Liturgusidae is a family of praying mantises in the new (2019) Neotropical superfamily Acanthopoidea. A substantial number of genera, previously placed here, have recently been moved to the new or revived other families:Schwarz CJ, Roy R (2019) The systematics of Mantodea revisited: an updated classification incorporating multiple data sources (Insecta: Dictyoptera) Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.) International Journal of Entomology 55 (2): 101-196. Dactylopterygidae Gonypetidae Epaphroditidae: subfamily Gonatistinae Majangidae: subfamily Majanginae Mantidae: subfamily Mellierinae Nanomantidae: subfamily Fulciniinae
Tribes and Genera The Mantodea Species File now lists two tribes, containing the following genera: tribe Hagiomantini Hagiomantis Serville, 1839 tribe Liturgusini Corticomantis Svenson, 2014 - monotypic (Corticomantis atricoxata (Beier, 1931)) Fuga Svenson, 2014 Liturgusa Saussure, 1869 (lichen mantises) Velox Svenson, 2014 - monotypic (Velox wielandi Svenson, 2014)
References
Spermatophore feeding and mating behaviour in praying mantids (Mantodea: Liturgusidae), G. I. Holwell, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW, Australia
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