Dactylopterygidae is a family of praying mantises, based on the type genus Dactylopteryx. The first use of "Dactylopterygidae" was by Giglio-Tos[1] and it has recently (2019) been revived as part of a major revision of mantis taxonomy;[2] three genera have been separated from others in the subfamily Liturgusinae (mostly from Asia) and moved here from the family Liturgusidae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Superorder: | Dictyoptera |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Dactylopterygidae Giglio-Tos, 1915 |
The new placement is in the superfamily Mantoidea (of group Cernomantodea) and infraorder Schizomantodea. Species in this family have been recorded from Tropical Africa.[3]
Genera edit
The Mantodea Species File lists:[3]
- Dactylopteryx Karsch, 1892
- Theopompella Giglio-Tos, 1917
- Zouza Rehn, 1911
References edit
- ^ Giglio-Tos (1915) Bull, soc. ent. Ita. 46.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 15 July 2020)