List of mantis genera and species

Genus ''[[Acanthops]]''

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 (mantis)|Achlaena]]''

• Achlaena grandis

Genus ''[[Achlaenella]]''

• Achlaenella adolphifrederici

Genus ''[[Acithespis]]''

• Acithespis gigas

Genus ''[[Acontista]]''

• 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]]''

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]]''

• Aetaella bakeri
• Aetaella pluvisilvae

Genus ''[[Aethalochroa]]''

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]]''

• Afrothespis kenyana
• Afrothespis rhodesiaca

Genus ''[[Agrionopsis]]''

• Agrionopsis bacilliformis
• Agrionopsis brachyptera
• Agrionopsis congica
• Agrionopsis distanti
• Agrionopsis modesta

Genus ''[[Alalomantis]]''

• Alalomantis coxalis
• Alalomantis muta (Cameroon mantis)

Genus ''[[Alangularis]]''

• Alangularis multilobata

Genus ''[[Amantis]]''

• 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]]''

• †Ambermantis wozniaki

Genus ''[[Ambivia]]''

• Ambivia parapopa
• Ambivia popa

Genus ''[[Ameles]]''

• 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]]''

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]]''

• †Amorphoscelites sharovi

Genus ''[[Amphecostephanus]]''

• Amphecostephanus rex

Genus ''[[Anamiopteryx]]''

• Anamiopteryx borellii
• Anamiopteryx grandis
• Anamiopteryx magna
• Anamiopteryx tuberculata

Genus ''[[Anaxarcha]]''

• Anaxarcha acuta
• Anaxarcha graminea
• Anaxarcha hyalina
• Anaxarcha intermedia
• Anaxarcha limbata
• Anaxarcha pulchella
• Anaxarcha pulchra
• Anaxarcha sinensis
• Anaxarcha tianmushanensis
• Anaxarcha zhengi

Genus ''[[Angela (mantis)|Angela]]''

• Angela armata
• Angela brachyptera
• Angela championi
• Angela decolor
• Angela guianensis (Rehn, 1906) [[File:Angela guianensis MHNT male vol.jpg|thumb|[[Angela guianensis]]]]
• 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]]''

• Anoplosigerpes tessmanni

Genus ''[[Antemna]]''

• Antemna rapax

Genus ''[[Antistia (mantis)|Antistia]]''

• Antistia maculipennis
• Antistia parva
• Antistia robusta
• Antistia vicina

Genus ''[[Anasigerpes]]''

• Anasigerpes amieti
• Anasigerpes bifasciata
• Anasigerpes centralis
• Anasigerpes grilloti
• Anasigerpes heydeni
• Anasigerpes nigripes
• Anasigerpes trifasciata
• Anasigerpes unifasciata

Genus ''[[Apterocorypha]]''

• Apterocorypha atra
• Apterocorypha aurita
• Apterocorypha bispina
• Apterocorypha somalica

Genus ''[[Apteromantis]]''

• Apteromantis aptera
• Apteromantis bolivari

Genus †''[[Aragonimantis]]''

• †Aragonimantis aenigma

Genus †''[[Archaeophlebia]]''

• †Archaeophlebia enigmatica

Genus ''[[Archimantis]]''

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]]''

• Ariusia conspersa

Genus ''[[Armene (mantis)|Armene]]''

• Armene breviptera
• Armene fanica
• Armene griseolata
• Armene hissarica
• Armene pusilla
• Armene robusta
• Armene silvicola

Genus ''[[Armeniola]]''

• Armeniola laevis

Genus ''[[Arria (mantis)|Arria]]''

• Arria cinctipes
• Arria leigongshanensis
• Arria meghalayensis
• Arria oreophila
• Arria pallida
• Arria sticta

Genus †''[[Arvernineura]]''

• †Arvernineura insignis

Genus ''[[Asiadodis]]''

Members of this genus are common known as shield mantises.

• Asiadodis squilla (Asian shield mantis)
• Asiadodis yunnanensis

Genus ''[[Astape]]''

• Astape denticollis

Genus ''[[Astollia]]''

• Astollia chloris

Genus ''[[Astyliasula]]''

• Astyliasula basinigra
• Astyliasula hoffmanni
• Astyliasula inermis
• Astyliasula javana
• Astyliasula major
• Astyliasula phyllopus
• Astyliasula sarawaca
• Astyliasula wuyshana

Genus ''[[Austromantis]]''

• Austromantis albomarginata

Genus ''[[Austrovates]]''

• Austrovates papua
• Austrovates variegata

Genus † ''[[Baissomantis]]''

• † Baissomantis maculata Gratshev & Zherikhin, 1994
• † Baissomantis picta Gratshev & Zherikhin, 1994

Genus ''[[Bantia (mantis)|Bantia]]''

• Bantia chopardi
• Bantia fusca
• Bantia marmorata
• Bantia metzi
• Bantia michaelisi
• Bantia nana
• Bantia pygmaea
• Bantia simoni
• Bantia werneri
• Bantia yotocoensis

Genus ''[[Bantiella]]''

• Bantiella columbina
• Bantiella fusca
• Bantiella hyalina
• Bantiella pallida
• Bantiella trinitatis

Genus ''[[Belomantis]]''

• Belomantis helenae
• Belomantis mirei
• Belomantis occidentalis

Genus ''[[Betamantis]]''

• Betamantis aliena
• Betamantis marginella

Genus ''[[Bimantis]]''

• Bimantis malaccana

Genus ''[[Bistanta]]''

• Bistanta mexicana
• Bistanta addenda
• Bistanta campestris
• Bistanta herema
• Bistanta tolteca

Genus ''[[Bisanthe (mantis)|Bisanthe]]''

• Bisanthe lagrecai
• Bisanthe menyharthi
• Bisanthe modesta
• Bisanthe pulchripennis
• Bisanthe tricolor

Genus ''[[Blepharodes]]''

• Blepharodes candelarius
• Blepharodes cornutus
• Blepharodes parumspinosus
• Blepharodes sudanensis

Genus ''[[Blepharopsis]]''

• Blepharopsis mendica (Egyptian flower mantis, thistle mantis)

Genus ''[[Bolbe (mantis)|Bolbe]]''

• Bolbe lowi
• Bolbe maia
• *Bolbe nigra *
• Bolbe pallida
• Bolbe pygmaea

Genus ''[[Bolbella]]''

• Bolbella affinis
• Bolbella brevis
• Bolbella kaltenbachi
• Bolbella punctigera
• Bolbella rhodesiaca
• Bolbella uhligi

Genus ''[[Bolbena]]''

• Bolbena assimilis
• Bolbena hottentotta
• Bolbena maraisi
• Bolbena minor
• Bolbena orientalis
• *Bolbena minutissima *

