Acromantinae Explained

Acromantinae is a subfamily of the mantis family Hymenopodidae which contains two tribes and about 13 genera.

Tribes and genera

The Mantodea Species File lists:^[1]

Tribe Acromantini

• Acromantis Saussure, 1870
• Ambivia Stal, 1877
• Citharomantis Rehn, 1909
• Majangella Giglio-Tos, 1915, synonym: Ephippiomantis Werner, 1922
• Metacromantis Beier, 1930
• Oligomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
• Parapsychomantis Shcherbakov, 2017
• Psychomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
• Rhomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915

Tribe Otomantini

• Anasigerpes Giglio-Tos, 1915
• Chrysomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915, synonym: Anoplosigerpes Werner, 1928
• Otomantis Bolivar, 1890
• Oxypiloidea Schulthess, 1898

Now placed elsewhere:

• Anaxarcha Stal, 1877 (in Hymenopodinae)
• Ephestiasula Giglio-Tos, 1915 (in Oxypilinae, synonym: Parahestiasula Lombardo, 1995)
• Heliomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915 (in Hymenopodinae)
• Hestiasula Saussure, 1871 (in Oxypilinae)
• Odontomantis Saussure, 1871 (in Hymenopodinae)

See also

• List of mantis genera and species

Notes and References

1. http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=29 Mantodea Species File (retrieved 16 August 2018)