The following list of mantis genera and species is based on the "Mantodea Species File", which is the primary reference for the taxonomy shown here.
The insect order Mantodea consists of over 2,400 species of mantises in about 460 genera. 75 of these genera are in the family Mantidae (the mantids), which formerly was the sole family recognized within the order.
In some cases, common names in the English language are loosely applied to several different members of a particular genus, or even for species in various genera. For example, "giant Asian mantis" is used for various members of Hierodula, "dead leaf mantis" may refer not only to various species of Deroplatys, but to all brown mantises that use leaf mimicry for camouflage. "flower mantis" refers to numerous mantises, especially those belonging to or similar to those of genus Creobroter, and so on.
---For citation of common nomenclature and additional references, see individual articles.
Genus Acanthops Some members of this genus are known as dead leaf mantises or boxer mantises.
Acanthops bidens Acanthops boliviana Acanthops brunneri Acanthops centralis Acanthops coloradensis Acanthops contorta Acanthops elegans Acanthops erosa Acanthops erosula Acanthops falcata Acanthops falcataria Acanthops fuscifolia Acanthops godmani Acanthops occidentalis Acanthops onorei Acanthops parafalcata Acanthops parva Acanthops royi Acanthops soukana
Genus Achlaena Achlaena grandis
Genus Achlaenella Achlaenella adolphifrederici
Genus Acithespis Acithespis gigas
Genus Acontista
Acontista amazonica Acontista amoenula Acontista aurantiaca Acontista bolivari Acontista brevipennis Acontista cayennensis Acontista championi Acontista chopardi Acontista concinna Acontista cordillerae Acontista cubana Acontista ecuadorica Acontista eximia Acontista festae Acontista fraterna Acontista gracilis Acontista inquinata Acontista iriodes Acontista maroniensis Acontista mexicana Acontista minima Acontista multicolor Acontista parva Acontista piracicabensis Acontista rehni Acontista semirufa Acontista vitrea
Genus Acromantis Some species within this genus are known as boxer mantises or flower mantises.
Acromantis australis Acromantis dyaka Acromantis elegans Acromantis formosana (Taiwan flower mantis) Acromantis gestri (Thai boxer mantis, Sumatran Acromantis) Acromantis grandis Acromantis hesione Acromantis indica Acromantis insularis Acromantis japonica (Japanese boxer mantis) Acromantis lilii Acromantis luzonica Acromantis montana Acromantis moultoni Acromantis nicobarica Acromantis oligoneura Acromantis palauana Acromantis philippina Acromantis satsumensis Acromantis siporana
Genus Aetaella Aetaella bakeri Aetaella pluvisilvae
Genus Aethalochroa Members of this genus are commonly called stick mantises. Aethalochroa affinis Aethalochroa ashmoliana (Iranian stick mantis) Aethalochroa indica Aethalochroa insignis (Indian stick mantis) Aethalochroa simplicipes Aethalochroa spinipes
Genus Afrothespis Afrothespis kenyana Afrothespis rhodesiaca
Genus Agrionopsis Agrionopsis bacilliformis Agrionopsis brachyptera Agrionopsis congica Agrionopsis distanti Agrionopsis modesta
Genus Alalomantis Alalomantis coxalis Alalomantis muta (Cameroon mantis)
Genus Alangularis Alangularis multilobata
Genus Amantis Amantis aeta Amantis aliena Amantis basilana Amantis biroi Amantis bolivari Amantis fuliginosa Amantis fumosana Amantis gestri Amantis hainanensis Amantis indica Amantis irina Amantis lofaoshanensis Amantis longipennis Amantis malayana Amantis nawai Amantis philippina Amantis reticulata Amantis saussurei Amantis subirina Amantis testacea Amantis tristis Amantis vitalisi
Genus †Ambermantis
†Ambermantis wozniaki
Genus Ambivia Ambivia parapopa Ambivia popa
Genus Ameles
Ameles abjecta Ameles aegyptiaca Ameles africana Ameles arabica Ameles assoi Ameles crassinervis Ameles decolor Ameles dumonti †Ameles fasciipennis Ameles gracilis Ameles heldreichi Ameles kervillei Ameles maroccana Ameles massai Ameles modesta Ameles moralesi Ameles nana Ameles persa Ameles picteti Ameles poggii Ameles soror Ameles spallanzania (European dwarf mantis) Ameles syriensis Ameles wadisirhani
Genus Amorphoscelis
Amorphoscelis species are concentrated in Africa, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Amorphoscelis abyssinica Amorphoscelis angolica Amorphoscelis annulicornis Amorphoscelis asymmetrica Amorphoscelis austrogermanica Amorphoscelis bimaculata Amorphoscelis borneana Amorphoscelis brunneipennis Amorphoscelis chinensis Amorphoscelis chopardi Amorphoscelis elegans Amorphoscelis griffini Amorphoscelis grisea Amorphoscelis hainana Amorphoscelis hamata Amorphoscelis huismani Amorphoscelis javana Amorphoscelis kenyensis Amorphoscelis lamottei Amorphoscelis laxeretis Amorphoscelis machadoi Amorphoscelis morini Amorphoscelis naumanni Amorphoscelis nigriventer Amorphoscelis nubeculosa Amorphoscelis opaca Amorphoscelis orientalis Amorphoscelis pallida Amorphoscelis pantherina Amorphoscelis papua Amorphoscelis parva Amorphoscelis pellucida Amorphoscelis phaesoma Amorphoscelis philippina Amorphoscelis pinheyi Amorphoscelis pulchella Amorphoscelis pulchra Amorphoscelis punctata Amorphoscelis reticulata Amorphoscelis rufula Amorphoscelis siebersi Amorphoscelis singaporana Amorphoscelis spinosa Amorphoscelis stellulatha Amorphoscelis subnigra Amorphoscelis sulawesiana Amorphoscelis sumatrana Amorphoscelis tigrina Amorphoscelis tuberculata Amorphoscelis villiersi
Genus †Amorphoscelites †Amorphoscelites sharovi
Genus Amphecostephanus Amphecostephanus rex
Genus Anamiopteryx Anamiopteryx borellii Anamiopteryx grandis Anamiopteryx magna Anamiopteryx tuberculata
Genus Anaxarcha Anaxarcha acuta Anaxarcha graminea Anaxarcha hyalina Anaxarcha intermedia Anaxarcha limbata Anaxarcha pulchella Anaxarcha pulchra Anaxarcha sinensis Anaxarcha tianmushanensis Anaxarcha zhengi
Genus Angela Angela armata Angela brachyptera Angela championi Angela decolor Angela guianensis (Rehn, 1906) Angela inermis Angela lemoulti Angela maxima Angela minor Angela miranda Angela ornata Angela perpulchra Angela peruviana Angela purpurascens Angela quinquemaculata Angela saussurii Angela subhyalina Angela trifasciata Angela werneri
Genus Anoplosigerpes Anoplosigerpes tessmanni
Genus Antemna Antemna rapax
Genus Antistia Antistia maculipennis Antistia parva Antistia robusta Antistia vicina
Genus Anasigerpes Anasigerpes amieti Anasigerpes bifasciata Anasigerpes centralis Anasigerpes grilloti Anasigerpes heydeni Anasigerpes nigripes Anasigerpes trifasciata Anasigerpes unifasciata
Genus Apterocorypha Apterocorypha atra Apterocorypha aurita Apterocorypha bispina Apterocorypha somalica
Genus Apteromantis
Apteromantis aptera Apteromantis bolivari
Genus †Aragonimantis †Aragonimantis aenigma
Genus †Archaeophlebia †Archaeophlebia enigmatica
Genus Archimantis
Archimantis species are common in Australia. Some are called stick mantises. Archimantis armata Archimantis brunneriana Archimantis gracilis Archimantis latistyla (Large brown mantis, Australian stick mantis) Archimantis monstrosa (Monster mantis) Archimantis quinquelobata (Australian Spikey Stick Mantis) Archimantis sobrina Archimantis straminea Archimantis vittata
Genus Ariusia
Ariusia conspersa
Genus Armene Armene breviptera Armene fanica Armene griseolata Armene hissarica Armene pusilla Armene robusta Armene silvicola
Genus Armeniola Armeniola laevis
Genus Arria Arria cinctipes Arria leigongshanensis Arria meghalayensis Arria oreophila Arria pallida Arria sticta
Genus †Arvernineura †Arvernineura insignis
Genus Asiadodis Members of this genus are common known as shield mantises. Asiadodis squilla (Asian shield mantis) Asiadodis yunnanensis (Yunnan Shield Mantis)
Genus Astape
Astape denticollis
Genus Astollia Astollia chloris
Genus Astyliasula Astyliasula basinigra Astyliasula hoffmanni Astyliasula inermis Astyliasula javana Astyliasula major Astyliasula phyllopus Astyliasula sarawaca Astyliasula wuyshana