Genus ''[[Bolbula]]''

• Bolbula debilis
• Bolbula exigua
• Bolbula widenmanni

Genus ''[[Bolivaria (mantis)|Bolivaria]]''

• Bolivaria amnicola
• Bolivaria brachyptera
• Bolivaria kurda

Genus ''[[Bolivaroscelis]]''

• Bolivaroscelis bolivarii
• Bolivaroscelis carinata
• Bolivaroscelis werneri

Genus ''[[Brunneria]]''

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]]''

• Brancsikia aeroplana (Lamberton, 1911)
• Brancsikia freyi (Brancsik, 1893)

Genus †''[[Burmantis]]''

• †Burmantis asiatica
• †Burmantis lebanensis
• †Burmantis zherikhini

Genus ''[[Calamothespis]]''

• 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]]''

• Caliris elegans
• Caliris masoni
• Caliris melli
• Caliris pallens
• Caliris pallida

Genus ''[[Callibia]]''

• Callibia diana

Genus ''[[Callimantis]]''

• Callimantis antillarum

Genus ''[[Callivates]]''

• Callivates stephanei

Genus ''[[Calofulcinia]]''

• Calofulcinia australis
• Calofulcinia elegans
• Calofulcinia integra
• Calofulcinia oxynota
• Calofulcinia paraoxypila
• Calofulcinia vidua
• Calofulcinia viridula

Genus ''[[Camelomantis]]''

• Camelomantis giraffa
• Camelomantis gracillima
• Camelomantis moultoni
• Camelomantis parva
• Camelomantis penangica
• Camelomantis sondaica
• Camelomantis sumatrana

Genus ''[[Cardioptera]]''

• Cardioptera brachyptera
• Cardioptera minor
• Cardioptera nigridens
• Cardioptera parva
• Cardioptera squalodon

Genus ''[[Carrikerella]]''

• Carrikerella ceratophora
• Carrikerella empusa
• Carrikerella simpira

Genus ''[[Carvilia]]''

• Carvilia gracilis
• Carvilia obscura
• Carvilia saussurii

Genus ''[[Cataspilota]]''

• Cataspilota armicollis
• Cataspilota calabarica
• Cataspilota guineensis
• Cataspilota lolodorfana
• Cataspilota misana
• Cataspilota pulchra
• Cataspilota tristis

Genus ''[[Catestiasula]]''

• Catestiasula moultoni
• Catestiasula nitida
• Catestiasula seminigra

Genus ''[[Catoxyopsis]]''

• Catoxyopsis dubiosa

Genus ''[[Caudatoscelis]]''

• Caudatoscelis annulipes
• Caudatoscelis caudata
• Caudatoscelis collarti
• Caudatoscelis lagrecai
• Caudatoscelis marmorata

Genus ''[[Ceratocrania]]''

• Ceratocrania macra
• Ceratocrania malayae

Genus ''[[Ceratomantis]]''

• Ceratomantis ghatei
• Ceratomantis gigliotosi
• Ceratomantis kimberlae
• Ceratomantis saussurii
• Ceratomantis yunnanensis

Genus ''[[Chaeteessa]]''

• †Chaeteessa brevialata
• Chaeteessa burmeisteri
• Chaeteessa caudata
• Chaeteessa filata
• Chaeteessa nana
• Chaeteessa nigromarginata
• Chaeteessa valida

Genus †''[[Chaeteessites]]''

• †Chaeteessites minutissimus

Genus ''[[Charieis]]''

• Charieis peeli

Genus ''[[Chlidonoptera]]''

• Chlidonoptera chopardi
• Chlidonoptera lestoni
• Chlidonoptera roxanae
• Chlidonoptera vexillum
• Chlidonoptera werneri

Genus ''[[Chlorocalis]]''

• Chlorocalis maternaschulzei
• Chlorocalis prasina

Genus ''[[Chloroharpax]]''

• Chloroharpax modesta (Nigerian flower mantis)

Genus ''[[Chloromantis]]''

• Chloromantis impunctata
• Chloromantis rhombica

Genus ''[[Chloromiopteryx]]''

• Chloromiopteryx mirim
• Chloromiopteryx modesta
• Chloromiopteryx plurilobata
• Chloromiopteryx thalassina

Genus ''[[Choeradodis]]''

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]]''

• Chopardempusa neglecta

Genus ''[[Chopardentella]]''

• Chopardentella royi

Genus ''[[Chopardiella]]''

• Chopardiella heterogamia
• Chopardiella latipennis
• Chopardiella poulaini

Genus ''[[Chroicoptera]]''

• Chroicoptera longa
• Chroicoptera saussurei
• Chroicoptera vidua

Genus ''[[Chromatophotina]]''

• Chromatophotina awajun
• Chromatophotina cofan

Genus ''[[Chrysomantis]]''

• Chrysomantis cachani
• Chrysomantis congica
• Chrysomantis girardi
• Chrysomantis royi
• Chrysomantis speciosa
• Chrysomantis tessmanni

Genus ''[[Cilnia]]''

• Cilnia chopardi
• Cilnia humeralis (wide-armed mantis)

Genus ''[[Citharomantis]]''

• Citharomantis falcata

Genus ''[[Ciulfina]]''

• Ciulfina annecharlotteae
• Ciulfina baldersoni
• Ciulfina biseriata
• Ciulfina herbersteinae
• Ciulfina ianrichardi
• Ciulfina klassi
• Ciulfina liturgusa
• Ciulfina rentzi
• Ciulfina terrymariceae

Genus ''[[Cliomantis]]''

• Cliomantis cornuta
• Cliomantis dispar
• Cliomantis lateralis
• Cliomantis obscura

Genus ''[[Coenomantis]]''

• Coenomantis kraussiana

Genus ''[[Compsomantis]]''

• Compsomantis ceylonica
• Compsomantis crassiceps
• Compsomantis mindoroensis
• Compsomantis robusta
• Compsomantis semirufula
• Compsomantis tumidiceps

Genus ''[[Compsothespis]]''

• 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]]''

• Congoharpax aberrans
• Congoharpax boulardi
• Congoharpax coiffaiti
• Congoharpax judithae

Genus ''[[Congomantis]]''

• Congomantis femoralis

Genus ''[[Coptopteryx]]''

• 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]]''

• Cornucollis masoalensis

Genus ''[[Corthylomantis]]''

• Corthylomantis baldersoni

Genus ''[[Corticomantis]]''

• Corticomantis atricoxata

Genus ''[[Cotigaonopsis]]''

• Cotigaonopsis providenceae

Genus ''[[Creobroter]]''

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]]''

