List of mantis genera and species
The following list of mantis genera and species is based on the "Mantodea Species File", which is the primary reference for the taxonomy shown here.[1]
The insect order Mantodea consists of over 2,400 species of mantises in about 460 genera.[2][3] 75 of these genera are in the family Mantidae (the mantids), which formerly was sole family recognized within the order.
In some cases, common names in the English language are loosely applied to several different members of a particular genus, or even for species in various genera. For example, "giant Asian mantis" is used for various members of Hierodula, "dead leaf mantis" may refer not only to various species of Deroplatys, but to all brown mantises that use leaf mimicry for camouflage. "flower mantis" refers to numerous mantises, especially those belonging to or similar to those of genus Creobroter, and so on.
---For citation of common nomenclature and additional references, see individual articles.
Genus Acanthops[edit]
Some members of this genus are known as dead leaf mantises or boxer mantises.
- Acanthops bidens
- Acanthops boliviana
- Acanthops brunneri
- Acanthops centralis
- Acanthops coloradensis
- Acanthops contorta
- Acanthops elegans
- Acanthops erosa
- Acanthops erosula
- Acanthops falcata
- Acanthops falcataria
- Acanthops fuscifolia
- Acanthops godmani
- Acanthops occidentalis
- Acanthops onorei
- Acanthops parafalcata
- Acanthops parva
- Acanthops royi
- Acanthops soukana
Genus Achlaena[edit]
Genus Achlaenella[edit]
Genus Acithespis[edit]
Genus Acontista[edit]
- Acontista amazonica
- Acontista amoenula
- Acontista aurantiaca
- Acontista bolivari
- Acontista brevipennis
- Acontista cayennensis
- Acontista championi
- Acontista chopardi
- Acontista concinna
- Acontista cordillerae
- Acontista cubana
- Acontista ecuadorica
- Acontista eximia
- Acontista festae
- Acontista fraterna
- Acontista gracilis
- Acontista inquinata
- Acontista iriodes
- Acontista maroniensis
- Acontista mexicana
- Acontista minima
- Acontista multicolor
- Acontista parva
- Acontista piracicabensis
- Acontista rehni
- Acontista semirufa
- Acontista vitrea
Genus Acromantis[edit]
Some species within this genus are known as boxer mantises or flower mantises.
- Acromantis australis
- Acromantis dyaka
- Acromantis elegans
- Acromantis formosana (Taiwan flower mantis)
- Acromantis gestri (Thai boxer mantis, Sumatran Acromantis)
- Acromantis grandis
- Acromantis hesione
- Acromantis indica
- Acromantis insularis
- Acromantis japonica (Japanese boxer mantis)
- Acromantis lilii
- Acromantis luzonica
- Acromantis montana
- Acromantis moultoni
- Acromantis nicobarica
- Acromantis oligoneura
- Acromantis palauana
- Acromantis philippina
- Acromantis satsumensis
- Acromantis siporana
Genus Aetaella[edit]
Genus Aethalochroa[edit]
Members of this genus are commonly called stick mantises.
- Aethalochroa affinis
- Aethalochroa ashmoliana (Iranian stick mantis)
- Aethalochroa indica
- Aethalochroa insignis (Indian stick mantis)
- Aethalochroa simplicipes
- Aethalochroa spinipes
Genus Afrothespis[edit]
Genus Agrionopsis[edit]
- Agrionopsis bacilliformis
- Agrionopsis brachyptera
- Agrionopsis congica
- Agrionopsis distanti
- Agrionopsis modesta
Genus Alalomantis[edit]
- Alalomantis coxalis
- Alalomantis muta (Cameroon mantis)
Genus Alangularis[edit]
Genus Amantis[edit]
- Amantis aeta
- Amantis aliena
- Amantis basilana
- Amantis biroi
- Amantis bolivari
- Amantis fuliginosa
- Amantis fumosana
- Amantis gestri
- Amantis hainanensis
- Amantis indica
- Amantis irina
- Amantis lofaoshanensis
- Amantis longipennis
- Amantis malayana
- Amantis nawai
- Amantis philippina
- Amantis reticulata
- Amantis saussurei
- Amantis subirina
- Amantis testacea
- Amantis tristis
- Amantis vitalisi
Genus †Ambermantis[edit]
Genus Ambivia[edit]
Genus Ameles[edit]
- Ameles abjecta
- Ameles aegyptiaca
- Ameles africana
- Ameles arabica
- Ameles assoi
- Ameles crassinervis
- Ameles decolor
- Ameles dumonti
- †Ameles fasciipennis
- Ameles gracilis
- Ameles heldreichi
- Ameles kervillei
- Ameles maroccana
- Ameles massai
- Ameles modesta
- Ameles moralesi
- Ameles nana
- Ameles persa
- Ameles picteti
- Ameles poggii
- Ameles soror
- Ameles spallanzania (European dwarf mantis)
- Ameles syriensis
- Ameles wadisirhani
Genus Amorphoscelis[edit]
Amorphoscelis species are concentrated in Africa, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
- Amorphoscelis abyssinica
- Amorphoscelis angolica
- Amorphoscelis annulicornis
