| Tenoderinae | |
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| Tenodera sinensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Superfamily: | Mantoidea |
| Family: | Mantidae |
| Subfamily: | Tenoderinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 |
The Tenoderinae are a subfamily of praying mantids, originally used by Brunner von Wattenwyl.[1] It was restored as part of a major revision of mantid taxonomy,[2] 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.[3]
Tribes and genera
This new subfamily now contains many genera that were previously placed elsewhere including the Mantinae. The Mantodea Species File lists two tribes here:[3]
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 Mériguet, 2005
- Nausicaamantis Meriguet, 2018
- Tarachomantis Brancsik, 1892
- Tisma Giglio-Tos, 1917
Tenoderini
- subtribe Polyspilotina
- Cataspilota Giglio-Tos, 1917
- Plistospilota Giglio-Tos, 1911
- Polyspilota Burmeister, 1838
- Prohierodula Bolivar, 1908
- subtribe Tenoderina
- Mesopteryx Saussure, 1870
- Notomantis Tindale, 1923
- Tenodera Burmeister, 1838
- Tenomaculosa Tarapipattanakun & Unnahachote, 2025[4]
- Tenospilota Roy & Ehrmann, 2014[5]
References
- ^ Brunner von Wattenwyl C (1893) Revis. Syst. Orth.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 16 July 2020)
- ^ "A new monotypic genus of the tribe Tenoderini (Mantodea: Mantidae: Tenoderinae) from the southern Thailand - Far Eastern Entomologist". www.biosoil.ru. doi:10.25221/fee.538.1. Retrieved 2025-12-01.
- ^ Image of dead adult female Tenospilota nova (used to be in the genus Plistospilota, Plistospilota nova).
External links
Data related to Polyspilotini at Wikispecies- Data related to Paramantini at Wikispecies