• †Cretophotina mongolica
• †Cretophotina santanensis
• †Cretophotina serotina
• †Cretophotina tristriata

Genus ''[[Dactylopteryx]]''

• Dactylopteryx flexuosa
• Dactylopteryx intermedia
• Dactylopteryx orientalis

Genus ''[[Danuria]]''

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]]''

• 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]]''

• Decimiana bolivari
• Decimiana clavata
• Decimiana elliptica
• Decimiana gaucha
• Decimiana hebardi
• Decimiana rehni
• Decimiana tessellata

Genus ''[[Deiphobe (mantis)|Deiphobe]]''

• Deiphobe australiana
• Deiphobe brevipennis
• Deiphobe brunneri
• Deiphobe infuscata
• Deiphobe longipes
• Deiphobe mesomelas
• Deiphobe moseri
• Deiphobe xanthoptera

Genus ''[[Deiphobella]]''

• Deiphobella gardneri
• Deiphobella laticeps

Genus ''[[Deromantis]]''

• Deromantis limbalicollis

Genus ''[[Deroplatys]]''

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]]''

• Diabantia minima

Genus ''[[Didymocorypha]]''

• Didymocorypha lanceolata
• Didymocorypha libaii

Genus ''[[Dilatempusa]]''

• Dilatempusa aegyptiaca

Genus ''[[Dimantis]]''

• Dimantis haani

Genus ''[[Dracomantis]]''

• Dracomantis mirofraternus

Genus ''[[Dysaules (mantis)|Dysaules]]''

• Dysaules brevipennis
• Dysaules himalayanus
• Dysaules longicollis
• Dysaules uvana

Genus ''[[Dysaulophthalma]]''

• Dysaulophthalma nathani

Genus ''[[Dystacta]]''

• Dystacta alticeps
• Dystacta tigrifrutex

Genus ''[[Dystactula]]''

• Dystactula grisea
• Dystactula kaltenbachi
• Dystactula natalensis

Genus ''[[Elaea (mantis)|Elaea]]''

• Elaea gestroi
• Elaea infumata
• Elaea marchali
• Elaea perloides
• Elaea richteri
• Elaea solimani
• Elaea somalica

Genus ''[[Elmantis]]''

• Elmantis lata
• Elmantis nira
• Elmantis trincomaliae

Genus ''[[Empusa (mantis)|Empusa]]''

• 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]]''

• Enicophlebia hilara
• Enicophlebia pallida

Genus ''[[Entella (mantis)|Entella]]''

• 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]]''

• Entelloptera rogenhoferi

Genus ''[[Eomantis]]''

• Eomantis guttatipennis
• Eomantis iridipennis
• Eomantis yunnanensis

Genus ''[[Epaphrodita]]''

• Epaphrodita lobivertex
• Epaphrodita musarum
• Epaphrodita undulata

Genus ''[[Ephestiasula]]''

• Ephestiasula obscura
• Ephestiasula rogenhoferi
• Ephestiasula woodmasoni

Genus ''[[Ephierodula]]''

• Ephierodula albomaculata
• Ephierodula excellens
• Ephierodula heteroptera
• Ephierodula meihuashana

Genus ''[[Episcopomantis]]''

• Episcopomantis chalybea
• Episcopomantis congica

Genus ''[[Epitenodera]]''

• Epitenodera brevipennis
• Epitenodera capitata
• Epitenodera equatoriana
• Epitenodera gambiensis
• Epitenodera herbacea
• Epitenodera houyi
• Epitenodera nimbana

Genus ''[[Epsomantis]]''

• Epsomantis tortricoides

Genus ''[[Eremiaphila]]''

• 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]]''

• Eremoplana guerini
• Eremoplana infelix

Genus ''[[Euchomena]]''

• Euchomena madecassa

Genus ''[[Euchomenella]]''

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]]''

• Eumiopteryx bicentenaria
• Eumiopteryx laticollis
• Eumiopteryx terrai

Genus ''[[Eumusonia]]''

• Eumusonia intermedia
• Eumusonia livida
• Eumusonia viridis

Genus ''[[Euthyphleps]]''

• Euthyphleps curtipes
• Euthyphleps rectivenis
• Euthyphleps tectiformis

Genus ''[[Exparoxypilus]]''

• Exparoxypilus africanus

Genus '' [[Fuga (mantis)|Fuga]]''

• Fuga annulipes
• Fuga fluminensis
• Fuga grimaldii

Genus ''[[Fulcinia]]''

• Fulcinia alaris
• Fulcinia exilis
• Fulcinia lobata
• Fulcinia punctipes
• Fulcinia uxor
• Fulcinia variipennis

Genus ''[[Fulciniella]]''

• Fulciniella infumata
• Fulciniella loriae
• Fulciniella verticalis

Genus ''[[Fulciniola]]''

• Fulciniola snelleni

Genus ''[[Galapagia]]''

• Galapagia amazonica
• Galapagia solitaria

Genus ''[[Galepsus (mantis)|Galepsus]]''

• 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]]''

• Galinthias amoena
• Galinthias meruensis
• Galinthias occidentalis
• Galinthias philbyi
• Galinthias rhomboidalis

Genus ''[[Geomantis]]''

• Geomantis algerica
• Geomantis larvoides

Genus ''[[Geothespis]]''

• Geothespis australis

Genus ''[[Gigliotoscelis]]''

• Gigliotoscelis simulans

Genus ''[[Gildella]]''

• Gildella suavis

Genus ''[[Gimantis]]''

• Gimantis assamica
• Gimantis authaemon
• Gimantis insularis
• Gimantis marmorata

Genus ''[[Gonatista]]''

• Gonatista grisea (grizzled mantis, lichen mimic)
• Gonatista jaiba
• Gonatista major
• Gonatista phryganoides
• Gonatista reticulata

Genus ''[[Gonatistella]]''

• Gonatistella nigropicta

Genus ''[[Gongylus]]''

• Gongylus gongylodes (wandering violin mantis, Indian rose mantis)
• Gongylus pauperatus
• Gongylus trachelophyllus

Genus ''[[Gonypeta]]''

• Gonypeta borneana
• Gonypeta brigittae
• Gonypeta brunneri
• Gonypeta humbertiana
• Gonypeta noctivaga
• Gonypeta punctata
• Gonypeta rotundata
• *Gonypeta simplex *

Genus ''[[Gonypetella]]''

• 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]]''

• Gonypetoides brevipennis

Genus ''[[Gonypetyllis]]''

• Gonypetyllis liliputana
• Gonypetyllis micra
• Gonypetyllis semuncialis

Genus ''[[Gretella]]''

• Gretella gracilis

Genus ''[[Gyromantis]]''

The two members of this genus are commonly known as bark mantises.

