Superfamily Mantoidea Latreille 1802 (mantis)

Insecta - Mantodea

Full reference: P. A. Latreille. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. 3:1-467

Parent taxon: Mantidea according to C. J. Schwarz and R. Roy 2019

See also Grimaldi 2003, Svensen and Whiting 2009 and Wang and Jin 1995

Sister taxon: Hymenopoidea

Subtaxa: Mantidae

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Type: Gryllus (Mantis)

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Germany (1 collection)

• Miocene of Germany (2)

• Eocene of United States (1: Colorado)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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