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Toxoderidae
Family of praying mantises
Toxoderidae is a family of praying mantises.
01Subordinate taxa
The Mantodea Species File lists:
Subfamily Compsothespinae
- Genus Compsothespis Saussure, 1872
Subfamily Heterochaetinae
- Genus Heterochaeta Westwood, 1845
Subfamily Oxyothespinae
- Tribe Heterochaetulini
- Genus Heterochaetula Wood-Mason, 1889
- Tribe Oxyothespini
- Genus Acithespis Giglio-Tos, 1916
- Genus Lobothespis La Greca & Lombardo, 1987
- Genus Oxyothespis Saussure, 1870
- Genus Paraseverinia Lombardo, 1991
- Genus Severinia Finot, 1902
- Genus Sinaiella Karsch, 1892
- Genus Somalithespis Lombardo, 1991
Subfamily Toxoderinae
Distribution: includes Africa, Middle-East, Asia
- Tribe Aethalochroini
- Genus Aethalochroa Wood-Mason, 1877
- Genus Oestomantis Giglio-Tos, 1914
- Genus Pareuthyphlebs Werner, 1928
- Tribe Calamothespini
Distribution: Africa
- Genus Belomantis Giglio-Tos, 1914
- Genus Calamothespis Werner, 1907
- Genus Toxomantis Giglio-Tos, 1914
- Tribe Toxoderini
- Genus Metatoxodera Roy, 2009
- Genus Paratoxodera Wood-Mason, 1889
- Genus Protoxodera Roy, 2009
- Genus Stenotoxodera Roy, 2009
- Genus Toxodera Serville, 1837
- Tribe Toxoderopsini
- Genus Euthyphleps Wood-Mason, 1889
- Genus Toxodanuria Uvarov, 1940
- Genus Toxoderella Giglio-Tos, 1914
- Genus Toxoderopsis Wood-Mason, 1889
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