- Amorphoscelis asymmetrica
- Amorphoscelis austrogermanica
- Amorphoscelis bimaculata
- Amorphoscelis borneana
- Amorphoscelis brunneipennis
- Amorphoscelis chinensis
- Amorphoscelis chopardi
- Amorphoscelis elegans
- Amorphoscelis griffini
- Amorphoscelis grisea
- Amorphoscelis hainana
- Amorphoscelis hamata
- Amorphoscelis huismani
- Amorphoscelis javana
- Amorphoscelis kenyensis
- Amorphoscelis lamottei
- Amorphoscelis laxeretis
- Amorphoscelis machadoi
- Amorphoscelis morini
- Amorphoscelis naumanni
- Amorphoscelis nigriventer
- Amorphoscelis nubeculosa
- Amorphoscelis opaca
- Amorphoscelis orientalis
- Amorphoscelis pallida
- Amorphoscelis pantherina
- Amorphoscelis papua
- Amorphoscelis parva
- Amorphoscelis pellucida
- Amorphoscelis phaesoma
- Amorphoscelis philippina
- Amorphoscelis pinheyi
- Amorphoscelis pulchella
- Amorphoscelis pulchra
- Amorphoscelis punctata
- Amorphoscelis reticulata
- Amorphoscelis rufula
- Amorphoscelis siebersi
- Amorphoscelis singaporana
- Amorphoscelis spinosa
- Amorphoscelis stellulatha
- Amorphoscelis subnigra
- Amorphoscelis sulawesiana
- Amorphoscelis sumatrana
- Amorphoscelis tigrina
- Amorphoscelis tuberculata
- Amorphoscelis villiersi
Genus †Amorphoscelites[edit]
Genus Amphecostephanus[edit]
Genus Anamiopteryx[edit]
Genus Anaxarcha[edit]
- Anaxarcha acuta
- Anaxarcha graminea
- Anaxarcha hyalina
- Anaxarcha intermedia
- Anaxarcha limbata
- Anaxarcha pulchella
- Anaxarcha pulchra
- Anaxarcha sinensis
- Anaxarcha tianmushanensis
- Anaxarcha zhengi
Genus Angela[edit]
- Angela armata
- Angela brachyptera
- Angela championi
- Angela decolor
- Angela guianensis (Rehn, 1906)
- Angela inermis
- Angela lemoulti
- Angela maxima
- Angela minor
- Angela miranda
- Angela ornata
- Angela perpulchra
- Angela peruviana
- Angela purpurascens
- Angela quinquemaculata
- Angela saussurii
- Angela subhyalina
- Angela trifasciata
- Angela werneri
Genus Anoplosigerpes[edit]
Genus Antemna[edit]
Genus Antistia[edit]
Genus Anasigerpes[edit]
- Anasigerpes amieti
- Anasigerpes bifasciata
- Anasigerpes centralis
- Anasigerpes grilloti
- Anasigerpes heydeni
- Anasigerpes nigripes
- Anasigerpes trifasciata
- Anasigerpes unifasciata
Genus Apterocorypha[edit]
Genus Apteromantis[edit]
Genus †Aragonimantis[edit]
Genus †Archaeophlebia[edit]
Genus Archimantis[edit]
Archimantis species are common in Australia. Some are called stick mantises.
- Archimantis armata
- Archimantis brunneriana
- Archimantis gracilis
- Archimantis latistyla (large brown mantis, Australian stick mantis)
- Archimantis monstrosa (monster mantis)
- Archimantis quinquelobata
- Archimantis sobrina
- Archimantis straminea
- Archimantis vittata
Genus Ariusia[edit]
Genus Armene[edit]
- Armene breviptera
- Armene fanica
- Armene griseolata
- Armene hissarica
- Armene pusilla
- Armene robusta
- Armene silvicola
Genus Armeniola[edit]
Genus Arria[edit]
- Arria cinctipes
- Arria leigongshanensis
- Arria meghalayensis
- Arria oreophila
- Arria pallida
- Arria sticta
Genus †Arvernineura[edit]
Genus Asiadodis[edit]
Members of this genus are common known as shield mantises.
- Asiadodis squilla (Asian shield mantis)
- Asiadodis yunnanensis
Genus Astape[edit]
Genus Astollia[edit]
Genus Astyliasula[edit]
- Astyliasula basinigra
- Astyliasula hoffmanni
- Astyliasula inermis
- Astyliasula javana
- Astyliasula major
- Astyliasula phyllopus
- Astyliasula sarawaca
- Astyliasula wuyshana
Genus Austromantis[edit]
Genus Austrovates[edit]
Genus † Baissomantis[edit]
- † Baissomantis maculata Gratshev & Zherikhin, 1994
- † Baissomantis picta Gratshev & Zherikhin, 1994
Genus Bantia[edit]
- Bantia chopardi
- Bantia fusca
- Bantia marmorata
- Bantia metzi
- Bantia michaelisi
- Bantia nana
- Bantia pygmaea
- Bantia simoni
- Bantia werneri
- Bantia yotocoensis
Genus Bantiella[edit]
Genus Belomantis[edit]
Genus Betamantis[edit]
Genus Bimantis[edit]
Genus Bistanta[edit]
Genus Bisanthe[edit]
Genus Blepharodes[edit]
Genus Blepharopsis[edit]
- Blepharopsis mendica (Egyptian flower mantis, thistle mantis)
Genus Bolbe[edit]
Genus Bolbella[edit]
- Bolbella affinis
- Bolbella brevis
- Bolbella kaltenbachi
- Bolbella punctigera
- Bolbella rhodesiaca
- Bolbella uhligi
Genus Bolbena[edit]
- Bolbena assimilis
- Bolbena hottentotta
- Bolbena maraisi
- Bolbena minor
- Bolbena orientalis
- Bolbena minutissima
Genus Bolbula[edit]
Genus Bolivaria[edit]
Genus Bolivaroscelis[edit]
Genus Brunneria[edit]
Brunneria, species of which are known as stick mantises, are found in North America, Central America, and South America.
