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Epaphroditinae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mantodea
Family:	Epaphroditidae
Subfamily:	Epaphroditinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893

Epaphroditinae is a subfamily of praying mantids in the Epaphroditidae: previously placed in the family Hymenopodidae and now containing two monotypic tribes. The type genus remains Epaphrodita (Serville, 1831).

Tribes and Genera

tribe Callimantini

• Callimantis Stal, 1877 - monotypic (C. antillarum Saussure, 1859)

tribe Epaphroditini

• Epaphrodita Serville, 1831

now placed elsewhere

• Amphecostephanus (Rehn, 1912) is now placed in the Chroicopteridae: Chroicopterinae
• Parablepharis (Saussure, 1870) is now placed in the Hymenopodidae: Phyllothelyinae
• Phyllocrania (Burmeister, 1838) is now placed in the Hymenopodidae: Phyllocraniinae

References

1. Brunner von Wattenwyl (1893) Revis. Syst. Orth.
2. Mantodea.speciesfile.org: Subfamily Epaphroditinae

• Mantodea
• Mantodea subfamilies