Epaphroditidae | |
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Grizzled Mantis (Gonatista grisea) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Mantodea |
Family: |
Epaphroditidae Giglio-Tos, 1915 |
Genera | |
Synonyms | |
Acanthopsites, |
Epaphroditidae [1] is a family of the Mantodea, containing species found in Africa and the Caribbean. Before 2015, it had been placed as the subfamily Epaphroditinae, in the Hymenopodidae, but is now excluded. [2]
The Mantodea Species File [3] lists two subfamilies containing the genera: