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Mantids
Mantidae
Mantidae is the largest family of the order Mantodea, commonly known as praying mantises; most are tropical or subtropical. Historically, this was the only family in the order, and many references still use the term "mantid" to refer to any mantis. Technically, however, "mantid" refers only to members of the Mantidae family, and not the 14 remaining families of mantises. Some of the most recent classifications have promoted a number of the mantid subfamilies to the...
10 branches of this family, most-observed first
Stagmomantinae
subfamilyStagmomantinae
Mantinae
subfamilyMantinae
Tenoderinae
subfamilyTenoderinae
Hierodulinae
subfamilyHierodulinae
Unicorn Mantises
subfamilyVatinae
Orthoderinae
subfamilyOrthoderinae
Shield Mantises
subfamilyChoeradodinae
Mellierinae
subfamilyMellierinae
Omomantinae
subfamilyOmomantinae
Deromantinae
subfamilyDeromantinae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Mantidae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48111.