The Haaniidae are a family of praying mantids, based on the type genus Haania. The first use of "Haaniidae" was by Ermanno Giglio-TosGiglio-Tos (1915) Bull, soc. ent. Ita. 46. and it was revived as part of a major revision of mantid taxonomy;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. genera in the subfamily Haaniinae havie been moved here from the family Thespidae.
The new placement is in superfamily Haanioidea (of group Cernomantodea) and infraorder Schizomantodea. Genera in this family have been recorded from: India, Indochina and Malesia through to New Guinea.Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 11 July 2020)
Subfamilies, tribes and genera The Mantodea Species File lists two subfamilies: Caliridinae Caliris Giglio-Tos, 1915 Gildella Giglio-Tos, 1915
Haaniinae tribe Arriini Arria Stal, 1877 Sinomiopteryx Tinkham, 1937 tribe Haaniini Astape Stal, 1877 Haania Saussure, 1871
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