805):110 [Angola, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea, Cameroon, Kenya, Congo, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda] [=Empusa ocellata Palisot de Beauvois, 1805] SPECIES Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii Stål, 1871:385 [Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya, Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Transvaal, Zambia, Zimbabwe] GENUS Pseudoharpax Saussure, 1870:242 [=Pseudarpax Stål, 1877:79] SPECIES Pseudoharpax abyssinicus Beier, 1930:457-458 [Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia] SPECIES Pseudoharpax beieri La Greca, 1951:96-98 [Ethiopia] SPECIES Pseudoharpax crenaticollis La Greca, 1954:32-34 [Kenya, Ruanda, Tanzania, Urundi] SPECIES Pseudoharpax dubius La Greca, 1954:30-32 [Congo] SPECIES Pseudoharpax erythraeus Giglio-Tos, 1915:105-106 [Ethiopia, Kenya] SPECIES Pseudoharpax francoisi Bolivar, 1908:470-471 [Guinea, Cameroon; Angola?] SPECIES Pseudoharpax parallelus La Greca, 1954:34-35 [Kenya] SPECIES Pseudoharpax ugandanus Giglio-Tos, 1915:106 [Angola, Kenya, Senegal, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe] [=Pseudoharpax laticollis Beier, 1930:458-459] TYPE SPECIES Pseudoharpax virescens (Serville, 1839):162 [ in subgenus Creobroter] [=Harpax virescens Serville, 1839] [=Pseudoharpax nigericus Giglio-Tos, 1915:105] SUBSPECIES Pseudoharpax centralis La Greca, 1954:22-23 [Ethiopia, Congo, Ruanda, Uganda] SUBSPECIES Pseudoharpax virescens (Serville, 1839):162 [Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Cameroon, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tschad, Togo, Uganda; in subgenus Creobroter] [=Harpax virescens Serville, 1839] GENUS Theopropus Saussure, 1898 [183-248; 204-405 ?] SPECIES Theopropus borneensis Beier, 1942:153-154 [Borneo] SPECIES Theopropus cattulus (Westwood, 1889):42 [Java, Sumatra] [=Creobroter cattulus Westwood, 1889] TYPE SPECIES Theopropus elegans (Westwood, 1832):190-191 [Myanmar, Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo] [=Blepharis elegans Westwood, 1832] [=Theopropus flavicans Giglio-Tos, 1927:562] [as variety of elegans] [=Theopropus praecontatrix Saussure, 1898:205] [female] [=Theopropus rubrobrunneus Beier, 1931:153] [as variety of elegans] SUBFAMILY Liturgusinae Giglio-Tos, 1919 [as family Terra 1995] GENUS Ciulfina Giglio-Tos, 1915:64 TYPE SPECIES Ciulfina biseriata (Westwood, 1889):32 [Island of Prince of Wales; NW Australia] [=Nanomantis biseriata Westwood, 1889] SPECIES Ciulfina liturgusa Giglio-Tos, 1915:64-65 [Australia; Adelaide] GENUS Dactylopteryx Karsch, 1892:3-5 [=Phloeomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915:78-79] TYPE SPECIES Dactylopteryx flexuosa Karsch, 1892:9-10 [Ivory Coast, Gabun, Ghana, Cameroon, Congo] SPECIES Dactylopteryx intermedia Beier, 1963:5 [Cameroon] SPECIES Dactylopteryx orientalis (Werner, 1906):372-373 [Mozambique, Tanzania] [=Liturgousa orientalis Werner, 1906] GENUS