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This checklist is to genera and includes type species and synonyms (indicated by * symbol) this data was originally compiled by the Los Angeles County Museum, and was kindly supplied me by Joel Hallan, E-Mail him at biocats@uts.cc.utexas.edu if you want to query the taxonomy, however any errors in the HTML constuction of the document are entirely mine and you should contact me at g.ramel@earthlife.net

ORDER = Mantodea Burmeister 1838 *Eoc.-Rec. #00032100018010000400000
*ORDER = Mantearia
*ORDER = Manteodea Burmeister 1829

FAMILY = Chaeteessidae Handlirsch 1920 #00000100000030000000000 *Oligo.-Rec.

GENUS = Chaeteessa Burmeister 1838 [Oligo.?]
GENUS = Lithophotina Cockerell 1908s *Oligo Fossil only.

FAMILY = Metallyticidae Chopard 1949 #00000100000030000000000

GENUS = Metallyticus

FAMILY = Mantoididae Giglio-Tos 1927 #00000100000030000000000

GENUS = Mantoida Newman

SPECIES = maya Saussure & Zehntner 1894
SPECIES = fulgidipennis Westwood
SPECIES = schraderi Rehn 1951

FAMILY = Eremiaphilidae Wood-Mason 1889 #00000200000000000000000

GENUS = Eremiaphila Lefv.
GENUS = Heteronutarsus Lefv

FAMILY = Amorphoscelididae St†l 1877 #00001100000000000000000
*FAMILY = Amorphoscelidae St†l 1877
SUBFAMILY = Amorphoscelidinae St†l 1877
*SUBFAMILY = Amorphoscelinae Kirby 1904

GENUS = Amorphoscelis St†l
GENUS = Paramorphoscelis Werner
GENUS = Perlamantis Guerin

SUBFAMILY = Paraoxypilinae Giglio-Tos 1913

GENUS = Paraoxypilus Saussure
GENUS = Myrmecomantis Giglio-Tos
GENUS = Metoxypilus Giglio-Tos
GENUS = Gyromantis Giglio-Tos
GENUS = Phthersigena St†l
*GENUS = Glabromantis Sjost
GENUS = Sphaeromantis Schult.-Schindl.

FAMILY = Hymenopodidae Giglio-Tos 1927 #00004300000010000000000 [1919?]
*FAMILY = Hymenopodidae Chopard 1949
SUBFAMILY = Oxypilinae Giglio-Tos 1919

GENUS = Oxypilus Serv.
GENUS = Junodia Schulthess-Rechberg 1899
GENUS = Pachymantis Saussure
GENUS = Ceratomantis Wood-Mason
GENUS = Pseudoxypilus Giglio-Tos

SUBFAMILY = Acromantinae Giglio-Tos 1919

TRIBE = Epaphroditini
GENUS = Acanthops Serville 1831 [Type: Mantis fuscifolia Olivier 1792]
*GENUS = Decimia St†l 1877 [Type: Acanthops tesselata Charpentier 1841]
*GENUS = Plesiacanthops Chopard 1913 [Type: Plesiacanthops rehni Chopard 1913]

SPECIES = tesselata Charpentier 1841

*GENUS = Plesiacanthops rehni Chopard 1913

SPECIES = adusta Gerstacker 1889
SPECIES = boliviana (Werner 1927)
*SPECIES = Decimia boliviana Werner 1927
SPECIES = godmani Saussure & Zehntner 1894
SPECIES = falcataria Goeze 1778
*SPECIES = Mantis fuscifolia Olivier 1792
*SPECIES = Mantis sinuata Stoll 1813
*SPECIES = Acanthops mortuifolia Serville 1839
SPECIES = bolivari Chopard 1916
SPECIES = erosa Serville 1839
*SPECIES = Acanthops contorta Gerstacker 1889
SPECIES = tuberculata Saussure 1870
SPECIES = erosula St†l 1877
SPECIES = amazonica Beier 1930
SPECIES = griffinii Giglio-Tos 1915
SPECIES = falcata St†l 1877
*SPECIES = Acanthops angulifera Westwood 1889
SPECIES = bidens Hebard 1922
SPECIES = parva Beier 1946

GENUS = Pseudacanthops Saussure 1870 [Type: Hymenopus caelebs Saussure 1869]
*GENUS = Paracanthops Saussure 1870 [Type: Paracanthops spinulosa Saussure 1870]

SPECIES = caelebs (Saussure 1869)
*SPECIES = Hymenopus caelebs Saussure 1869
SPECIES = spinulosa (Saussure 1870)
*SPECIES = Paracanthops spinulosa Saussure 1870
SPECIES = angulata (Lichtenstein 1802)
*SPECIES = Mantis angulata Lichtenstein 1802

GENUS = Epaphrodita Serville 1831 [Type: Mantis musarum Palisot 1805]

SPECIES = musarum (Palisot 1805)
*SPECIES = Mantis musarum Palisot 1805
SPECIES = undulata (Saussure 1870)
*SPECIES = Phyllocrania undulata Saussure 1870
SPECIES = dentifrons Saussure 1872

GENUS = Antemna St†l 1877 [Type: Antemna rapax St†l 1877]

SPECIES = rapax St†l 1877

GENUS = Metilia St†l 1877 [Type: Metilia integra St†l 1877]
*GENUS = Acanthogaster Werner 1927

SPECIES = brunnerii (Saussure 1871)
*SPECIES = Acanthops brunnerii Saussure 1871
*SPECIES = Metilia integra St†l 1877
*SPECIES = Decimia boliviana Werner 1927 [?]

GENUS = Phyllocrania Burmeister 1838
GENUS = Amphecostephanus Rehn

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