- Brunneria borealis (Brunner's mantis, Brunner's stick mantis, American stick mantis)
- Brunneria brasiliensis (Brazilian stick mantis)
- Brunneria gracilis
- Brunneria grandis
- Brunneria longa
- Brunneria subaptera (small-winged stick mantis)
Genus Brancsikia[edit]
- Brancsikia aeroplana (Lamberton, 1911)
- Brancsikia freyi (Brancsik, 1893)
Genus †Burmantis[edit]
Genus Calamothespis[edit]
- Calamothespis adusta
- Calamothespis aspoeckorum
- Calamothespis condamini
- Calamothespis congica
- Calamothespis guineensis
- Calamothespis kibweziana
- Calamothespis lesnei
- Calamothespis lineatipennis
- Calamothespis nathani
- Calamothespis oxyops
- Calamothespis prosti
- Calamothespis rourei
- Calamothespis subcornuta
- Calamothespis tanzaniensis
- Calamothespis taylori
- Calamothespis vansoni
- Calamothespis vuattouxi
Genus Caliris[edit]
Genus Callibia[edit]
Genus Callimantis[edit]
Genus Callivates[edit]
Genus Calofulcinia[edit]
- Calofulcinia australis
- Calofulcinia elegans
- Calofulcinia integra
- Calofulcinia oxynota
- Calofulcinia paraoxypila
- Calofulcinia vidua
- Calofulcinia viridula
Genus Camelomantis[edit]
- Camelomantis giraffa
- Camelomantis gracillima
- Camelomantis moultoni
- Camelomantis parva
- Camelomantis penangica
- Camelomantis sondaica
- Camelomantis sumatrana
Genus Cardioptera[edit]
- Cardioptera brachyptera
- Cardioptera minor
- Cardioptera nigridens
- Cardioptera parva
- Cardioptera squalodon
Genus Carrikerella[edit]
Genus Carvilia[edit]
Genus Cataspilota[edit]
- Cataspilota armicollis
- Cataspilota calabarica
- Cataspilota guineensis
- Cataspilota lolodorfana
- Cataspilota misana
- Cataspilota pulchra
- Cataspilota tristis
Genus Catestiasula[edit]
Genus Catoxyopsis[edit]
Genus Caudatoscelis[edit]
- Caudatoscelis annulipes
- Caudatoscelis caudata
- Caudatoscelis collarti
- Caudatoscelis lagrecai
- Caudatoscelis marmorata
Genus Ceratocrania[edit]
Genus Ceratomantis[edit]
- Ceratomantis ghatei
- Ceratomantis gigliotosi
- Ceratomantis kimberlae
- Ceratomantis saussurii
- Ceratomantis yunnanensis
Genus Chaeteessa[edit]
- †Chaeteessa brevialata
- Chaeteessa burmeisteri
- Chaeteessa caudata
- Chaeteessa filata
- Chaeteessa nana
- Chaeteessa nigromarginata
- Chaeteessa valida
Genus †Chaeteessites[edit]
Genus Charieis[edit]
Genus Chlidonoptera[edit]
- Chlidonoptera chopardi
- Chlidonoptera lestoni
- Chlidonoptera roxanae
- Chlidonoptera vexillum
- Chlidonoptera werneri
Genus Chlorocalis[edit]
Genus Chloroharpax[edit]
- Chloroharpax modesta (Nigerian flower mantis)
Genus Chloromantis[edit]
Genus Chloromiopteryx[edit]
- Chloromiopteryx mirim
- Chloromiopteryx modesta
- Chloromiopteryx plurilobata
- Chloromiopteryx thalassina
Genus Choeradodis[edit]
Members of this genus are commonly known as shield mantises, hooded mantises, or leaf mantises.
- Choeradodis columbica (Columbian shield mantis)
- Choeradodis rhombicollis (Peruvian shield mantis)
- Choeradodis rhomboidea (tropical shield mantis, Hooded mantis, leaf mantis)
- Choeradodis stalii (tropical shield mantis, Hooded mantis, leaf mantis)
- Choeradodis strumaria (leaf mantis)
Genus Chopardempusa[edit]
Genus Chopardentella[edit]
Genus Chopardiella[edit]
Genus Chroicoptera[edit]
Genus Chromatophotina[edit]
Genus Chrysomantis[edit]
- Chrysomantis cachani
- Chrysomantis congica
- Chrysomantis girardi
- Chrysomantis royi
- Chrysomantis speciosa
- Chrysomantis tessmanni
Genus Cilnia[edit]
- Cilnia chopardi
- Cilnia humeralis (wide-armed mantis)
Genus Citharomantis[edit]
Genus Ciulfina[edit]
- Ciulfina annecharlotteae
- Ciulfina baldersoni
- Ciulfina biseriata
- Ciulfina herbersteinae
- Ciulfina ianrichardi
- Ciulfina klassi
- Ciulfina liturgusa
- Ciulfina rentzi
- Ciulfina terrymariceae
Genus Cliomantis[edit]
Genus Coenomantis[edit]
Genus Compsomantis[edit]
- Compsomantis ceylonica
- Compsomantis crassiceps
- Compsomantis mindoroensis
- Compsomantis robusta
- Compsomantis semirufula
- Compsomantis tumidiceps
Genus Compsothespis[edit]
- Compsothespis abyssinica
- Compsothespis anomala
- Compsothespis australiensis
- Compsothespis brevipennis
- Compsothespis cinnabarina
- Compsothespis ebneri
- Compsothespis falcifera
- Compsothespis hispida
- Compsothespis kilwana
- Compsothespis marginipennis
- Compsothespis michaelseni
- Compsothespis natalica
- Compsothespis occidentalis
- Compsothespis zavattarii
Genus Congoharpax[edit]
Genus Congomantis[edit]
Genus Coptopteryx[edit]
- Coptopteryx argentina
- Coptopteryx claraziana
- Coptopteryx constricta
- Coptopteryx gayi
- Coptopteryx gracilis
- Coptopteryx grisea
- Coptopteryx inermis
- Coptopteryx magna
- Coptopteryx mesomelas
- Coptopteryx minuta
- Coptopteryx parva
- Coptopteryx platana
- Coptopteryx pusilla
- Coptopteryx rebrevipennis
- Coptopteryx spinosa
- Coptopteryx thoracica
- Coptopteryx thoracoides
- Coptopteryx viridis
Genus Cornucollis[edit]
Genus Corthylomantis[edit]
Genus Corticomantis[edit]
Genus Cotigaonopsis[edit]
Genus Creobroter[edit]
With their wings adorned with patterns even when at rest, Creobroter, a genus concentrated in Western Asia, is one of the best-known genera to which the common name "flower mantis" is applied.
- Creobroter apicalis
- Creobroter celebensis
- Creobroter discifera
- Creobroter episcopalis
- Creobroter fasciatus
- Creobroter fuscoareatus
- Creobroter gemmatus (jeweled flower mantis, Indian flower mantis)
- Creobroter granulicollis
- Creobroter insolitus
- Creobroter jiangxiensis
- Creobroter labuanae
- Creobroter laevicollis
- Creobroter medanus
- Creobroter meleagris
- Creobroter nebulosa
- Creobroter pictipennis (Indian flower mantis)
- Creobroter signifer
- Creobroter sumatranus
- Creobroter urbanus
- Creobroter vitripennis
Genus †Cretophotina[edit]
Genus Dactylopteryx[edit]
Genus Danuria[edit]
Also known as giant grass mantises, these are characterised by long slender bodies and sloping, pointed eyes.
