Mantodea

Mantis religiosa

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Superphylum: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Mandibulata
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Supercohort: Polyneoptera
Cohort: Dictyoptera
Ordo: Mantodea
Subordo: Eumantodea

Familiae (16): Acanthopidae – Amorphoscelididae – Chaeteessidae – Epaphroditidae – Empusidae – Eremiaphilidae – Haaniidae – Hymenopodidae – Iridopterygidae – Leptomantellidae – Liturgusidae – Mantidae – Mantoididae – Metallyticidae – Sibyllidae – Tarachodidae – Thespidae – Toxoderidae
Extinct: †Santanmantidae

Name

Mantodea Burmeister, 1838

References

Primary references

• Burmeister, H. 1838. Handbuch der Entomologie. Kaukerfe. Gymnognatha. 2(2), 756 pp. Theodor Christian Friedrich Enslin (Berlin). BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Agudelo, A.A, & Rivera, J. 2015. Some taxonomic and nomenclatural changes in American Mantodea (Insecta, Dictyoptera)—Part I. Zootaxa 3936(3): 335–356. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.3.2 Reference page. 
• Brannoch, S.K., Wieland, F., Rivera, J., Klass, K-D., Béthoux, O. & Svenson, G.J. 2017. Manual of praying mantis morphology, nomenclature, and practices (Insecta, Mantodea). ZooKeys 696: 1—100. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.696.12542. Reference page. 
• Ehrmann, R. 2002. Mantodea: Gottesanbeterinnen der Welt. Natur und Tier Verlag, Münster.
• Gorochov, A.V. 2013. No evidence for Paleozoic origin of mantises (Dictyoptera: Mantina). Zoosystematica Rossica 22(1): 6–14. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Grimaldi, D.A. 2003. A revision of Cretaceous mantises and their relationships, including new taxa (Insecta, Dictyoptera, Mantodea). American Museum Novitates 3412: 1–47 pp., 27 figures, 3 tables. hdl: 2246/2838 BHL Reference page. 
• Mirzaee, Z., Wiemers, M. & Schmitt, T. 2025. A checklist of Mantodea for Myanmar with the first record of Schizocephala bicornis (Mantodea, Eremiaphilidae) for the country. ZooKeys 1232: 379–412. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1232.141810 Reference page. 
• Miskelly, J. & Paiero, S.M. 2019. Mantodea, Blattodea, Orthoptera, Dermaptera, and Phasmida of Canada. Pp 255–269 In Langor, D.W. & Sheffield, C.S. (eds.). The Biota of Canada – A Biodiversity Assessment. Part 1: The Terrestrial Arthropods. ZooKeys 819: 520 pp. Reference page. . DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.819.27241 Reference page. 
• Mohammad, S.K., Alla, S.M.G., El-Hamouly, H., Ehrmann, R. & Nasser, M.G.E-D. 2011. Mantodea of Egypt. Zootaxa 3044: 1–27. Preview (PDF).
• Moulin, N., Decaëns, T. & Annoyer, P. 2017. Diversity of mantids (Dictyoptera: Mantodea) of Sangha-Mbaere Region, Central African Republic, with some ecological data and DNA barcoding. Journal of Orthoptera Research 26(2): 117–141. DOI: 10.3897/jor.26.19863 Reference page. 
• Mukherjee, T.K., Ghosh, A.K. & Hazra, A.K. 1995. The mantid fauna of India (Insecta: Mantodea). Oriental Insects 29(1): 185–358. DOI: 10.1080/00305316.1995.10433744 Reference page. 
• Rivera, J. & Svenson, G.J. 2014. A revived focus on the praying mantises (Insecta, Mantodea). Zootaxa 3797(1): 1–273. Reference page. 
• Rivera, J. & Vergara-Cobián, C.E. 2017. A checklist of the praying mantises of Peru: new records, one new genus (Piscomantis gen. n.) and biogeographic remarks (Insecta, Mantodea). Zootaxa 4337(3): 361–389. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4337.3.3. Reference page. 
• Schwarz, C.J. & Roy, R. 2019. The systematics of Mantodea revisited: an updated classification incorporating multiple data sources (Insecta: Dictyoptera). Annales de la Société entomologique de France 55(2): 101–196. DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2018.1556567 . Reference page. 
• Shim, J. & Song, J-H. 2024. A taxonomic review of the order Mantodea in Korea based on morphology and DNA barcodes. ZooKeys 1206: 1–43. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1206.123355 Reference page. 
• Svenson, G.J. 2014. The type material of Mantodea (praying mantises) deposited in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, USA. ZooKeys 433: 31–75. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.433.7054 Reference page. 
• Svenson, G.J. & Whiting, M.F. 2004. Phylogeny of Mantodea based on molecular data: evolution of a charismatic predator. Systematic Entomology 29(3): 342–352.
• Tedrow, R., Nathan, K., Richard, N. & Svenson, G.J. 2015. A survey of the praying mantises of Rwanda, including new records (Insecta, Mantodea). Zootaxa 4027(1): 67–100. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4027.1.3 Preview (PDF). Reference page. 
• Trillo, M.C., Angudelo, A.A., Guerrero, J.C., Miguel, L. & Lorier, E. 2021. Mantodea (Insecta) of Uruguay: diversity and distribution. Zootaxa 4963(3): 423–456. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4963.3.3 Reference page. 
• Yang, G-J., Wang, W-J., Tong, Y-W. & Zhou, Z-J. 2025. Species delimitation and DNA barcoding for Chinese Mantodea (Insecta, Dictyoptera). ZooKeys 1229: 25–42. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1229.129123 Reference page. 

Links

• Tree of Life Web Project. 2003. Mantodea. Praying mantids and their relatives. Version 01 January 2003.
• Order Mantodea. Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)

Vernacular names

• беларуская: Багамолы
• čeština: Kudlanky
• English: Mantis
• eesti: Röövritsikalised
• suomi: Rukoilijasirkat
• hrvatski: Bogomoljke
• Haza: Qhôqhô-ko
• magyar: Fogólábúak
• հայերեն: Աղոթարարներ
• 日本語: カマキリ目 (蟷螂目)
• 한국어: 사마귀목 (당랑목)
• lietuvių: Maldininkai
• latviešu: Dievlūdzēji
• македонски: Богомолки
• русский: Богомоловые
• srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Bogomoljke / Богомољке
• slovenčina: Modlivky
• slovenščina: Bogomolke
• ไทย: ตั๊กแตนตำข้าว
• 中文: 螳螂目

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