{{Short description|Subfamily of praying mantises}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Chinese mantis (Tenodera sinensis) side.png | image_caption = ''[[Tenodera]] sinensis'' | taxon = Tenoderinae | authority = Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 | display_parents = 2 | synonyms = }}
The '''''Tenoderinae''''' are a subfamily of [[Mantodea|praying mantids]], originally used by [[Brunner von Wattenwyl]].<ref>Brunner von Wattenwyl C (1893) ''Revis. Syst. Orth.''</ref> It was restored as part of a major revision of mantid taxonomy,<ref>[https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00379271.2018.1556567 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.]</ref> and contains many genera previously placed in the subfamily [[Mantinae]].
The new placement means that this taxon is part of the superfamily '''Mantoidea''' (of group Cernomantodea) and infraorder [[Schizomantodea]]. Species have been recorded from: Africa, Europe and Asia.<ref name = MSF>[http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1240225 Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 16 July 2020)]</ref>
== Tribes and genera == This new subfamily now contains many genera that were previously placed elsewhere including the [[Mantinae]]. The ''Mantodea Species File'' lists two [[Tribe (biology)|tribes]] here:<ref name = MSF/>
=== Paramantini === ;subtribe Paramantina * ''[[Alalomantis]]'' Giglio-Tos, 1917 * ''[[Epitenodera]]'' Giglio-Tos, 1911 * ''[[Paramantis]]'' Ragge & Roy, 1967 * ''[[Rhomboderella]]'' Giglio-Tos, 1912 * ''[[Sphodromantis]]'' Stal, 1871 ;subtribe Tarachomantina * ''[[Mantasoa (mantis)|Mantasoa]]'' Mériguet, 2005 * ''[[Nausicaamantis]]'' Meriguet, 2018 * ''[[Tarachomantis]]'' Brancsik, 1892 * ''[[Tisma (insect)|Tisma]]'' Giglio-Tos, 1917
=== Tenoderini === ;subtribe Polyspilotina * ''[[Cataspilota]]'' Giglio-Tos, 1917 * ''[[Plistospilota]]'' Giglio-Tos, 1911 * ''[[Polyspilota]]'' Burmeister, 1838 * ''[[Prohierodula]]'' Bolivar, 1908 ;subtribe Tenoderina * ''[[Mesopteryx (mantis)|Mesopteryx]]'' Saussure, 1870 * ''[[Notomantis]]'' Tindale, 1923 * ''[[Tenodera]]'' Burmeister, 1838 * ''[[Tenomaculosa]]'' Tarapipattanakun & Unnahachote, 2025<ref>{{Cite web|title=A new monotypic genus of the tribe Tenoderini (Mantodea: Mantidae: Tenoderinae) from the southern Thailand - Far Eastern Entomologist|url=https://www.biosoil.ru/FEE/Publication/2898|website=www.biosoil.ru|access-date=2025-12-01|doi=10.25221/fee.538.1}}</ref> * ''[[Tenospilota]]'' Roy & Ehrmann, 2014<ref>[http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/ShowImage.aspx?TaxonNameID=1184267&ImageID=199846 Image of dead adult female ''Tenospilota nova'' (used to be in the genus ''Plistospilota'', ''Plistospilota nova'').]</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{wikispecies inline|Polyspilotini}} * {{wikispecies inline|Paramantini}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q97418008}}
[[Category:Mantis subfamilies]] [[Category:Mantidae]]