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Chroicopteridae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Superorder:	Dictyoptera
Order:	Mantodea
Family:	Chroicopteridae Schwarz & Roy, 2019

The Chroicopteridae are a family of praying mantids, based on the type genus Chroicoptera. The name is derived from first use, for subfamily Chroicopterinae, by Giglio-Tos and it has been revived as part of a major revision of mantid taxonomy. Some genera have also been moved here from the tribe Rivetinini, with others placed elsewhere including the subfamily Miomantinae.

The new placement is as a sole family in the superfamily Chroicopteroidea (of group Cernomantodea) and infraorder Schizomantodea. Genera in this family have been recorded from Africa and islands in the Atlantic and Indian oceans.

Subfamilies, tribes and genera

The Mantodea Species File lists two subfamilies:

Chroicopterinae

tribe Bolbellini

• Bolbella Giglio-Tos, 1915
• Dystactula Giglio-Tos, 1927

tribe Chroicopterini

• subtribe Amphecostephanina
  • Amphecostephanus Rehn, 1912
• subtribe Bisanthina
  • Bisanthe Stal, 1876
• subtribe Chroicopterina
  • Betamantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
  • Carvilia Stal, 1876
  • Chopardentella Kaltenbach, 1996
  • Chroicoptera Stal, 1871
  • Congomantis Werner, 1929
  • Entella Stal, 1877
  • Entelloptera Beier, 1942
  • Geothespis Giglio-Tos, 1916
  • Ligaria Stal, 1877
  • Ligariella Giglio-Tos, 1915
  • Ligentella Kaltenbach, 1996
  • Macracanthopus Chopard, 1929
  • Namamantis Kaltenbach, 1996
  • Paraligaria Beier, 1969
  • Parentella Giglio-Tos, 1915
  • Rhachimantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
  • Sphaeromantis Schulthess, 1898
• subtribe Dystactina
  • Achlaena Karsch, 1892
  • Achlaenella Giglio-Tos, 1915
  • Dystacta Saussure, 1871
  • Pseudodystacta Kaltenbach, 1996

Tarachininae

Auth. Giglio-Tos (1915); tropical central Africa

tribe Gonypetellini

• Gonypetella Giglio-Tos, 1915
• Telomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915

tribe Tarachinini

• Tarachina Werner, 1907

References

1. Giglio-Tos (1915) Bull, soc. ent. Ita. 46.
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.
3. ^ Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 16 July 2020)

External links

• Data related to Chroicopterinae at Wikispecies

• Mantodea families