Photinaidae


Photinaidae is a family of mantises in the order Neotropical Mantodea, in the superfamily Acanthopoidea. There are about 11 genera and more than 40 described species in Photinaidae.

Genera

These 11 genera belong to the family Photinaidae:Cardioptera Burmeister, 1838Chromatophotina Rivera, 2010Hicetia Saussure & Zehntner, 1894Macromantis Saussure, 1871Metriomantis Saussure & Zehntner, 1894Microphotina Beier, 1935Orthoderella Giglio-Tos, 1897Paraphotina Giglio-Tos, 1915Photina Burmeister, 1838Photinella Giglio-Tos, 1915Photiomantis Toledo Piza, 1968