| Epaphroditidae | |
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| Grizzled Mantis (Gonatista grisea) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Epaphroditidae Giglio-Tos, 1915 |
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Acanthopsites, | |
Epaphroditidae is a family of the Mantodea, containing species found in Africa and the Caribbean. Before 2015, it had been placed as the subfamily Epaphroditinae, in the Hymenopodidae, but is now excluded.
Subfamilies and genera
The Mantodea Species File lists two subfamilies containing the genera:
Epaphroditinae
- tribe Callimantini
- Callimantis Stal, 1877 - monotypic (C. antillarum Saussure, 1859)
- tribe Epaphroditini
- Epaphrodita Serville, 1831
Gonatistinae
- Gonatista Saussure, 1869
- Gonatistella Giglio-Tos, 1915 - monotypic (G. nigropicta Westwood, 1889)
Now moved
- Brancsikia Saussure & Zehntner, 1895 is in the new (2019) family Majangidae.
References
- Giglio-Tos (1915) Bull. Soc. ent. Ital. 46: 98.
- Svenson GJ, Hardy, Cahill, Wightman, Wieland (2015) Systematic Entomology DOI:10.1111/syen.(12134): 1-82.
- Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 15 July 2020)
External links
Data related to Epaphroditinae at Wikispecies
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| Epaphroditidae |
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