The Chroicopteridae are a family of praying mantids, based on the type genus Chroicoptera. The name is derived from first use, for subfamily Chroicopterinae, by Giglio-Tos[1] and it has been revived as part of a major revision of mantid taxonomy.[2] Some genera have also been moved here from the tribe Rivetinini, with others placed elsewhere including the subfamily Miomantinae.

The new placement is as a sole family in the superfamily Chroicopteroidea (of group Cernomantodea) and infraorder Schizomantodea. Genera in this family have been recorded from Africa and islands in the Atlantic and Indian oceans.[3]

Subfamilies, tribes and genera

The Mantodea Species File lists two subfamilies:[3]

Chroicopterinae

tribe Bolbellini
tribe Chroicopterini

Tarachininae

Auth. Giglio-Tos (1915); tropical central Africa

tribe Gonypetellini
tribe Tarachinini

References

  1. ^ Giglio-Tos (1915) Bull, soc. ent. Ita. 46.
  2. ^ Schwarz CJ, Roy R (2019) The systematics of Mantodea revisited: an updated classification incorporating multiple data sources (Insecta: Dictyoptera) Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.) International Journal of Entomology 55 (2): 101-196.
  3. ^ a b Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 16 July 2020)

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