Gonatista Saussure, 1869:54 [type is Gonatista cubensis Saussure 1869] SPECIES Gonatista grisea (Fabricius, 1793):22 [Cuba, Porto Rico, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida] [=Mantis grisea Fabricius, 1793] SPECIES Gonatista jaiba Lombardo & Perez-Gelabert, 2004:38 [Dominican Republic] SPECIES Gonatista major Caudell, 1912:161-162 [Dominican Republic] SPECIES Gonatista phryganoides (Serville, 1839):198 [Dominican Republic] [=Mantis phryganoides Serville, 1839] TYPE SPECIES Gonatista reticulata (Thunberg, 1815):288 [Cuba, Porto Rico, Saint Barthélémy] [=Mantis reticulata Thunberg, 1815] GENUS Gonatistella Giglio-Tos, 1915:80 TYPE SPECIES Gonatistella nigropicta (Westwood, 1889):29 [Australia] [=Theopompa nigropicta Westwood, 1889] GENUS Hagiomantis Saussure & Zehntner, 1894:158 [type is Mantis ornata Stoll 1813] SPECIES Hagiomantis fluminensis Piza, 1965:130 [Brazil] TYPE SPECIES Hagiomantis ornata (Stoll, 1813):57 [Bolivia, French Guiana, Surinam] [=Mantis ornata Stoll, 1813] [=Mantis lutescens Guérin-Méneville & Percheron, 1835] [=Mantis nigro-punctata Goeze, 1778] [syn. ?] SPECIES Hagiomantis pallida Beier, 1942:140-141 [Brazil] SPECIES Hagiomantis parva Piza, 1966:8 [Brazil] SPECIES Hagiomantis superba (Gerstaecker, 1889):53-54 [Brazil, Peru] [=Liturgusa superba Gerstaecker, 1889] SPECIES Hagiomantis surinamensis (Saussure, 1872):53 [Brazil, French Guiana, Peru, Surinam] [=Liturgousa surinamensis Saussure, 1872] GENUS Humbertiella Saussure, 1869:55 [=Theopompula Giglio-Tos, 1917:84-85] SPECIES Humbertiella affinis Giglio-Tos, 1917:83 [India, Sri Lanka] TYPE SPECIES Humbertiella ceylonica Saussure, 1869:62 [India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka] [=Theopompa septentrionum Wood-Mason, 1891:64-66] SPECIES Humbertiella indica Saussure, 1869:62 [India, Nepal, Sri Lanka] [=Humbertiella africana Rehn, 1912:106-108] SPECIES Humbertiella laosana Beier, 1930:434 [Vietnam] SPECIES Humbertiella milligratulata Yang in Huang, Yin, Zeng, Lin & Gu, 2002:64 [Hainan; In Chinese, English p. 65] SPECIES Humbertiella nada Zhang, 1986:231-233 [China] SPECIES Humbertiella nigrospinosa Sjöstedt, 1930:18-19 [India] SPECIES Humbertiella ocularis Saussure, 1872:16-17 [Malaysia, Borneo, Sunda Island, New Guinea, New Zealand] [=Theopompa disparilis Westwood, 1889:29] SPECIES Humbertiella similis Giglio-Tos, 1917:83-84 [India, Nepal, Sri Lanka] SPECIES Humbertiella taprobanarum (Wood-Mason, 1891):62-64 [Sri Lanka] [=Theopompa taprobanarum Wood-Mason, 1891] [=Humbertiella assimulata Wood-Mason, 1891:62-64] SPECIES Humbertiella yunnanensis Wang, 1995:455-457 [China; as yünnanensis] GENUS Liturgusa Saussure, 1869:55 [type is Mantis annulipes Serville 1839] [=Liturgousa Saussure, 1869:55] [misspelling] SPECIES Liturgusa actuosa Rehn, 1951:377,382 [Panama] TYPE SPECIES Liturgusa annulipes (Serville, 1839):199 [Brazil, Costa Rica, Franz Guayana, Venezuela] [=Mantis annulipes Serville, 1839] SPECIES