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Heteromantodea

Insecta - Mantodea

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

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

Subtaxa
Eremiaphiloidea, Pareumantodea
Sister taxa
Pareumantodea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Heteromantodea Schwarz and Roy p. 115

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
RankNameAuthor
—Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderMantodeaBurmeister 1838
suborderNeomantodea
infraorderEumantodea
—Spinomantodea
—Schizomantodea
—Artimantodea
—Cernomantodea
—Metamantodea
—LobipediaSaussure 1870
—Mantimorpha
—Heteromantodea
—Heteromantodea

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. Heteromantodea Schwarz and Roy 2019
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Superfm. Eremiaphiloidea Saussure 1869
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Fm. Amelidae Westwood 1889
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Subfm. Amelinae Westwood 1889
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Invalid names: Litaneutriini Jantsch 1999 [invalid subgroup]
Invalid names: Eremiaphilidae Saussure 1869 [empty], Toxoderidae Saussure 1869 [empty]
Unr. Pareumantodea Schwarz and Roy 2019
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Unr. Calomantodea Schwarz and Roy 2019
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Unr. Promantidea Schwarz and Roy 2019
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Unr. Mantidea Schwarz and Roy 2019
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Superfm. Hymenopoidea Giglio-Tos 1915
Superfm. Mantoidea Latreille 1802
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

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Piacenzian or 37.20000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Eobruneria tessellata (124624)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Litaneutria pilosuspedes (217213)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico Litaneutria pilosuspedes (217210)
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)