Eremiaphilidae is a small Old World family of praying mantids, based on the type genus Eremiaphila. As part of a major revision of mantid taxonomy,[1] this family now contains the subfamily Tarachodinae, which includes tribes and genera previously placed in the now obsolete Tarachodidae.
| Eremiaphilidae | |
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| Heteronutarsus aegyptiacus at Wadi Elrayan | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Superorder: | Dictyoptera |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Eremiaphilidae Wood-Mason, 1889 |
The new placement means that this taxon is characteristic of the superfamily Eremiaphiloidea (of group Cernomantodea) and infraorder Schizomantodea. Genera in this family have been recorded from: Africa and Asia.[2]
Subfamilies, tribes and selected generaEdit
The Mantodea Species File lists four subfamilies:[2]
EremiaphilinaeEdit
Species in this small, original subfamily are frequently wingless or brachypterous, and commonly encountered in desert environments, from Egypt to temperate Asia. Their coloration often matches that of the sand or rocks in the habitat.
- Eremiaphila Lefebvre, 1835
- Heteronutarsus Lefebvre, 1835
IridinaeEdit
- tribe Didymocoryphini (monotypic)
- Didymocorypha Wood-Mason, 1877
- tribe Dysaulini
- Dysaules Stal, 1877
- tribe Iridini
- Iris Saussure, 1869
- tribe Schizocephalini (monotypic: was subfamily Schizocephalinae)
- Schizocephala Serville, 1831
- Parathespinae
- Parathespis Saussure, 1869
TarachodinaeEdit
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- tribe Oxyelaeini
- tribe Tarachodini
- subtribe Antistiina
- subtribe Tarachodina
- Galepsus Stal, 1876
- Metagalepsus Roy, 1971
- Nesogalepsus
- Nothogalepsus
- Oxyophthalmellus
- Paragalepsus
- Paralygdamia
- Paroxyophthalmus
- Plastogalepsus
- Pseudogalepsus
- Pyrgomantis
- Tarachodella
- Tarachodes Burmeister, 1838
- Tarachodula
- Tuberculepsus Roy, 2008
ReferencesEdit
- ^ 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 12 July 2020)
External linksEdit
- Tree of Life - Eremiaphilidae
Data related to Eremiaphilidae at Wikispecies- Data related to Tarachodinae at Wikispecies
Media related to Eremiaphilidae at Wikimedia Commons
