Epaphroditinae Explained

Epaphroditinae^[1] is a subfamily of praying mantids in the Epaphroditidae: previously placed in the family Hymenopodidae and now containing two monotypic tribes.^[2] 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

Notes and References

1. Brunner von Wattenwyl (1893) Revis. Syst. Orth.
2. http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1240133 Mantodea.speciesfile.org: Subfamily Epaphroditinae