Cornell University Insect Collection ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Mantodea

Brandon Woo ​ ​

Determined Species: 65 ​ ​ ​ ​

Updated: December, 2017 ​ ​ ​ ​

Genus Species Author Zoogeography

FAMILY ACANTHOPIDAE ​ ​

Acanthops falcataria Goeze NEO Acanthops spp. NEO

Acontista aurantiaca Burmeister NEO Acontista mexicana Saussure & Zehntner NEO ​ ​ ​ ​ Acontista multicolor Saussure NEO Acontista spp. NEO

Raptrix perspicua Fabricius NEO

Tithrone roseipennis Saussure NEO

FAMILY EMPUSIDAE ​ ​

Hemiempusa capensis Burmeister ETH

FAMILY EREMIAPHILIDAE ​ ​

Eremiaphila spp. ETH

FAMILY GALINTHIADIDAE ​ ​

Pseudoharpax virescens Serville ETH

FAMILY HYMENOPODIDAE ​ ​

Odontomantis spp. ORI

Phyllothelys spp. ORI

Sibylla spp. ETH

FAMILY IRIDOPTERYGIDAE ​ ​

Bolbena spp. ETH

Tropidomantis spp. ORI

FAMILY LITURGUSIDAE ​ ​

Gonatista grisea Fabricius NEA/NEO Gonatista reticulata Thunberg NEO

Liturgusa cayennensis Saussure NEO Liturgusa maya Saussure & Zehntner NEO ​ ​ ​ ​

Theopompa spp. ORI

Liturgusidae spp. NEO

FAMILY MANTIDAE ​ ​

Litaneutria borealis Brunner NEA Litaneutria minor Scudder NEA/NEO Litaneutria obscura Scudder NEA/NEO Litaneutria ocularis Saussure NEA Litaneutria pacifica Scudder NEA Litaneutria spp. NEA

Yersinia mexicana Saussure NEO

Angela purpurascens Olivier NEO

Choeradodis rhombicollis Latreille NEO

Heterochaeta spp. ETH

Hierodula spp. ORI/AUS

Mantis religiosa (Linne) NEA/ETH/PAL

Omomantis zebrata Charpentier ETH

Paramantis spp. ETH

Plistospilota spp. ETH

Polyspilota aeruginosa (Goeze) ETH Polyspilota griffinii Giglio-Tos ETH

Sphodromantis baccettii La Greca & Lombardo ETH ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Sphodromantis gastrica Stal ETH

Statilia spp. ORI

Tenodera angustipennis Saussure NEA Tenodera parasinensis Otte & Spearman NEA ​ ​ ​ ​ Tenodera superstitiosa Fabricius ETH Tenodera spp. NEA/ORI/AUS

Melliera chorotega Rehn NEO Melliera major Saussure NEO

Cilnia humeralis Saussure ETH

Solygia sulcatifrons Serville ETH

Oxyothespis spp. ETH

Brunneria borealis Scudder NEA

Coptopteryx argentina Burmeister NEO Coptopteryx gayi Blanchard NEO

Macromantis hyalina De Geer NEO ​ ​

Parastagmatoptera flavoguttata Serville NEO Parastagmatoptera unipunctata Burmeister NEO

Pseudoxyops spp. NEO

Stagmatoptera pia Saussure & Zehntner NEO ​ ​ ​ ​ Stagmatoptera praecaria Linne NEO Stagmatoptera septentrionalis Saussure & Zehntner NEO ​ ​ ​ ​ Stagmatoptera supplicaria Burmeister NEO

Phasmomantis sumichrasti Saussure NEO

Stagmomantis californica Rehn & Hebard NEA ​ ​ ​ ​ Stagmomantis carolina (Johansson) NEA/NEO Stagmomantis domingensis Palisot de Beauvois NEO ​ ​ ​ ​ Stagmomantis floridensis Davis NEA Stagmomantis fraterna Saussure & Zehntner NEO ​ ​ ​ ​ Stagmomantis gracilipes Rehn NEA Stagmomantis limbata Hahn NEA Stagmomantis montana Saussure & Zehntner NEA/NEO ​ ​ ​ ​ Stagmomantis theophila Rehn NEO Stagmomantis vicina Saussure NEO Stagmomantis spp. NEA

Pseudovates chlorophaea Blanchard NEA/NEO Pseudovates cornuta Saussure & Zehntner NEO ​ ​ ​ ​ Pseudovates spp. NEO

Vates pectinata Saussure NEO Vates spp. NEO

Zoolea spp. NEO

FAMILY MANTOIDIDAE ​ ​

Mantoida maya Saussure & Zehntner NEA/NEO ​ ​ ​ ​ Mantoida spp. NEO

FAMILY TARACHODIDAE ​ ​

Galepsus spp. ETH

Pyrgomantis spp. ETH

Tarachodes spp. ETH

FAMILY THESPIDAE ​ ​

Bactromantis mexicana Saussure & Zehntner NEA ​ ​ ​ ​

Oligonicella brunneri Saussure NEO Oligonicella scudderi Saussure NEA

Thesprotia graminis Scudder NEA Thesprotia infumata Serville NEO

Pseudomiopteryx infuscata Saussure & Zehntner NEO ​ ​ ​ ​

Musonia surinama Saussure NEO

Thespidae spp. NEO