| Miomantidae | |
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| Adult female Miomantis paykullii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Superfamily: | Miomantoidea |
| Family: | Miomantidae Westwood, 1889a |
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Miomantidae is a family of praying mantises in the order Mantodea.
The species are mostly found in western and central Africa and similar in characteristics and behaviour to other mantids.
Taxonomy
The Mantodea Species File lists two subfamilies and seven genera:
Subfamily Miomantinae
- Cilnia Stal, 1876
- Miomantis Saussure, 1870
- Neocilnia Beier, 1930
- Paracilnia Werner, 1909
- Parasphendale Schulthess-Schildler, 1898
- Taumantis Giglio-Tos, 1917
Subfamily Solygiinae
- Solygia Stal, 1877
References
- 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.
- ^ Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0 retrieved 15 July 2020)
External links
Data related to Miomantidae at Wikispecies
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Miomantidae | |
| Miomantinae |
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