• Gyromantis kraussii (spiny bark mantis)
• Gyromantis occidentalis (eastern bark mantis)

Genus ''[[Haania]]''

• Haania aspera
• Haania borneana
• Haania confusa
• Haania dispar
• Haania doroshenkoi
• Haania lobiceps
• Haania orlovi
• Haania philippina
• Haania simplex
• Haania vitalisi

Genus ''[[Hagiomantis]]''

• Hagiomantis mesopoda
• Hagiomantis ornata
• Hagiomantis pallida
• Hagiomantis superba
• Hagiomantis surinamensis

Genus ''[[Hapalogymnes]]''

• Hapalogymnes gymnes

Genus ''[[Hapalomantis]]''

• Hapalomantis abyssinica
• Hapalomantis congica
• Hapalomantis katangica
• Hapalomantis lacualis
• Hapalomantis minima
• Hapalomantis orba
• Hapalomantis rhombochir

Genus ''[[Hapalopeza]]''

• Hapalopeza fulmeki
• Hapalopeza nigricornis
• Hapalopeza nilgirica
• Hapalopeza nitens
• Hapalopeza periyara
• Hapalopeza tigrina

Genus ''[[Hapalopezella]]''

• Hapalopezella maculata

Genus ''[[Harpagomantis]]''

• Harpagomantis tricolor

Genus ''[[Hebardia]]''

• Hebardia pellucida

Genus ''[[Hebardiella]]''

• Hebardiella karnyi
• Hebardiella rehni

Genus ''[[Hedigerella]]''

• Hedigerella fasciatella

Genus ''[[Heliomantis]]''

• Heliomantis elegans

Genus ''[[Helvia]]''

• Helvia cardinalis

Genus ''[[Hemiempusa]]''

• Hemiempusa capensis

Genus ''[[Hestiasula]]''

• Hestiasula brachyptera
• Hestiasula brunneriana
• Hestiasula castetsi
• Hestiasula ceylonica
• Hestiasula gyldenstolpei
• Hestiasula kastneri
• Hestiasula masoni
• Hestiasula nigrofemorata
• Hestiasula woodi
• Hestiasula zhejiangensis

Genus ''[[Heterochaeta (mantis)|Heterochaeta]]''

• Heterochaeta bernardii
• Heterochaeta girardi
• Heterochaeta kumari
• Heterochaeta lamellosa
• Heterochaeta occidentalis
• Heterochaeta orientalis
• Heterochaeta pantherina
• Heterochaeta reticulata
• Heterochaeta strachani
• Heterochaeta tenuipes
• Heterochaeta zavattarii

Genus ''[[Heterochaetula]]''

• Heterochaetula fissispinis
• Heterochaetula straminea
• Heterochaetula tricolor

Genus ''[[Heteronutarsus]]''

• Heteronutarsus aegyptiacus
• Heteronutarsus albipennis
• Heteronutarsus arenivagus
• Heteronutarsus zolotarevskyi

Genus ''[[Heterovates]]''

• Heterovates pardalina

Genus ''[[Hicetia]]''

• Hicetia breviceps
• Hicetia goediana
• Hicetia goeldiana

Genus ''[[Hierodula]]''

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]]''

• Hierodulella celebensis
• Hierodulella reticulata
• Hierodulella soror

Genus ''[[Holaptilon]]''

• Holaptilon brevipugilis
• Holaptilon pusillulum (jumping mantis)

Genus ''[[Hondurantemna]]''

• Hondurantemna chespiritoi

Genus ''[[Hoplocoryphella]]''

• Hoplocoryphella grandis

Genus ''[[Hoplocorypha]]''

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]]''

• Hoplocoryphella grandis

Genus ''[[Humbertiella]]''

• 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]]''

• Hyalomantis antsingica
• Hyalomantis madagascariensis
• Hyalomantis murzini
• Hyalomantis whitingi

Genus ''[[Hymenopus]]''

Hymenopus species are commonly called orchid mantises.

• Hymenopus bicornis
• Hymenopus coronatoides
• Hymenopus coronatus (Malaysian orchid mantis, orchid mantis)

Genus ''[[Hypsicorypha]]''

• Hypsicorypha gracilis

Genus ''[[Idolomantis]]''

• Idolomantis diabolica (giant devil's flower mantis, devil's flower mantis)

Genus ''[[Idolomorpha]]''

• Idolomorpha dentifrons (alien head mantis)
• Idolomorpha lateralis
• Idolomorpha madagascariensis
• Idolomorpha sagitta

Genus ''[[Ilomantis]]''

• Ilomantis ginsburgae
• Ilomantis thalassina

Genus ''[[Ima (mantis)|Ima]]''

• Ima fusca

Genus ''[[Indothespis]]''

• Indothespis assamensis

Genus ''[[Indomenella]]''

• Indomenella indica

Genus ''[[Iridopteryx]]''

• Iridopteryx iridipennis

Genus ''[[Iris (mantis)|Iris]]''

• 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]]''

• 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]]''

• †Jersimantis burmiticus
• †Jersimantis luzzii

Genus ''[[Junodia]]''

• Junodia amoena
• Junodia beieri
• Junodia congica
• Junodia hararensis
• Junodia lameyi
• Junodia maternaschulzei
• Junodia spinosa
• Junodia stiewei
• Junodia strigipennis
• Junodia vansomereni
• Junodia vansoni

Genus †''[[Kazakhophotina]]''

• †Kazakhophotina corrupta

Genus ''[[Kongobatha]]''

• Kongobatha diademata
• Kongobatha papua

Genus ''[[Lagrecacanthops]]''

• Lagrecacanthops brasiliensis
• Lagrecacanthops guyanensis

Genus ''[[Leptocola]]''

• Leptocola fragilis
• Leptocola giraffa
• Leptocola gracilis
• Leptocola gracillima
• Leptocola phthisica
• Leptocola seriepunctata
• Leptocola stanleyana

Genus ''[[Leptomantella]]''

• Leptomantella albella
• Leptomantella ceylonica
• Leptomantella fragilis
• Leptomantella indica
• Leptomantella lactea
• Leptomantella montana
• Leptomantella nigrocoxata
• Leptomantella parva
• Leptomantella tonkinae
• Leptomantella xizangensis

Genus ''[[Leptomiopteryx]]''

• Leptomiopteryx argentina
• Leptomiopteryx dispar

Genus ''[[Leptosibylla]]''

• Leptosibylla gracilis

Genus ''[[Ligaria (mantis)|Ligaria]]''

• 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]]''

• Ligariella australis
• Ligariella bicornuta
• Ligariella bolivari
• Ligariella gracilis
• Ligariella trigonali

Genus ''[[Ligentella]]''

