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Schizomantodea

Insecta - Mantodea

Taxonomy
Schizomantodea was named by Schwarz and Roy (2019). It is extant.

It was assigned to Spinomantodea by Schwarz and Roy (2019).

Subtaxa
Artimantodea, Metallyticidae, Metallyticoidea
Sister taxa
Artimantodea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Schizomantodea Schwarz and Roy p. 109

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
—Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderMantodeaBurmeister 1838
suborderNeomantodea
infraorderEumantodea
—Spinomantodea
—Schizomantodea
—Schizomantodea

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.

Unr. Schizomantodea Schwarz and Roy 2019
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Unr. Artimantodea Svensen and Whiting 2009
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Unr. Amerimantodea Schwarz and Roy 2019
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Superfm. Thespoidea Saussure 1869
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Invalid names: Thespidae Saussure 1869 [empty]
Unr. Cernomantodea Svensen and Whiting 2009
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Unr. Metamantodea Schwarz and Roy 2019
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Unr. Lobipedia Saussure 1870
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Unr. Mantimorpha Schwarz and Roy 2019
Unr. Nanomantodea Schwarz and Roy 2019
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Superfm. Nanomantoidea Brunner von Wattenwyl 1893
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Fm. Amorphoscelidae Stål 1877
G. †Protohierodula Ross 2019
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†Protohierodula crabbi Ross 2019
Invalid names: Metallyticidae Giglio-Tos 1917 [empty], Metallyticoidea Giglio-Tos 1917 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Holocene or 37.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Protohierodula crabbi (21976)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Eobruneria tessellata (124624)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico Litaneutria pilosuspedes (217210)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Litaneutria pilosuspedes (217213)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Mantis protogaea (115304)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Wurttemberg) Mantis boettingensis (113752)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Niedersachsen) Mantis religiosa (109196)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Chaetoessa brevialata (129861)