Liturgusa atricoxata Beier, 1931:14,15 [Costa Rica] SPECIES Liturgusa cayennensis (Saussure, 1869):62 [Brazil, French Guiana, Guatemala, Columbia, Mexico, Panama, Venezuela] [=Liturgousa cayennensis Saussure, 1869] SPECIES Liturgusa charpentieri Giglio-Tos, 1927:294 [Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Columbia] SPECIES Liturgusa cursor Rehn, 1951:369-376 [Costa Rica, Panama] SPECIES Liturgusa guyanensis La Greca, 1939:2-5 [Surinam] SPECIES Liturgusa lichenalis Gerstaecker, 1889:52-53 [Peru] SPECIES Liturgusa maya (Saussure & Zehntner, 1894):160 [Brazil, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Surinam] [=Liturgousa maya Saussure & Zehntner, 1894] SPECIES Liturgusa mesopoda (Westwood, 1889):30 [Brazil, French Guiana] [=Liturgousa mesopoda Westwood, 1889] SPECIES Liturgusa nubeculosa Gerstaecker, 1889:54-56 [Brazil, Peru, Venezuela] SPECIES Liturgusa parva Giglio-Tos, 1915:77-78 [Brazil] SPECIES Liturgusa peruviana Giglio-Tos, 1915:77 [Brazil, Peru] SPECIES Liturgusa sinvalnetoi Piza, 1982:94 [Brazil] GENUS Liturgusella Giglio-Tos, 1915:81 TYPE SPECIES Liturgusella malagassa (Saussure & Zehntner, 1895):157-159 [Madagascar] [=Liturgousa malagassa Saussure & Zehntner, 1895] GENUS Majanga Wood-Mason, 1891 [=Pantelica Saussure & Zehntner, 1895:159-161] TYPE SPECIES Majanga basilaris (Westwood, 1889):45 [Madagascar] [=Epaphrodita basilaris Westwood, 1889] SPECIES Majanga spinosa Giglio-Tos, 1915:93 [Madagascar] SPECIES Majanga tricolor (Saussure & Zehntner, 1895):162-163 [Madagascar] [=Pantelica tricolor Saussure & Zehntner, 1895] GENUS Majangella Giglio-Tos, 1915:93-94 SPECIES Majangella carli Giglio-Tos, 1915:95-96 [Malaysia, Sumatra, Java] TYPE SPECIES Majangella moultoni Giglio-Tos, 1915:94-95 [Malaysia, Borneo, Sunda Island] GENUS Mellierella Giglio-Tos, 1915:96 [=Papuspilota Werner, 1928:30] TYPE SPECIES Mellierella biroi Giglio-Tos, 1915:97-98 [New Guinea] [=Papuspilota spinicollis Werner, 1928:30-31] GENUS Pseudogousa Tinkham, 1937:490-491 TYPE SPECIES Pseudogousa sinensis Tinkham, 1937:491-492 [China] GENUS Scolodera Milledge, 1989:107-108 TYPE SPECIES Scolodera pardalotus Milledge, 1989:108-110 [Queensland] GENUS Stenomantis Saussure, 1871:311 TYPE SPECIES Stenomantis novaeguineae (de Hann, 1842):76-77 [Australia, New Guinea, Aru Island, Kei Island, Waigu Island, Solomon Islands; as novae-guineae] [=Mantis novaeguineae de Hann, 1842] GENUS Theopompa Stål, 1877:47 SPECIES Theopompa borneana Giglio-Tos, 1917:85 [Borneo, Malaysia] SPECIES Theopompa burmeisteri (de Hann, 1842):80-81 [Java, Sulawesi] [=Mantis burmeisteri de Hann, 1842] SPECIES Theopompa ophthalmica (Olivier, 1792):637 [India, Vietnam, Taiwan, Sulawesi, Island of Ambon, Sunda Island] [=Mantis ophthalmica Olivier, 1792] [=Theopompa blanchardi Wood-Mason, 1891:62] [=Mantis grisea Lichtenstein, 1802:29] [=Mantis oratoria Stoll, 1813:19-20] TYPE SPECIES Theopompa servillei (de Hann, 1842):81 [India, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Java, Sunda Island] [=Mantis servillei de Hann, 1842] SPECIES Theopompa tosta Stål, 1877:38 [Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Philippine Islands, New Guinea] GENUS Theopompella Giglio-Tos, 1917:86-87 [type is heterochroa; page 43,108 ??; Diagnostic; La Greca & Lombardo 1994 p.47] SPECIES Theopompella aurivillii (Sjöstedt, 1900):3-4 [Angola, Gabun, Island of Fernando Po, Congo, Malawi] [=Theopompa aurivillii Sjöstedt, 1900] SPECIES Theopompella chopardi Roy, 1963:180-182 [Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea] SPECIES Theopompella congica Rehn, 1949:188-192 [Congo; described by La Greca & Lombardo 1994 p.53] SPECIES Theopompella elegans La Greca & Lombardo, 1993:49-51 [Congo, Nigeria] SPECIES Theopompella fusca Giglio-Tos, 1917:88-89 [Ivory Coast, Guinea, Cameroon, Congo, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe] TYPE SPECIES Theopompella heterochroa (Gerstaecker, 1883):80-82 [Gabun, Cameroon, Kenya, Congo, Nigeria] [=Humbertiella heterochroa Gerstaecker, 1883] [=Theopompa nebulosa Bolivar, 1908:458-459] SPECIES Theopompella orientais Giglio-Tos, 1917:89 [Tansania] SPECIES Theopompella pallida Giglio-Tos, 1917:87-88 [Gabun, Cameroon, Congo] SPECIES Theopompella westwoodi (Kirby, 1904):81-82 [Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Cameroon, Tanzania, Togo] [=Theopompa westwoodi Kirby, 1904] GENUS Zouza Strand, 1911:287 [Diagnostic; Kaltenbach 1998 p.30] [=Jalla Giglio-Tos, 1907:13-14] [praeocc. Hahn 1832 Hemiptera] [=Tosa Navás, 1931:42] TYPE SPECIES Zouza radiosa (Giglio-Tos, 1907):14 [Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe] [=Jalla radiosa Giglio-Tos, 1907] SUBFAMILY Oxypilinae Giglio-Tos, 1919 GENUS Ceratomantis Wood-Mason, 1876:175-176 TYPE SPECIES Ceratomantis saussurii Wood-Mason, 1876:175 [Myanmar, Thailand, Borneo] SPECIES Ceratomantis yunnanensis Zhang, 1986:235-236 [China] GENUS Junodia Schulthess-Rechberg, 1899:198-199 TYPE SPECIES Junodia amoena Schulthess-Rechberg, 1899:199 [Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania] SPECIES Junodia beieri Roy, 1972:582-585 [Congo] SPECIES Junodia congicus (Giglio-Tos, 1915):135-136 [Congo] [=Euoxypilus congicus Giglio-Tos, 1915] SPECIES Junodia hararensis Roy, 1972:570-573 [Ethiopia, Somalia] SPECIES Junodia lameyi Beier, 1942:150-151 [Angola, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Cameroon, Congo] [=Junodia olseni Roy, 1965:601-605] [syn. Roy 1979 p.97] SPECIES Junodia maculata Roy, 1972:566-570 [Zambia, Zimbabwe] SPECIES Junodia spinosa Roy, 1972:561-563 [Congo] SPECIES Junodia strigipennis (Westwood, 1889):44 [Ethiopia, Mozambique, Natal, Tanzania, Zimbabwe] [=Oxypilus strigipennis Westwood, 1889] SPECIES Junodia vansomereni Roy, 1972:573-575 [Uganda] GENUS Oxypilus Serville, 1831:50 SUBGENUS Oxypilus Serville, 1831:50 [type is annulatus] [=Anoxypilus Giglio-Tos, 1915:136] TYPE SPECIES Oxypilus annulatus Serville, 1831:50 [Senegal] SPECIES Oxypilus cherlonneixi Roy, 1999:329-331 [Gabun] SPECIES Oxypilus descampsi Roy, 1966:1451-1453 [Ethiopia, Kenya, Niger, Sudan, Tschad] SPECIES Oxypilus distinctus Beier, 1930:447 [Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Mauretanius, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan] SPECIES Oxypilus enei Roy, 1966:1440-1442 [Cameroon, Nigeria, Togo] SPECIES Oxypilus falcatus Roy, 1966:1448-1450 [Cameroon, Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Central African Republic.] SPECIES Oxypilus flavicoxa Roy, 1964:781-783 [Ivory Coast, Liberia] SPECIES Oxypilus gillonae Roy, 1966:1437-1440 [Ivory Coast] SPECIES Oxypilus guentheri Roy, 1966:1435-1437 [Cameroon, Nigeria] SPECIES Oxypilus hamatus Roy, 1966:1442-1445 [Benin, Ghana, Nigeria, Togo] SPECIES Oxypilus lamottei Roy, 1966:1445-1448 [Guinea, Liberia] SPECIES Oxypilus montanus Roy, 1999:327-329 [Burundi, Kenya, Ruanda, Tanzania, Uganda] SPECIES Oxypilus pallidus Roy, 1966:1457-1459 [Ivory Coast] SPECIES Oxypilus polyacantha (Gerstaecker, 1889):49-51 [Congo] [=Sibylla polyacantha Gerstaecker, 1889] SPECIES Oxypilus raggei Roy, 1969:1115-1117 [Somalia] SPECIES Oxypilus tanzanicus Roy, 1969:1110-1112 [Tansania] SPECIES Oxypilus villiersi Roy, 1966:1453-1455 [Benin, Ivory Coast; Benin- Dahomey] SUBGENUS Setoxypilus Roy, 1966:1459 [type is nasuta] SPECIES Setoxypilus basilewskyi (Roy, 1966):1468-1470 [Angola, Congo] [=Oxypilus basilewskyi Roy, 1966] SPECIES Setoxypilus burri (Roy, 1969):1119-1121 [Angola] [=Oxypilus burri Roy, 1969] TYPE SPECIES Setoxypilus nasutus Fabricius, 1787:229 [Ethiopia, Botswana, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Natal, Orang Free State, Somalia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Transvaal, Cape Province, Zambia, Zimbabwe] [=Oxypilus capensis Saussure, 1871:169] [=Oxypilus meruensis Sjöstedt, 1909:67-68] [=Mantis nasuta Fabricius, 1787] SPECIES Setoxypilus nigeriens (Beier, 1930):447-448 [Angola, Ethiopia, Cameroon, Kenya, Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe] [=Oxypilus nigeriens Beier, 1930] [=Oxypilus meruensis Sjöstedt, 1909:67-68] SPECIES Setoxypilus transvalensis (Giglio-Tos, 1915):134-135 [Angola, Basutoland, Botswana, Johannesburg, Losotho, Namibia, Swaziland, Transvaal, Zimbabwe] [=Oxypilus transvalensis Giglio-Tos, 1915] GENUS Pachymantis Saussure, 1871:158 [=Echinomastoharpax Werner, 1917:281] [=Triaenocorypha Wood-Mason, 1890:439-440] [?] TYPE SPECIES Pachymantis bicingulata (de Hann, 1842):86-87 [Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo; in subgenus Oxypilus] [=Mantis bicingulata de Hann, 1842] SPECIES Pachymantis dohertii (Wood-Mason, 1890):440 [Perak] [=Triaenocorypha dohertii Wood-Mason, 1890] GENUS Pseudoxypilus Giglio-Tos, 1915:136-137 TYPE SPECIES Pseudoxypilus hemerobius (Stoll, 1813):40 [Sri Lanka] [=Mantis hemerobius Stoll, 1813] [=Mantis fenestrata Stoll, 1813:40] [=Mantis neuroptera Lichtenstein, 1802:31]