• Ligentella beieri
• Ligentella lacualis
• Ligentella zairensis

Genus ''[[Liguanea (mantis)|Liguanea]]''

• Liguanea pediodromia

Genus ''[[Litaneutria]]''

• Litaneutria elongata
• Litaneutria emarginata
• Litaneutria minor (minor ground mantis)
• Litaneutria ocularis
• Litaneutria pacifica
• Litaneutria skinneri (Skinner's ground mantis)

Genus †''[[Lithophotina]]''

• †Lithophotina floccosa

Genus ''[[Liturgusa]]''

• 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]]''

• Liturgusella malagassa

Genus ''[[Lobocneme]]''

• Lobocneme colombiae
• Lobocneme icterica
• Lobocneme lobipes

Genus ''[[Lobothespis]]''

• Lobothespis vignai

Genus ''[[Machairima]]''

• Machairima papua

Genus ''[[Macracanthopus]]''

• Macracanthopus schoutedeni
• Macracanthopus seydeli

Genus ''[[Macrodanuria]]''

• Macrodanuria baculiformis
• Macrodanuria elongata
• Macrodanuria phasmoides

Genus ''[[Macromusonia]]''

• Macromusonia conspersa
• Macromusonia major

Genus ''[[Macropopa]]''

• Macropopa lobata

Genus ''[[Maculatoscelis]]''

• Maculatoscelis ascalaphoides
• Maculatoscelis gilloni
• Maculatoscelis maculata

Genus ''[[Macromantis]]''

• Macromantis hyalina
• Macromantis nicaraguae
• Macromantis ovalifolia
• Macromantis saussurei

Genus ''[[Majanga]]''

• Majanga basilaris
• Majanga spinosa
• Majanga tricolor

Genus ''[[Majangella]]''

• Majangella carli
• Majangella moultoni
• Majangella ophirensis

Genus ''[[Mantasoa (mantis)|Mantasoa]]''

• Mantasoa lebbei
• Mantasoa maculata

Genus ''[[Mantellias]]''

• Mantellias pubicornis

Genus ''[[Mantilia]]''

• Mantilia ehrmanni

Genus ''[[Mantillica]]''

• Mantillica nigricans

Genus ''[[Mantis (genus)|Mantis]]''

• 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)
• Mantis pia
• Mantis religiosa (European mantis)
• Mantis splendida
• Mantis tricolor

Genus ''[[Mantoida]]''

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]]''

• †Megaphotina sichotensis

Genus ''[[Mekongomantis]]''

• Mekongomantis quinquespinosa

Genus ''[[Melliera]]''

• Melliera brevipes
• Melliera chorotega
• Melliera major
• Melliera mordax

Genus ''[[Mellierella]]''

• Mellierella biroi
• Mellierella trifasciata

Genus ''[[Melomantis]]''

• Melomantis africana
• Melomantis asema

Genus ''[[Memantis]]''

• Memantis anomala
• Memantis fuliginosa
• Memantis gardneri
• Memantis minor

Genus ''[[Mesopteryx (mantis)|Mesopteryx]]''

• Mesopteryx alata (Saussure, 1870)
• Mesopteryx platycephala (Stal, 1877)
• Mesopteryx robusta (Wood-Mason, 1882)

Genus ''[[Metacromantis]]''

• Metacromantis nigrofemorata
• Metacromantis oxyops

Genus ''[[Metagalepsus]]''

• Metagalepsus occidentalis
• Metagalepsus stramineus

Genus ''[[Metallyticus]]''

• Metallyticus fallax
• Metallyticus pallipes
• Metallyticus semiaeneus
• Metallyticus splendidus
• Metallyticus violaceus

Genus ''[[Metatoxodera]]''

• Metatoxodera subparallela

Genus ''[[Metilia]]''

• Metilia amazonica (Beier, 1930)
• Metilia boliviana (Werner, 1927)
• Metilia brunnerii (Saussure, 1871) [[File:Metilia brunnerii MHNT male vol.jpg|thumb|[[Metilia brunnerii]]]]

Genus ''[[Metoxypilus]]''

• Metoxypilus costalis
• Metoxypilus lobifrons
• Metoxypilus werneri

Genus ''[[Metriomantis]]''

• Metriomantis amazonica
• Metriomantis boliviana
• Metriomantis cupido
• Metriomantis occidentalis
• Metriomantis paraensis
• Metriomantis Photinaina
• Metriomantis pilosella
• Metriomantis vitrea

Genus ''[[Micromantis]]''

• Micromantis glauca

Genus ''[[Microphotina]]''

Source:

• Microphotina cristalino Lanna et al., 2023
• Microphotina panguanensis
• Microphotina viridescens
• Microphotina viridula
• Microphotina vitripennis

Genus ''[[Microthespis]]''

• Microthespis dmitriewi
• Microthespis evansi
• Microthespis sindhensis

Genus ''[[Miobantia]]''

• Miobantia aptera
• Miobantia ciliata
• Miobantia fuscata
• Miobantia nebulosa
• Miobantia phryganea
• Miobantia rustica

Genus ''[[Miomantis]]''

• 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]]''

• Miracanthops eseejja
• Miracanthops lombardoi
• Miracanthops poulaini

Genus ''[[Miromantis]]''

• Miromantis mirandula
• Miromantis thalassina
• Miromantis yunnanensis

Genus ''[[Muscimantis]]''

• Muscimantis montana

Genus ''[[Musonia]]''

• Musonia boliviana
• Musonia costalis
• Musonia fuscescens
• Musonia lineata
• Musonia maculata
• Musonia seclusa
• Musonia sexdentata
• Musonia surinama

Genus ''[[Musoniella]]''

• Musoniella affinis
• Musoniella argentina
• Musoniella brasiliensis
• Musoniella chopardi
• Musoniella fragilis
• Musoniella iparanga
• Musoniella laevithorax
• Musoniella longicauda
• Musoniella parva
• Musoniella precaria

Genus ''[[Musoniola]]''

• Musoniola conservatrix
• Musoniola dohrniana
• Musoniola venezuelana
• Musoniola vicina

Genus ''[[Myrcinus (mantis)|Myrcinus]]''

• Myrcinus aspera
• Myrcinus octispinus
• Myrcinus tuberosus

Genus ''[[Myrmecomantis]]''

The single species in this genus is an ant mantis.