- Danuria affinis
- Danuria angusticollis
- Danuria barbozae
- Danuria buchholzi
- Danuria congica
- Danuria contorta
- Danuria fusca
- Danuria gracilis
- Danuria impannosa
- Danuria kilimandjarica
- Danuria obscuripennis
- Danuria serratodentata
- Danuria sublineata
- Danuria thunbergi
Genus Danuriella[edit]
- Danuriella altera
- Danuriella andriai
- Danuriella anjouanensis
- Danuriella griveaudi
- Danuriella irregularis
- Danuriella madagascariensis
- Danuriella marojejyensis
- Danuriella mayottensis
- Danuriella merigueti
- Danuriella sogai
- Danuriella tigrina
- Danuriella viettei
Genus Decimiana[edit]
- Decimiana bolivari
- Decimiana clavata
- Decimiana elliptica
- Decimiana gaucha
- Decimiana hebardi
- Decimiana rehni
- Decimiana tessellata
Genus Deiphobe[edit]
- Deiphobe australiana
- Deiphobe brevipennis
- Deiphobe brunneri
- Deiphobe infuscata
- Deiphobe longipes
- Deiphobe mesomelas
- Deiphobe moseri
- Deiphobe xanthoptera
Genus Deiphobella[edit]
Genus Deromantis[edit]
Genus Deroplatys[edit]
Deroplatys, the best-known of the so-called dead leaf mantises, are native to Asia.
- Deroplatys angustata (Westwood, 1845)
- Deroplatys cordata (Fabricius, 1798)
- Deroplatys desiccata (Westwood, 1839) (giant dead leaf mantis, Malaysian dead leaf mantis, dead leaf mantis)
- Deroplatys gorochovi (Anisyutkin, 1998)
- Deroplatys indica (Roy, 2007)
- Deroplatys lobata (Guérin-Méneville (1838) (Malaysian dead leaf mantis, dead leaf mantis)
- Deroplatys moultoni (Giglio-Tos, 1917)
- Deroplatys philippinica (Werner, 1922) (Philippines dead leaf mantis)
- Deroplatys rhombica (Brunner, 1897)
- Deroplatys sarawaca (Westwood, 1889)
- Deroplatys trigonodera (Westwood, 1889) (dead leaf mantis)
- Deroplatys truncata (Guerin-Meneville, 1843) (dead leaf mantis)
Genus Diabantia[edit]
Genus Didymocorypha[edit]
Genus Dilatempusa[edit]
Genus Dimantis[edit]
Genus Dracomantis[edit]
Genus Dysaules[edit]
Genus Dysaulophthalma[edit]
Genus Dystacta[edit]
Genus Dystactula[edit]
Genus Elaea[edit]
- Elaea gestroi
- Elaea infumata
- Elaea marchali
- Elaea perloides
- Elaea richteri
- Elaea solimani
- Elaea somalica
Genus Elmantis[edit]
Genus Empusa[edit]
- Empusa binotata
- Empusa fasciata
- Empusa guttula
- Empusa hedenborgii
- Empusa longicollis
- Empusa pennata (conehead mantis, also Spanish mantis palo meaning "stick mantis")
- Empusa pennicornis
- Empusa romboidea
- Empusa simonyi
- Empusa spinosa
- Empusa uvarovi
Genus Enicophlebia[edit]
Genus Entella[edit]
- Entella angolensis
- Entella angolica
- Entella brunni
- Entella congica
- Entella delalandi
- Entella exilis
- Entella femina
- Entella fuliginosa
- Entella gaerdesi
- Entella grandis
- Entella machadoi
- Entella meruensis
- Entella minor
- Entella natalica
- Entella nebulosa
- Entella obscura
- Entella orientalis
- Entella personata
- Entella pusilla
- Entella reussi
- Entella rudebecki
- Entella rukwaensis
- Entella stegmanni
- Entella taborana
- Entella transvaalica
- Entella vitticeps
Genus Entelloptera[edit]
Genus Eomantis[edit]
Genus Epaphrodita[edit]
Genus Ephestiasula[edit]
Genus Ephierodula[edit]
Genus Episcopomantis[edit]
Genus Epitenodera[edit]
- Epitenodera brevipennis
- Epitenodera capitata
- Epitenodera equatoriana
- Epitenodera gambiensis
- Epitenodera herbacea
- Epitenodera houyi
- Epitenodera nimbana
Genus Epsomantis[edit]
Genus Eremiaphila[edit]
- Eremiaphila ammonita
- Eremiaphila andresi
- Eremiaphila anubis
- Eremiaphila arabica
- Eremiaphila aristidis
- Eremiaphila audouini
- Eremiaphila barbara
- Eremiaphila berndstiewi
- Eremiaphila bifasciata
- Eremiaphila bovei
- Eremiaphila braueri
- Eremiaphila brevipennis
- Eremiaphila brunneri (common desert mantis)
- Eremiaphila cairina
- Eremiaphila cerisyi
- Eremiaphila collenettei
- Eremiaphila cordofana
- Eremiaphila cycloptera
- Eremiaphila dagi
- Eremiaphila dentata
- Eremiaphila denticollis
- Eremiaphila foureaui
- Eremiaphila fraseri
- Eremiaphila genei
- Eremiaphila gigas
- Eremiaphila hebraica
- Eremiaphila heluanensis
- Eremiaphila irridipennis
- Eremiaphila khamsini
- Eremiaphila kheychi
- Eremiaphila klunzingeri
- Eremiaphila laeviceps
- Eremiaphila lefebvrii
- Eremiaphila luxor
- Eremiaphila maculipennis
- Eremiaphila monodi
- Eremiaphila moretii
- Eremiaphila murati
- Eremiaphila mzabi
- Eremiaphila nilotica
- Eremiaphila nova
- Eremiaphila numida
- Eremiaphila persica
- Eremiaphila petiti
- Eremiaphila pierrei
- Eremiaphila pyramidum
- Eremiaphila rectangulata
- Eremiaphila reticulata
- Eremiaphila rohlfsi
- Eremiaphila rotundipennis
- Eremiaphila rufipennis
- Eremiaphila rufula
- Eremiaphila savignyi
- Eremiaphila somalica
- Eremiaphila spinulosa
- Eremiaphila tuberculifera
- Eremiaphila turica
- Eremiaphila typhon
- Eremiaphila uvarovi
- Eremiaphila voltaensis
- Eremiaphila werneri
- Eremiaphila wettsteini
- Eremiaphila yemenita
- Eremiaphila zetterstedti (desert pebble mantis)
Genus Eremoplana[edit]
Genus Euchomena[edit]
Genus Euchomenella[edit]
Members of this genus are known as long neck mantises or twig mantises.
