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Taxonomy
Empusidae was named by Burmeister (1838). It is extant.
It was reranked as the subfamily Empusinae by Piton (1940).
It was assigned to Mantidae by Piton (1940); to Mantoidea by Wang and Jin (1995); to Cernomantodea by Svensen and Whiting (2009); and to Hymenopoidea by Schwarz and Roy (2019).
It was reranked as the subfamily Empusinae by Piton (1940).
It was assigned to Mantidae by Piton (1940); to Mantoidea by Wang and Jin (1995); to Cernomantodea by Svensen and Whiting (2009); and to Hymenopoidea by Schwarz and Roy (2019).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1838 | Empusidae Burmeister p. 544 |
| 1940 | Empusinae Piton p. 135 |
| 1995 | Empusidae Wang and Jin p. 197 |
| 2009 | Empusidae Svensen and Whiting |
| 2019 | Empusidae Schwarz and Roy p. 117 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Empusidae Burmeister 1838
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available