• Myrmecomantis atra (ant mantis)

Genus ''[[Mythomantis]]''

• Mythomantis confusa
• Mythomantis gracilis
• Mythomantis serrata

Genus ''[[Namamantis]]''

• Namamantis nigropunctata

Genus ''[[Nannofulcinia]]''

• Nannofulcinia pulchra

Genus ''[[Nanomantis]]''

• Nanomantis australis
• Nanomantis gilolae
• Nanomantis lactea
• Nanomantis yunnanensis

Genus ''[[Nausicaamantis]]''

• Nausicaamantis miyazakii

Genus ''[[Negromantis]]''

• Negromantis gracilis
• Negromantis gracillima
• Negromantis lutescens
• Negromantis milloti
• Negromantis modesta

Genus ''[[Nemotha]]''

• Nemotha metallica

Genus ''[[Neocilnia]]''

• Neocilnia gracilis

Genus ''[[Neodanuria]]''

• Neodanuria bolauana
• Neodanuria simonettai

Genus ''[[Neomantis]]''

• Neomantis australis
• Neomantis hyalina
• Neomantis robusta

Genus ''[[Nesogalepsus]]''

• Nesogalepsus andasibensis
• Nesogalepsus anovensis
• Nesogalepsus enigmaticus
• Nesogalepsus hova
• Nesogalepsus mandenensis
• Nesogalepsus moulini
• Nesogalepsus schuettei

Genus ''[[Nesoxypilus]]''

• Nesoxypilus albomaculatus
• Nesoxypilus pseudomyrmex

Genus ''[[Nilomantis]]''

• Nilomantis edmundsi
• Nilomantis floweri

Genus ''[[Nothogalepsus]]''

• Nothogalepsus planivertex

Genus ''[[Notomantis]]''

• Notomantis brunneriana
• Notomantis chlorophana

Genus ''[[Nullabora]]''

• Nullabora flavoguttata

Genus ''[[Odontomantis]]''

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]]''

• Oestomantis anoplonotus
• Oestomantis bacillaris

Genus ''[[Oligocanthopus]]''

• Oligocanthopus ornata

Genus ''[[Oligomantis]]''

• Oligomantis hyalina
• Oligomantis mentaweiana
• Oligomantis orientalis

Genus ''[[Oligonicella]]''

• Oligonicella bolliana
• Oligonicella brunneri
• Oligonicella punctulata
• Oligonicella scudderi
• Oligonicella striolata
• Oligonicella tessellata

Genus ''[[Oligonyx]]''

• Oligonyx bicornis
• Oligonyx bidens
• Oligonyx dohrnianus
• Oligonyx insularis
• Oligonyx maya

Genus ''[[Omomantis]]''

• Omomantis sigma
• Omomantis tigrina
• Omomantis zebrata

Genus ''[[Orthodera]]''

• Orthodera australiana
• Orthodera burmeisteri
• Orthodera gracilis
• Orthodera gunni
• Orthodera insularis
• Orthodera ministralis (garden mantis)
• Orthodera novaezealandiae (New Zealand mantis)
• Orthodera rubrocoxata
• Orthodera timorensis

Genus ''[[Orthoderella]]''

• Orthoderella deluchii
• Orthoderella elongata
• Orthoderella major
• Orthoderella ornata

Genus ''[[Orthoderina]]''

• Orthoderina fergusoniana
• Orthoderina straminea

Genus ''[[Ormomantis]]''

• Ormomantis indica

Genus ''[[Otomantis]]''

Some species within this genus are known as boxer mantises.

• Otomantis aurita
• Otomantis bolivari
• Otomantis capirica
• Otomantis casaica
• Otomantis centralis
• Otomantis minima
• Otomantis rendalli
• Otomantis scutigera
• Otomantis trimacula

Genus ''[[Ovalimantis]]''

• Ovalimantis maculata

Genus ''[[Oxyelaea]]''

• Oxyelaea elegans
• Oxyelaea heteromorpha
• Oxyelaea stefaniae

Genus ''[[Oxymantis]]''

• Oxymantis punctillata

Genus ''[[Oxyophthalma]]''

• Oxyophthalma engaea
• Oxyophthalma gracilis

Genus ''[[Oxyophthalmellus]]''

• Oxyophthalmellus rehni
• Oxyophthalmellus somalicus

Genus ''[[Oxyopsis]]''

• Oxyopsis acutipennis
• Oxyopsis festae
• Oxyopsis gracilis (South American green mantis)
• Oxyopsis lobeter
• Oxyopsis media
• Oxyopsis obtusa
• Oxyopsis oculea
• Oxyopsis peruviana (Peruvian mantis)
• Oxyopsis rubicunda
• Oxyopsis saussurei
• Oxyopsis stali

Genus ''[[Oxyothespis]]''

Members of this genus have been called grass mantises.

• Oxyothespis acuticeps
• Oxyothespis alata
• Oxyothespis apostata
• Oxyothespis bifurcata
• Oxyothespis brevicollis
• Oxyothespis brevipennis
• Oxyothespis dumonti (North African grass mantis)
• Oxyothespis flavipennis
• Oxyothespis longicollis
• Oxyothespis longipennis
• Oxyothespis mammillata
• Oxyothespis maroccana
• Oxyothespis meridionalis
• Oxyothespis nilotica
• Oxyothespis noctivaga
• Oxyothespis parva
• Oxyothespis pellucida
• Oxyothespis persica
• Oxyothespis philbyi
• Oxyothespis senegalensis
• Oxyothespis sudanensis
• Oxyothespis tricolor
• Oxyothespis villiersi
• Oxyothespis wagneri

Genus ''[[Oxypiloidea]]''

• Oxypiloidea acuminata
• Oxypiloidea angolica
• Oxypiloidea brunneriana
• Oxypiloidea camerunensis
• Oxypiloidea carvalhoi
• Oxypiloidea centrafricana
• Oxypiloidea congica
• Oxypiloidea dargei
• Oxypiloidea denticulata
• Oxypiloidea granulata
• Oxypiloidea ivoirensis
• Oxypiloidea jeanneli
• Oxypiloidea lobata
• Oxypiloidea maldesi
• Oxypiloidea margarethae
• Oxypiloidea maroccana
• Oxypiloidea mortuifolia
• Oxypiloidea murphyi
• Oxypiloidea namibiana
• Oxypiloidea nigerica
• Oxypiloidea occidentalis
• Oxypiloidea orientalis
• Oxypiloidea sinuata
• Oxypiloidea tridens
• Oxypiloidea zernyi
• Oxypiloidea nigerica

Genus ''[[Oxypilus]]''

• Oxypilus annulatus
• Oxypilus burri
• Oxypilus capensis
• Oxypilus cherlonneixi
• Oxypilus descampsi
• Oxypilus enei
• Oxypilus falcatus
• Oxypilus flavicoxa
• Oxypilus gillonae
• Oxypilus hamatus
• Oxypilus inscriptus
• Oxypilus lamottei
• Oxypilus maculifemur
• Oxypilus meruensis
• Oxypilus montanus
• Oxypilus pallidus
• Oxypilus pierrei
• Oxypilus polyacanthus
• Oxypilus raggei
• Oxypilus servillei
• Oxypilus tanzanicus
• Oxypilus transvalensis
• Oxypilus villiersi

