Amorphoscelidae

Amorphoscelidae is a family of mantises in the order Mantodea.

Subfamilies and Genera

There are eight genera in two subfamilies recognized in the family Amorphoscelidae:

Subfamily Amorphoscelinae

Distribution: Africa, Yemen, tropical Asia

• Amorphoscelis <small>Stal, 1871</small>
• †Amorphoscelites <small>Gratshev & Zherikhin, 1994</small>
• Bolivaroscelis <small>Roy, 1973</small>
• Caudatoscelis <small>Roy, 1973</small>
• Gigliotoscelis <small>Roy, 1973</small>
• Maculatoscelis <small>Roy, 1973</small>

Subfamily Perlamantinae

Distribution: Africa, Europe

• Paramorphoscelis <small>Werner, 1907</small> - monotypic - P. gondokorensis Werner, 1907
• Perlamantis <small>Guerin-Meneville, 1843</small>

See also

• List of mantis genera and species

References

External links

• Mantodea Species File
• Amorphoscelididae
• Mantis taxonomy