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Taxonomy
Mantoidea was named by Latreille (1802). It is extant. Its type is Gryllus (Mantis).
It was considered an invalid subgroup of Cernomantodea by Svensen and Whiting (2009).
It was assigned to Mantodea by Wang and Jin (1995); to Eumantodea by Grimaldi (2003); and to Mantidea by Schwarz and Roy (2019).
It was considered an invalid subgroup of Cernomantodea by Svensen and Whiting (2009).
It was assigned to Mantodea by Wang and Jin (1995); to Eumantodea by Grimaldi (2003); and to Mantidea by Schwarz and Roy (2019).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1802 | Mantoidea Latreille p. 270 |
| 1995 | Mantoidea Wang and Jin p. 197 |
| 2003 | Mantoidea Grimaldi p. 44 |
| 2019 | Mantoidea Schwarz and Roy p. 119 |
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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.
Superfm. Mantoidea Latreille 1802
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Fm. Mantidae Latreille 1802 [praying mantis]
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Subfm. Mantinae Latreille 1802
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G. Mantis Linnaeus 1758
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†Mantis boettingensis Zeuner 1931
†Mantis protogaea Heer 1849
Mantis religiosa Linnaeus 1758 [praying mantis]
Invalid names: Choeradodidae Chopard 1949 [synonym], Choeradodinae Saussure 1869 [empty], Vatinae Stal 1887 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available