- Euchomenella adwinae
- Euchomenella apicalis
- Euchomenella heteroptera (twig mantis, Malaysia long neck mantis)
- Euchomenella macrops (long neck mantis)
- Euchomenella matilei
- Euchomenella moluccarum
- Euchomenella thoracica
- Euchomenella udovichenkoi
Genus Eumiopteryx[edit]
Genus Eumusonia[edit]
Genus Euthyphleps[edit]
Genus Exparoxypilus[edit]
Genus Fuga[edit]
Genus Fulcinia[edit]
- Fulcinia alaris
- Fulcinia exilis
- Fulcinia lobata
- Fulcinia punctipes
- Fulcinia uxor
- Fulcinia variipennis
Genus Fulciniella[edit]
Genus Fulciniola[edit]
Genus Galapagia[edit]
Genus Galepsus[edit]
- Galepsus aberrans
- Galepsus affinis
- Galepsus angolensis
- Galepsus beieri
- Galepsus binotatus
- Galepsus bioculatus
- Galepsus bipunctatus
- Galepsus birkenmeierae
- Galepsus bispinosus
- Galepsus brincki
- Galepsus brunneri
- Galepsus bucheti
- Galepsus buettneri
- Galepsus cacuminatus
- Galepsus capensis
- Galepsus capitatus
- Galepsus centralis
- Galepsus cliquennoisi
- Galepsus congicus
- Galepsus coronatus
- Galepsus culminans
- Galepsus damaranus
- Galepsus decipiens
- Galepsus denigratus
- Galepsus diversus
- Galepsus dubius
- Galepsus dudleyi
- Galepsus erythraeus
- Galepsus fallaciosus
- Galepsus fallax
- Galepsus feae
- Galepsus femoratus
- Galepsus focki
- Galepsus fumipennis
- Galepsus globiceps
- Galepsus gracilis
- Galepsus inermis
- Galepsus intermedius
- Galepsus konakrynus
- Galepsus laticeps
- Galepsus lenticularis
- Galepsus letabaensis
- Galepsus machadoi
- Galepsus malawiensis
- Galepsus meridionalis
- Galepsus minima
- Galepsus minutus
- Galepsus montanus
- Galepsus nigricoxa
- Galepsus nimulensis
- Galepsus nyassensis
- Galepsus oxycephalus
- Galepsus pentheri
- Galepsus rhodesicus
- Galepsus rouxi
- Galepsus schwetzi
- Galepsus scorteccii
- Galepsus signatus
- Galepsus sudanensis
- Galepsus supervacaneus
- Galepsus tenuis
- Galepsus thomseni
- Galepsus transvaalensis
- Galepsus ulricae
- Galepsus wittei
Genus Galinthias[edit]
- Galinthias amoena
- Galinthias meruensis
- Galinthias occidentalis
- Galinthias philbyi
- Galinthias rhomboidalis
Genus Geomantis[edit]
Genus Geothespis[edit]
Genus Gigliotoscelis[edit]
Genus Gildella[edit]
Genus Gimantis[edit]
Genus Gonatista[edit]
- Gonatista grisea (grizzled mantis, lichen mimic)
- Gonatista jaiba
- Gonatista major
- Gonatista phryganoides
- Gonatista reticulata
Genus Gonatistella[edit]
Genus Gongylus[edit]
- Gongylus gongylodes (wandering violin mantis, Indian rose mantis)
- Gongylus pauperatus
- Gongylus trachelophyllus
Genus Gonypeta[edit]
- Gonypeta borneana
- Gonypeta brigittae
- Gonypeta brunneri
- Gonypeta humbertiana
- Gonypeta noctivaga
- Gonypeta punctata
- Gonypeta rotundata
- Gonypeta simplex
Genus Gonypetella[edit]
- Gonypetella atra
- Gonypetella atrocephala
- Gonypetella australis
- Gonypetella carinata
- Gonypetella deletrix
- Gonypetella flavicornis
- Gonypetella fusca
- Gonypetella fuscipes
- Gonypetella infumata
- Gonypetella ivoirensis
- Gonypetella kilimandjarica
- Gonypetella punctata
Genus Gonypetoides[edit]
Genus Gonypetyllis[edit]
Genus Gretella[edit]
Genus Gyromantis[edit]
The two members of this genus are commonly known as bark mantises.
- Gyromantis kraussii (spiny bark mantis)
- Gyromantis occidentalis (eastern bark mantis)
Genus Haania[edit]
- Haania aspera
- Haania borneana
- Haania confusa
- Haania dispar
- Haania doroshenkoi
- Haania lobiceps
- Haania orlovi
- Haania philippina
- Haania simplex
- Haania vitalisi
Genus Hagiomantis[edit]
- Hagiomantis mesopoda
- Hagiomantis ornata
- Hagiomantis pallida
- Hagiomantis superba
- Hagiomantis surinamensis
Genus Hapalogymnes[edit]
Genus Hapalomantis[edit]
- Hapalomantis abyssinica
- Hapalomantis congica
- Hapalomantis katangica
- Hapalomantis lacualis
- Hapalomantis minima
- Hapalomantis orba
- Hapalomantis rhombochir
Genus Hapalopeza[edit]
- Hapalopeza fulmeki
- Hapalopeza nigricornis
- Hapalopeza nilgirica
- Hapalopeza nitens
- Hapalopeza periyara
- Hapalopeza tigrina
Genus Hapalopezella[edit]
Genus Harpagomantis[edit]
Genus Hebardia[edit]
Genus Hebardiella[edit]
Genus Hedigerella[edit]
Genus Heliomantis[edit]
Genus Helvia[edit]
Genus Hemiempusa[edit]
Genus Hestiasula[edit]
- Hestiasula brachyptera
- Hestiasula brunneriana
- Hestiasula castetsi
- Hestiasula ceylonica
- Hestiasula gyldenstolpei
- Hestiasula kastneri
- Hestiasula masoni
- Hestiasula nigrofemorata
- Hestiasula woodi
- Hestiasula zhejiangensis
Genus Heterochaeta[edit]
- Heterochaeta bernardii
- Heterochaeta girardi
- Heterochaeta kumari
- Heterochaeta lamellosa
- Heterochaeta occidentalis
- Heterochaeta orientalis
- Heterochaeta pantherina
- Heterochaeta reticulata
- Heterochaeta strachani
- Heterochaeta tenuipes
- Heterochaeta zavattarii
Genus Heterochaetula[edit]
Genus Heteronutarsus[edit]
- Heteronutarsus aegyptiacus
- Heteronutarsus albipennis
- Heteronutarsus arenivagus
- Heteronutarsus zolotarevskyi
Genus Heterovates[edit]
Genus Hicetia[edit]
Genus Hierodula[edit]
The giant Asian mantis genus Hierodula contains numerous large species and has a range that stretches from India to Hawaii.