Genus Austromantis Austromantis albomarginata
Genus Austrovates Austrovates papua Austrovates variegata
Genus † Baissomantis † Baissomantis maculata Gratshev & Zherikhin, 1994 † Baissomantis picta Gratshev & Zherikhin, 1994
Genus Bantia
Bantia chopardi Bantia fusca Bantia marmorata Bantia metzi Bantia michaelisi Bantia nana Bantia pygmaea Bantia simoni Bantia werneri Bantia yotocoensis
Genus Bantiella
Bantiella columbina Bantiella fusca Bantiella hyalina Bantiella pallida Bantiella trinitatis
Genus Belomantis Belomantis helenae Belomantis mirei Belomantis occidentalis
Genus Betamantis Betamantis aliena Betamantis marginella
Genus Bimantis Bimantis malaccana
Genus Bistanta
Bistanta mexicana Bistanta addenda Bistanta campestris Bistanta herema Bistanta tolteca
Genus Bisanthe Bisanthe lagrecai Bisanthe menyharthi Bisanthe modesta Bisanthe pulchripennis Bisanthe tricolor
Genus Blepharodes
Blepharodes candelarius Blepharodes cornutus Blepharodes parumspinosus Blepharodes sudanensis
Genus Blepharopsis Blepharopsis mendica (Egyptian flower mantis, thistle mantis)
Genus Bolbe Bolbe lowi Bolbe maia Bolbe nigra Bolbe pallida Bolbe pygmaea
Genus Bolbella Bolbella affinis Bolbella brevis Bolbella kaltenbachi Bolbella punctigera Bolbella rhodesiaca Bolbella uhligi
Genus Bolbena Bolbena assimilis Bolbena hottentotta Bolbena maraisi Bolbena minor Bolbena orientalis Bolbena minutissima
Genus Bolbula Bolbula debilis Bolbula exigua Bolbula widenmanni
Genus Bolivaria Bolivaria amnicola Bolivaria brachyptera Bolivaria kurda
Genus Bolivaroscelis Bolivaroscelis bolivarii Bolivaroscelis carinata Bolivaroscelis werneri
Genus Brunneria Brunneria, species of which are known as stick mantises, are found in North America, Central America, and South America. Brunneria borealis (Northern Grass Mantis, Brunner's mantis, Brunner's stick mantis, American stick mantis) Brunneria brasiliensis (Brazilian stick mantis) Brunneria gracilis Brunneria grandis Brunneria longa Brunneria subaptera (small-winged stick mantis)
Genus Brancsikia Brancsikia aeroplana (Lamberton, 1911) Brancsikia freyi (Brancsik, 1893)
Genus †Burmantis †Burmantis asiatica †Burmantis lebanensis †Burmantis zherikhini
Genus Calamothespis Calamothespis adusta Calamothespis aspoeckorum Calamothespis condamini Calamothespis congica Calamothespis guineensis Calamothespis kibweziana Calamothespis lesnei Calamothespis lineatipennis Calamothespis nathani Calamothespis oxyops Calamothespis prosti Calamothespis rourei Calamothespis subcornuta Calamothespis tanzaniensis Calamothespis taylori Calamothespis vansoni Calamothespis vuattouxi
Genus Caliris Caliris elegans Caliris masoni Caliris melli Caliris pallens Caliris pallida
Genus Callibia Callibia diana
Genus Callimantis Callimantis antillarum
Genus Callivates Callivates stephanei
Genus Calofulcinia Calofulcinia australis Calofulcinia elegans Calofulcinia integra Calofulcinia oxynota Calofulcinia paraoxypila Calofulcinia vidua Calofulcinia viridula
Genus Camelomantis Camelomantis giraffa Camelomantis gracillima Camelomantis moultoni Camelomantis parva Camelomantis penangica Camelomantis sondaica Camelomantis sumatrana
Genus Cardioptera Cardioptera brachyptera Cardioptera minor Cardioptera nigridens Cardioptera parva Cardioptera squalodon
Genus Carrikerella Carrikerella ceratophora Carrikerella empusa Carrikerella simpira
Genus Carvilia Carvilia gracilis Carvilia obscura Carvilia saussurii
Genus Cataspilota Cataspilota armicollis Cataspilota calabarica Cataspilota guineensis Cataspilota lolodorfana Cataspilota misana Cataspilota pulchra Cataspilota tristis
Genus Catestiasula Catestiasula moultoni Catestiasula nitida Catestiasula seminigra
Genus Catoxyopsis Catoxyopsis dubiosa
Genus Caudatoscelis Caudatoscelis annulipes Caudatoscelis caudata Caudatoscelis collarti Caudatoscelis lagrecai Caudatoscelis marmorata
Genus Ceratocrania Ceratocrania macra