Hoplocoryphidae is a family of praying mantids, based on the type genus Hoplocorypha. 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 have been moved here from the subfamily Hoplocoryphinae of the previously polyphyletic family Thespidae. The family Hoplocoryphidae is the only member of superfamily Hoplocoryphoidea. Species in this family have been recorded from tropical Africa.Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 14 July 2020)
Genera The Mantodea Species File lists: Apterocorypha Roy, 1966 Hoplocorypha Stal, 1871 Hoplocoryphella Giglio-Tos, 1916
See also List of mantis genera and species
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