Genus ''[[Pachymantis]]''

• Pachymantis bicingulata
• Pachymantis dohertyi
• Pachymantis maculicoxa
• Pachymantis piceifemur

Genus ''[[Panurgica]]''

• Panurgica basilewskyi
• Panurgica compressicollis
• Panurgica duplex
• Panurgica feae
• Panurgica fratercula
• Panurgica fusca
• Panurgica langi
• Panurgica liberiana
• Panurgica mende
• Panurgica rehni

Genus ''[[Papubolbe]]''

• Papubolbe curvidens
• Papubolbe eximia
• Papubolbe flava
• Papubolbe gressitti
• Papubolbe longipennis
• Papubolbe picea

Genus ''[[Papugalepsus]]''

• Papugalepsus alatus
• Papugalepsus elongatus

Genus ''[[Parablepharis]]''

• Parablepharis kuhlii

Genus ''[[Paracilnia]]''

• Paracilnia neavei

Genus ''[[Paradiabantia]]''

• Paradiabantia perparva

Genus ''[[Paragalepsus]]''

• Paragalepsus bassari
• Paragalepsus gestri
• Paragalepsus nigericus
• Paragalepsus oxyops
• Paragalepsus toganus
• Paragalepsus vrydaghi

Genus ''[[Parahestiasula]]''

• Parahestiasula obscura

Genus ''[[Paraligaria]]''

• Paraligaria malawica

Genus ''[[Paralygdamia]]''

• Paralygdamia fisheri
• Paralygdamia gigliotosi
• Paralygdamia grandidieri
• Paralygdamia ifatyensis
• Paralygdamia madagascariensis
• Paralygdamia madecassa
• Paralygdamia nosyensis
• Paralygdamia punctata
• Paralygdamia sikorai
• Paralygdamia wintreberti

Genus ''[[Paramantis]]''

• Paramantis natalensis
• Paramantis nyassana
• Paramantis prasina
• Paramantis sacra
• Paramantis togana
• Paramantis victoriana
• Paramantis viridis

Genus ''[[Paramantoida]]''

• Paramantoida amazonica

Genus ''[[Paramorphoscelis]]''

• Paramorphoscelis gondokorensis

Genus ''[[Paramusonia]]''

• Paramusonia cubensis

Genus ''[[Parananomantis]]''

• Parananomantis brevis

Genus ''[[Paraoxypilus]]''

• Paraoxypilus armatus
• Paraoxypilus distinctus
• Paraoxypilus flavifemur
• Paraoxypilus insularis
• Paraoxypilus kimberleyensis
• Paraoxypilus laticollis
• Paraoxypilus tasmaniensis
• Paraoxypilus verreauxii

Genus ''[[Paraphotina]]''

• Paraphotina caatingaensis
• Paraphotina insolita
• Paraphotina occidentalis
• Paraphotina reticulata

Genus ''[[Parapsychomantis]]''

• Parapsychomantis vietnamensis

Genus ''[[Pararivetina]]''

• Pararivetina fraseri

Genus ''[[Paraseverinia]]''

• Paraseverinia finoti

Genus ''[[Parasphendale]]''

• Parasphendale affinis (budwing mantis)
• Parasphendale africana
• Parasphendale agrionina (budwing mantis)
• Parasphendale albicosta
• Parasphendale costalis
• Parasphendale ghindana
• Parasphendale gracilicollis
• Parasphendale minor
• Parasphendale scioana
• Parasphendale stali
• Parasphendale vincta

Genus ''[[Parastagmatoptera]]''

• *Parastagmatoptera bororoi *
• Parastagmatoptera flavoguttata [[File:Parastagmatoptera flavoguttata MHNT.jpg|thumb|[[Parastagmatoptera flavoguttata]] ]]
• Parastagmatoptera immaculata
• Parastagmatoptera pellucida
• Parastagmatoptera simulacrum
• Parastagmatoptera sottilei
• Parastagmatoptera theresopolitana
• Parastagmatoptera unipunctata
• Parastagmatoptera vitreola
• Parastagmatoptera zernyi

Genus ''[[Paratheopompa]]''

• Paratheopompa siamensis

Genus ''[[Parathespis]]''

• Parathespis humbertiana

Genus ''[[Paratithrone]]''

• Paratithrone royi

Genus ''[[Paratoxodera]]''

Paratoxodera is a genus of stick mantises.

• Paratoxodera borneana (Borneo stick mantis)
• Paratoxodera cornicollis (giant Malaysian stick mantis)
• Paratoxodera gigliotosi
• Paratoxodera marshallae
• Paratoxodera meggitti
• Paratoxodera polyacantha

Genus ''[[Parentella]]''

• Parentella benguelae
• Parentella laticollis
• Parentella major
• Parentella parva
• Parentella producta

Genus ''[[Pareuthyphlebs]]''

• Pareuthyphlebs arabica
• Pareuthyphlebs occidentalis
• Pareuthyphlebs palmonii
• Pareuthyphlebs popovi
• Pareuthyphlebs scorteccii
• Pareuthyphlebs somalica
• Pareuthyphlebs uvarovi

Genus ''[[Paroxyophthalmus]]''

• Paroxyophthalmus collaris
• Paroxyophthalmus nigericus
• Paroxyophthalmus ornatus
• Paroxyophthalmus savatieri

Genus ''[[Perlamantis]]''

• Perlamantis algerica
• Perlamantis allibertii

Genus ''[[Pezomantis]]''

• Pezomantis henryi

Genus ''[[Phasmomantella]]''

• Phasmomantella nuichuana
• Phasmomantella pallida

Genus ''[[Phasmomantis]]''

• Phasmomantis basalis (Giglio-Tos, 1917)
• Phasmomantis sumichrasti (Saussure, 1861)

Genus ''[[Photina (mantis)|Photina]]''

• Photina amplipennis
• Photina gracilis
• Photina ludens
• Photina reticulata
• Photina vitrea

Genus ''[[Photinella]]''

• Photinella biramosa
• Photinella brevis
• Photinella magna
• Photinella media

Genus ''[[Photiomantis]]''

• Photiomantis glauca
• Photiomantis nigrolineata
• Photiomantis planicephala

Genus ''[[Phthersigena]]''

• Phthersigena centralis
• Phthersigena conspersa
• Phthersigena insularis
• Phthersigena melania
• Phthersigena minor
• Phthersigena pallidifemur
• Phthersigena nebulosa
• Phthersigena timorensis
• Phthersigena unicornis

