# Tenoderinae

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Subfamily of praying mantises

Tenoderinae Tenodera sinensis Scientific classification 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](/source/Mantodea), originally used by [Brunner von Wattenwyl](/source/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](/source/Mantinae).

The new placement means that this taxon is part of the superfamily **Mantoidea** (of group Cernomantodea) and infraorder [Schizomantodea](/source/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](/source/Mantinae). The *Mantodea Species File* lists two [tribes](/source/Tribe_(biology)) here:[3]

### Paramantini

**subtribe Paramantina**

- *[Alalomantis](/source/Alalomantis)* Giglio-Tos, 1917

- *[Epitenodera](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Epitenodera&action=edit&redlink=1)* Giglio-Tos, 1911

- *[Paramantis](/source/Paramantis)* Ragge & Roy, 1967

- *[Rhomboderella](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rhomboderella&action=edit&redlink=1)* Giglio-Tos, 1912

- *[Sphodromantis](/source/Sphodromantis)* Stal, 1871

**subtribe Tarachomantina**

- *[Mantasoa](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mantasoa_(mantis)&action=edit&redlink=1)* Mériguet, 2005

- *[Nausicaamantis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nausicaamantis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Meriguet, 2018

- *[Tarachomantis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tarachomantis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Brancsik, 1892

- *[Tisma](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tisma_(insect)&action=edit&redlink=1)* Giglio-Tos, 1917

### Tenoderini

**subtribe Polyspilotina**

- *[Cataspilota](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cataspilota&action=edit&redlink=1)* Giglio-Tos, 1917

- *[Plistospilota](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plistospilota&action=edit&redlink=1)* Giglio-Tos, 1911

- *[Polyspilota](/source/Polyspilota)* Burmeister, 1838

- *[Prohierodula](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prohierodula&action=edit&redlink=1)* Bolivar, 1908

**subtribe Tenoderina**

- *[Mesopteryx](/source/Mesopteryx_(mantis))* Saussure, 1870

- *[Notomantis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Notomantis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Tindale, 1923

- *[Tenodera](/source/Tenodera)* Burmeister, 1838

- *[Tenomaculosa](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tenomaculosa&action=edit&redlink=1)* Tarapipattanakun & Unnahachote, 2025[4]

- *[Tenospilota](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tenospilota&action=edit&redlink=1)* Roy & Ehrmann, 2014[5]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Brunner von Wattenwyl C (1893) *Revis. Syst. Orth.*

1. **[^](#cite_ref-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.](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00379271.2018.1556567)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-MSF_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-MSF_3-1) [Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 16 July 2020)](http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1240225)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["A new monotypic genus of the tribe Tenoderini (Mantodea: Mantidae: Tenoderinae) from the southern Thailand - Far Eastern Entomologist"](https://www.biosoil.ru/FEE/Publication/2898). *www.biosoil.ru*. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.25221/fee.538.1](https://doi.org/10.25221%2Ffee.538.1). Retrieved 2025-12-01.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Image of dead adult female *Tenospilota nova* (used to be in the genus *Plistospilota*, *Plistospilota nova*).](http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/ShowImage.aspx?TaxonNameID=1184267&ImageID=199846)

## External links

- Data related to [Polyspilotini](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Polyspilotini) at Wikispecies

- Data related to [Paramantini](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Paramantini) at Wikispecies

Taxon identifiers Tenoderinae Wikidata: Q97418008 CoL: 8QPNL Mantodea Species File: 1240225

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