Photinaidae is a family of mantises in the order Neotropical Mantodea, in the superfamily Acanthopoidea. There are about 11 genera and more than 40 described species in Photinaidae.
Genera
These 11 genera belong to the family Photinaidae:
- Cardioptera <small>Burmeister, 1838</small>
- Chromatophotina <small>Rivera, 2010</small>
- Hicetia <small>Saussure & Zehntner, 1894</small>
- Macromantis <small>Saussure, 1871</small>
- Metriomantis <small>Saussure & Zehntner, 1894</small>
- Microphotina <small>Beier, 1935</small>
- Orthoderella <small>Giglio-Tos, 1897</small>
- Paraphotina <small>Giglio-Tos, 1915</small>
- Photina <small>Burmeister, 1838</small>
- Photinella <small>Giglio-Tos, 1915</small>
- Photiomantis <small>Toledo Piza, 1968</small>
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