- Hierodula ansusana
- Hierodula aruana
- Hierodula assamensis
- Hierodula atrocoxata
- Hierodula beieri
- Hierodula bhamoana
- Hierodula biaka
- Hierodula borneana
- Hierodula brunnea
- Hierodula chamoana
- Hierodula chinensis
- Hierodula coarctata
- Hierodula confusa
- Hierodula crassa
- Hierodula cuchingina'
- Hierodula dolichoptera
- Hierodula doveri
- Hierodula dyaka
- Hierodula everetti'
- Hierodula fumipennis
- Hierodula fuscescens
- Hierodula gigliotosi
- Hierodula gracilicollis
- Hierodula harpyia
- Hierodula heinrichi
- Hierodula inconspicua
- Hierodula ingens
- Hierodula italii
- Hierodula jobina
- Hierodula kapaurana
- Hierodula laevicollis
- Hierodula lamasonga
- Hierodula latipennis
- Hierodula longedentata
- Hierodula macrodentata
- Hierodula macrostigmata
- Hierodula maculata
- Hierodula maculisternum
- Hierodula major
- Hierodula majuscula
- Hierodula malaccana
- Hierodula malaya
- Hierodula membranacea (giant Asian mantis, Sri Lanka mantis, green mantis)
- Hierodula microdon
- Hierodula mindanensis
- Hierodula modesta
- Hierodula monochroa
- Hierodula multispinulosa
- Hierodula nicobarica
- Hierodula obiensis
- Hierodula obtusata
- Hierodula oraea
- Hierodula ovata
- Hierodula papua
- Hierodula parviceps
- Hierodula patellifera (giant Asian mantis)
- Hierodula perakana
- Hierodula philippina
- Hierodula pistillinota
- Hierodula prosternalis
- Hierodula pulchra
- Hierodula pulchripes
- Hierodula purpurescens
- Hierodula pustulifera
- Hierodula pygmaea
- Hierodula quadridens
- Hierodula quadripunctata
- Hierodula quinquecallosa
- Hierodula quinquepatellata
- Hierodula rajah
- Hierodula ralumina
- Hierodula robusta
- Hierodula rufomaculata
- Hierodula rufopatellata
- Hierodula salomonis (jade mantis)
- Hierodula samangensis
- Hierodula sarsinorum
- Hierodula saussurei
- Hierodula schultzei
- Hierodula scutata
- Hierodula simbangana
- Hierodula similis
- Hierodula siporana
- Hierodula sorongana
- Hierodula sternosticta
- Hierodula stigmata
- Hierodula striata
- Hierodula striatipes
- Hierodula szentivanyi
- Hierodula tenuidentata
- Hierodula tenuis
- Hierodula timorensis
- Hierodula togiana
- Hierodula tonkinensis
- Hierodula tornica
- Hierodula transcaucasica
- Hierodula trimacula
- Hierodula unimaculata
- Hierodula venosa
- Hierodula ventralis
- Hierodula versicolor
- Hierodula vitreoides
- Hierodula werneri
- Hierodula westwoodi
Genus Hierodulella[edit]
Genus Holaptilon[edit]
- Holaptilon brevipugilis
- Holaptilon pusillulum (jumping mantis)
Genus Hondurantemna[edit]
Genus Hoplocoryphella[edit]
Genus Hoplocorypha[edit]
Members of this genus are known collectively as African stick mantises.
- Hoplocorypha acuta
- Hoplocorypha bicornis
- Hoplocorypha boromensis
- Hoplocorypha bottegi
- Hoplocorypha boviformis
- Hoplocorypha brevicollis
- Hoplocorypha cacomana
- Hoplocorypha carli
- Hoplocorypha congica
- Hoplocorypha dentata
- Hoplocorypha distinguenda
- Hoplocorypha foliata
- Hoplocorypha fumosa
- Hoplocorypha galeata
- Hoplocorypha garuana
- Hoplocorypha hamulifera
- Hoplocorypha lacualis
- Hoplocorypha lobata
- Hoplocorypha macra
- Hoplocorypha mellea
- Hoplocorypha montana
- Hoplocorypha nana
- Hoplocorypha narocana
- Hoplocorypha nigerica
- Hoplocorypha nigra
- Hoplocorypha perplexa
- Hoplocorypha picea
- Hoplocorypha punctata
- Hoplocorypha rapax
- Hoplocorypha salfii
- Hoplocorypha saussurii
- Hoplocorypha sordida
- Hoplocorypha striata
- Hoplocorypha turneri
- Hoplocorypha ugandana
- Hoplocorypha vittata
- Hoplocorypha wittei
Genus Hoplocoryphella[edit]
Genus Humbertiella[edit]
- Humbertiella affinis
- Humbertiella africana
- Humbertiella assimilata
- Humbertiella brunneri
- Humbertiella ceylonica
- Humbertiella indica
- Humbertiella laosana
- Humbertiella nada
- Humbertiella nigrospinosa
- Humbertiella ocularis
- Humbertiella similis
- Humbertiella sindhica
- Humbertiella taprobanarum
- Humbertiella yunnanensis
Genus Hyalomantis[edit]
Genus Hymenopus[edit]
Hymenopus species are commonly called orchid mantises.
