Miomantidae is a family of praying mantises in the order Mantodea.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.
The species are mostly found in western and central Africa and similar in characteristics and behaviour to other mantids.
Taxonomy The Mantodea Species File lists two subfamilies and seven genera:Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0 retrieved 15 July 2020)
Subfamily Miomantinae Cilnia Stal, 1876 Miomantis Saussure, 1870 Neocilnia Beier, 1930 Paracilnia Werner, 1909 Parasphendale Schulthess-Schildler, 1898 Taumantis Giglio-Tos, 1917
Subfamily Solygiinae Solygia Stal, 1877
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