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Thespoidea (disused)

Insecta - Mantodea

Taxonomy
Thespoidea was named by Saussure (1869). It is extant.

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

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Thespoidea Saussure
2019Thespoidea 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()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderMantodeaBurmeister 1838
suborderNeomantodea
infraorderEumantodea
Spinomantodea
Schizomantodea
Artimantodea
Amerimantodea
superfamilyThespoidea
superfamilyThespoidea

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.

Superfm. Thespoidea Saussure 1869
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Invalid names: Thespidae Saussure 1869 [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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015
Collections
No collection or age range data are available