- Hymenopus bicornis
- Hymenopus coronatoides
- Hymenopus coronatus (Malaysian orchid mantis, orchid mantis)
Genus Hypsicorypha[edit]
Genus Idolomantis[edit]
- Idolomantis diabolica (giant devil's flower mantis, devil's flower mantis)
Genus Idolomorpha[edit]
- Idolomorpha dentifrons (alien head mantis)
- Idolomorpha lateralis
- Idolomorpha madagascariensis
- Idolomorpha sagitta
Genus Ilomantis[edit]
Genus Ima[edit]
Genus Indothespis[edit]
Genus Indomenella[edit]
Genus Iridopteryx[edit]
Genus Iris[edit]
- Iris caeca
- Iris deserti
- Iris insolita
- Iris nana
- Iris narzykulovi
- Iris oratoria (Mediterranean mantis)
- Iris orientalis
- Iris persa
- Iris persiminima
- Iris pitcheri
- Iris polystictica
- Iris senegalensis
- Iris splendida
- Iris strigosa
Genus Ischnomantis[edit]
- Ischnomantis aethiopica
- Ischnomantis fasciata
- Ischnomantis fatiloqua
- Ischnomantis flavescens
- Ischnomantis gigas
- Ischnomantis gracilis
- Ischnomantis grandis
- Ischnomantis media
- Ischnomantis perfida
- Ischnomantis spinigera
- Ischnomantis usambarica
- Ischnomantis werneri
Genus †Jersimantis[edit]
Genus Junodia[edit]
- Junodia amoena
- Junodia beieri
- Junodia congica
- Junodia hararensis
- Junodia lameyi
- Junodia maternaschulzei
- Junodia spinosa
- Junodia stiewei
- Junodia strigipennis
- Junodia vansomereni
- Junodia vansoni
Genus †Kazakhophotina[edit]
Genus Kongobatha[edit]
Genus Lagrecacanthops[edit]
Genus Leptocola[edit]
- Leptocola fragilis
- Leptocola giraffa
- Leptocola gracilis
- Leptocola gracillima
- Leptocola phthisica
- Leptocola seriepunctata
- Leptocola stanleyana
Genus Leptomantella[edit]
- Leptomantella albella
- Leptomantella ceylonica
- Leptomantella fragilis
- Leptomantella indica
- Leptomantella lactea
- Leptomantella montana
- Leptomantella nigrocoxata
- Leptomantella parva
- Leptomantella tonkinae
- Leptomantella xizangensis
Genus Leptomiopteryx[edit]
Genus Leptosibylla[edit]
Genus Ligaria[edit]
- Ligaria aberrans
- Ligaria affinis
- Ligaria backlundi
- Ligaria brevicollis
- Ligaria brevis
- Ligaria chopardi
- Ligaria clara
- Ligaria costalis
- Ligaria culicivora
- Ligaria dentata
- Ligaria denticollis
- Ligaria diabolica
- Ligaria inexpectata
- Ligaria jeanneli
- Ligaria quadrinotata
- Ligaria quadripunctata
- Ligaria senegalensis
Genus Ligariella[edit]
- Ligariella australis
- Ligariella bicornuta
- Ligariella bolivari
- Ligariella gracilis
- Ligariella trigonali
Genus Ligentella[edit]
Genus Liguanea[edit]
Genus Litaneutria[edit]
- Litaneutria elongata
- Litaneutria emarginata
- Litaneutria minor (minor ground mantis)
- Litaneutria ocularis
- Litaneutria pacifica
- Litaneutria skinneri (Skinner's ground mantis)
Genus †Lithophotina[edit]
Genus Liturgusa[edit]
- Liturgusa actuosa
- Liturgusa algorei
- Liturgusa bororum
- Liturgusa cameroni
- Liturgusa cayennensis
- Liturgusa charpentieri
- Liturgusa cura
- Liturgusa cursor
- Liturgusa dominica
- Liturgusa fossetti
- Liturgusa guyanensis
- Liturgusa kirtlandi
- Liturgusa krattorum
- Liturgusa lichenalis
- Liturgusa manausensis
- Liturgusa maroni
- Liturgusa maya
- Liturgusa milleri
- Liturgusa neblina
- Liturgusa nubeculosa
- Liturgusa purus
- Liturgusa stiewei
- Liturgusa tessae
- Liturgusa trinidadensis
- Liturgusa zoae
Genus Liturgusella[edit]
Genus Lobocneme[edit]
Genus Lobothespis[edit]
Genus Machairima[edit]
Genus Macracanthopus[edit]
Genus Macrodanuria[edit]
Genus Macromusonia[edit]
Genus Macropopa[edit]
Genus Maculatoscelis[edit]
Genus Macromantis[edit]
Genus Majanga[edit]
Genus Majangella[edit]
Genus Mantasoa[edit]
Genus Mantellias[edit]
Genus Mantilia[edit]
Genus Mantillica[edit]
Genus Mantis[edit]
- Mantis beieri
- Mantis callifera
- Mantis carinata
- Mantis dilaticollis
- Mantis emortualis
- Mantis griveaudi
- Mantis insignis
- Mantis macroalata
- Mantis macrocephala
- Mantis octospilota (eight-spotted mantis, blackbarrel mantis)[5]
- Mantis pia
- Mantis religiosa (European mantis)
- Mantis splendida
- Mantis tricolor
Genus Mantoida[edit]
This genus is concentrated in Mexico, Central America, and South America.
