The Tenoderinae are a subfamily of praying mantids, originally used by Brunner von Wattenwyl.Brunner von Wattenwyl C (1893) Revis. Syst. Orth. It was restored 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. and contains many genera previously placed in the subfamily Mantinae.
The new placement means that this taxon is part of the superfamily Mantoidea (of group Cernomantodea) and infraorder Schizomantodea. Species have been recorded from: Africa, Europe and Asia.Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 16 July 2020)
Tribes and genera This new subfamily now contains many genera that were previously placed elsewhere including the Mantinae. The Mantodea Species File lists two tribes here:
Paramantini subtribe Paramantina Alalomantis Giglio-Tos, 1917 Epitenodera Giglio-Tos, 1911 Paramantis Ragge & Roy, 1967 Rhomboderella Giglio-Tos, 1912 Sphodromantis Stal, 1871 subtribe Tarachomantina Mantasoa Mériguet, 2005 Nausicaamantis Meriguet, 2018 Tarachomantis Brancsik, 1892 Tisma Giglio-Tos, 1917
Tenoderini subtribe Polyspilotina Cataspilota Giglio-Tos, 1917 Plistospilota Giglio-Tos, 1911 Polyspilota Burmeister, 1838 Prohierodula Bolivar, 1908 subtribe Tenoderina Mesopteryx Saussure, 1870 Notomantis Tindale, 1923 Tenodera Burmeister, 1838 Tenomaculosa Tarapipattanakun & Unnahachote, 2025 Tenospilota Roy & Ehrmann, 2014Image of dead adult female Tenospilota nova (used to be in the genus Plistospilota, Plistospilota nova).
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