Amorphoscelidae

Amorphoscelidae
Amorphoscelis elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mantodea
Superfamily:	Nanomantoidea
Family:	Amorphoscelidae Stål, 1877
Subfamilies
Amorphoscelinae Perlamantinae
Synonyms
Amorphoscelididae Stål, 1877

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 Stal, 1871
• †Amorphoscelites Gratshev & Zherikhin, 1994
• Bolivaroscelis Roy, 1973
• Caudatoscelis Roy, 1973
• Gigliotoscelis Roy, 1973
• Maculatoscelis Roy, 1973

Subfamily Perlamantinae

Distribution: Africa, Europe

• Paramorphoscelis Werner, 1907 - monotypic - P. gondokorensis Werner, 1907
• Perlamantis Guerin-Meneville, 1843

See also

• List of mantis genera and species

External links

• Mantodea Species File
• Amorphoscelididae
• Mantis taxonomy