- Mantoida argentinae
- Mantoida beieri
- Mantoida brunneriana
- Mantoida burmeisteri
- Mantoida fulgidipennis
- †Mantoida matthiasglinki
- Mantoida maya (little Yucatán mantis)
- Mantoida nitida
- Mantoida ronderosi
- Mantoida schraderi
- Mantoida tenuis
Genus †Megaphotina[edit]
Genus Mekongomantis[edit]
Genus Melliera[edit]
Genus Mellierella[edit]
Genus Melomantis[edit]
Genus Memantis[edit]
Genus Mesopteryx[edit]
- Mesopteryx alata (Saussure, 1870)
- Mesopteryx platycephala (Stal, 1877)
- Mesopteryx robusta (Wood-Mason, 1882)
Genus Metacromantis[edit]
Genus Metagalepsus[edit]
Genus Metallyticus[edit]
- Metallyticus fallax
- Metallyticus pallipes
- Metallyticus semiaeneus
- Metallyticus splendidus
- Metallyticus violaceus
Genus Metatoxodera[edit]
Genus Metilia[edit]
- Metilia amazonica (Beier, 1930)[6]
- Metilia boliviana (Werner, 1927)[7]
- Metilia brunnerii (Saussure, 1871)[8]
Genus Metoxypilus[edit]
Genus Metriomantis[edit]
- Metriomantis amazonica
- Metriomantis boliviana
- Metriomantis cupido
- Metriomantis occidentalis
- Metriomantis paraensis
- Metriomantis Photinaina
- Metriomantis pilosella
- Metriomantis vitrea
Genus Micromantis[edit]
Genus Microphotina[9][edit]
- Microphotina cristalino Lanna et al., 2023[10]
- Microphotina panguanensis
- Microphotina viridescens
- Microphotina viridula
- Microphotina vitripennis
Genus Microthespis[edit]
Genus Miobantia[edit]
- Miobantia aptera
- Miobantia ciliata
- Miobantia fuscata
- Miobantia nebulosa
- Miobantia phryganea
- Miobantia rustica
Genus Miomantis[edit]
- Miomantis abyssinica (Egyptian mantis, Ethiopian mantis)
- Miomantis acutipes
- Miomantis aequalis
- Miomantis affinis
- Miomantis alata
- Miomantis amanica
- Miomantis andreinii
- Miomantis annulipes
- Miomantis arabica
- Miomantis asignata
- Miomantis aurantiaca
- Miomantis aurea
- Miomantis australis
- Miomantis binotata
- Miomantis bintumanensis
- Miomantis brachyptera
- Miomantis brevipennis
- Miomantis brunni
- Miomantis buettneri
- Miomantis caffra (South African mantis, springbok mantis)
- Miomantis cinnabarina
- Miomantis ciprianii
- Miomantis coxalis
- Miomantis devylderi
- Miomantis diademata
- Miomantis exilis
- Miomantis fallax
- Miomantis feminina
- Miomantis fenestrata
- Miomantis gracilis
- Miomantis griffinii
- Miomantis gyldenstolpei
- Miomantis helenae
- Miomantis kibweziana
- Miomantis kilimandjarica
- Miomantis lacualis
- Miomantis lamtoensis
- Miomantis longicollis
- Miomantis menelikii
- Miomantis milmilena
- Miomantis minuta
- Miomantis misana
- Miomantis moerana
- Miomantis mombasica
- Miomantis monacha
- Miomantis montana
- Miomantis multipunctata
- Miomantis nairobiensis
- Miomantis natalica
- Miomantis nyassensis
- Miomantis ornata
- Miomantis paykullii (Egyptian mantis)
- Miomantis pellucida
- Miomantis planivertex
- Miomantis prasina
- Miomantis preussi
- Miomantis pygmaea
- Miomantis quadripunctata
- Miomantis rebeli
- Miomantis rehni
- Miomantis rouxi
- Miomantis rubra
- Miomantis sangarana
- Miomantis saussurei
- Miomantis scabricollis
- Miomantis semialata
- Miomantis sjostedti
- Miomantis steelae
- Miomantis tangana
- Miomantis tenuis
- Miomantis usambarica
- Miomantis vitrea
- Miomantis wittei
Genus Miracanthops[edit]
Genus Miromantis[edit]
Genus Muscimantis[edit]
Genus Musonia[edit]
- Musonia boliviana
- Musonia costalis
- Musonia fuscescens
- Musonia lineata
- Musonia maculata
- Musonia seclusa
- Musonia sexdentata
- Musonia surinama
Genus Musoniella[edit]
- Musoniella affinis
- Musoniella argentina
- Musoniella brasiliensis
- Musoniella chopardi
- Musoniella fragilis
- Musoniella iparanga
- Musoniella laevithorax
- Musoniella longicauda
- Musoniella parva
- Musoniella precaria
Genus Musoniola[edit]
Genus Myrcinus[edit]
Genus Myrmecomantis[edit]
The single species in this genus is an ant mantis.
- Myrmecomantis atra (ant mantis)
Genus Mythomantis[edit]
Genus Namamantis[edit]
Genus Nannofulcinia[edit]
Genus Nanomantis[edit]
Genus Nausicaamantis[edit]
Genus Negromantis[edit]
- Negromantis gracilis
- Negromantis gracillima
- Negromantis lutescens
- Negromantis milloti
- Negromantis modesta
Genus Nemotha[edit]
Genus Neocilnia[edit]
Genus Neodanuria[edit]
Genus Neomantis[edit]
Genus Nesogalepsus[edit]
- Nesogalepsus andasibensis
- Nesogalepsus anovensis
- Nesogalepsus enigmaticus
- Nesogalepsus hova
- Nesogalepsus mandenensis
- Nesogalepsus moulini
- Nesogalepsus schuettei
Genus Nesoxypilus[edit]
Genus Nilomantis[edit]
Genus Nothogalepsus[edit]
Genus Notomantis[edit]
Genus Nullabora[edit]
Genus Odontomantis[edit]
Some members of this genus practice ant mimicry when young and are known as ant mantises. The name grass mantis has also been applied to some species.
- Odontomantis brachyptera
- Odontomantis buehleri
- Odontomantis chayuensis
- Odontomantis euphrosyne
- Odontomantis foveafrons
- Odontomantis hainana
- Odontomantis laticollis
- Odontomantis longipennis
- Odontomantis micans
- Odontomantis montana
- Odontomantis monticola
- Odontomantis nigrimarginalis
- Odontomantis ornata
- Odontomantis parva
- Odontomantis planiceps (Asian ant mantis, grass mantis)
- Odontomantis pulchra
- Odontomantis rhyssa
- Odontomantis sinensis
- Odontomantis xizangensis
Genus Oestomantis[edit]
Genus Oligocanthopus[edit]
Genus Oligomantis[edit]
Genus Oligonicella[edit]
- Oligonicella bolliana
- Oligonicella brunneri
- Oligonicella punctulata
- Oligonicella scudderi
- Oligonicella striolata
- Oligonicella tessellata
Genus Oligonyx[edit]
Genus Omomantis[edit]
Genus Orthodera[edit]
- Orthodera australiana
- Orthodera burmeisteri
- Orthodera gracilis
- Orthodera gunni
- Orthodera insularis
- Orthodera ministralis (garden mantis)
- Orthodera novaezealandiae (New Zealand mantis)
- Orthodera rubrocoxata
- Orthodera timorensis