Genus ''[[Phyllocrania]]''

• Phyllocrania illudens (Saussure & Zehntner, 1895)
• Phyllocrania insignis (Westwood, 1843)
• Phyllocrania paradoxa (Burmeister, 1838) (ghost mantis)

Genus ''[[Phyllothelys]]''

• Phyllothelys bakeri
• Phyllothelys breve
• Phyllothelys cornutus
• Phyllothelys decipiens
• Phyllothelys hepaticus
• Phyllothelys jianfenglingensis
• Phyllothelys mitratum
• Phyllothelys paradoxum
• Phyllothelys robusta
• Phyllothelys sinensis
• Phyllothelys taprobanae
• Phyllothelys werneri
• Phyllothelys westwoodi

Genus ''[[Pilomantis]]''

• Pilomantis fusca

Genus ''[[Piscomantis]]''

• Piscomantis peruana

Genus ''[[Pizaia]]''

• Pizaia seabrai

Genus ''[[Plastogalepsus]]''

• Plastogalepsus kuhlgatzi

Genus ''[[Plesiacanthops]]''

• Phyllovates tuberculata

Genus ''[[Platycalymma]]''

• Platycalymma annulicornis
• Platycalymma befasica
• Platycalymma dichroica
• Platycalymma latipennis
• Platycalymma mahafalica
• Platycalymma viettei

Genus ''[[Pliacanthopus]]''

• Pliacanthopus bimaculatus
• Pliacanthopus flavus
• Pliacanthopus malayanus
• Pliacanthopus mantispoides
• Pliacanthopus visayanus

Genus ''[[Plistospilota]]''

• Plistospilota camerunensis
• Plistospilota congica
• Plistospilota gasconi
• Plistospilota guineensis
• Plistospilota insignis
• Plistospilota mabirica
• Plistospilota maxima
• Plistospilota nigerica
• Plistospilota validissima

Genus ''[[Pnigomantis]]''

This genus has a species of shield mantis.

• Pnigomantis medioconstricta (Indonesia double shield mantis, double shield mantis)

Genus ''[[Pogonogaster]]''

• Pogonogaster latens
• Pogonogaster tristani

Genus ''[[Polyspilota]]''

• Polyspilota aeruginosa (Madagascan marbled mantis)
• Polyspilota caffra
• Polyspilota comorana
• Polyspilota griffinii (Griffin mantis)
• Polyspilota magna
• Polyspilota montana
• Polyspilota pavani
• Polyspilota robusta
• Polyspilota saussurei
• Polyspilota seychelliana
• Polyspilota voelzkowiana

Genus ''[[Popa (mantis)|Popa]]''

• Popa gracilis
• Popa spurca (African twig mantis) - a species of twig mantis popular in captivity.

Genus ''[[Presibylla]]''

• Presibylla elegans
• Presibylla speciosa

Genus †''[[Prochaeradodis]]''

• †Prochaeradodis enigmaticus This genus likely represents a cockroach belonging to the family Blaberidae.

Genus ''[[Prohierodula]]''

• Prohierodula brunnea
• Prohierodula congica
• Prohierodula duchaillui
• Prohierodula enghoffi
• Prohierodula flavipennis
• Prohierodula grassei
• Prohierodula laticollis
• Prohierodula lineata
• Prohierodula mundamensis
• Prohierodula nigrispinis
• Prohierodula ornatipennis
• Prohierodula picta
• Prohierodula viridimarginata

Genus ''[[Promiopteryx]]''

• Promiopteryx fallax
• Promiopteryx granadensis
• Promiopteryx punctata
• Promiopteryx simplex
• Promiopteryx stigmatica

Genus ''[[Protoxodera]]''

• Protoxodera monstrosa

Genus ''[[Pseudacanthops]]''

• Pseudacanthops caelebs
• Pseudacanthops centralis
• Pseudacanthops clorindae
• Pseudacanthops huaoranianus
• Pseudacanthops lobipes
• Pseudacanthops spinulosa

Genus ''[[Pseudempusa]]''

• Pseudempusa pavonina
• Pseudempusa pinnapavonis (peacock mantis)

Genus ''[[Pseudocreobotra]]''

This genus contains several species of flower mantises.

• Pseudocreobotra amarae
• Pseudocreobotra ocellata (ocellated spiny flower mantis, spiny flower mantis)
• Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii (Walhbergi's spiny flower mantis, spiny flower mantis)

Genus ''[[Pseudodystacta]]''

• Pseudodystacta braueri

Genus ''[[Pseudogalepsus]]''

• Pseudogalepsus dispar
• Pseudogalepsus inermis
• Pseudogalepsus modestior
• Pseudogalepsus modestus
• Pseudogalepsus nigricoxa

Genus ''[[Pseudoharpax]]''

• Pseudoharpax abyssinicus (Beier, 1930)
• Pseudoharpax beieri (La Greca, 1950)
• Pseudoharpax crenaticollis (La Greca, 1954)
• Pseudoharpax dubius (La Greca, 1954)
• Pseudoharpax erythraeus (Giglio-Tos, 1915)
• Pseudoharpax francoisi (Bolivar, 1908)
• Pseudoharpax nigericus (Giglio-Tos, 1915)
• Pseudoharpax parallelus (La Greca, 1954)
• Pseudoharpax ugandanus (Giglio-Tos, 1915)
• Pseudoharpax virescens (Serville, 1839) (Gambian spotted-eye flower mantis )

Genus ''[[Pseudohestiasula]]''

• Pseudohestiasula borneana (Beier, 1930)

Genus ''[[Pseudomantis]]''

• Pseudomantis albofimbriata (Stal, 1860) (false garden mantis)
• Pseudomantis albomarginata (Sjostedt, 1918)
• Pseudomantis apicalis (Saussure, 1870)
• Pseudomantis dimorpha (Werner, 1912)
• Pseudomantis hartmeyeri (Werner, 1912)
• Pseudomantis maculata (Saussure, 1872)
• Pseudomantis victorina (Westwood, 1889)

Genus ''[[Pseudomiopteryx]]''

• Pseudomiopteryx amazonensis
• Pseudomiopteryx bogotensis
• Pseudomiopteryx columbica
• Pseudomiopteryx decipiens
• Pseudomiopteryx festae
• Pseudomiopteryx guyanensis
• Pseudomiopteryx infuscata
• Pseudomiopteryx maculata
• Pseudomiopteryx meridana
• Pseudomiopteryx spinifrons

Genus ''[[Pseudomusonia]]''

• Pseudomusonia carlottae
• Pseudomusonia fera
• Pseudomusonia lineativentris
• Pseudomusonia maculosa
• Pseudomusonia rapax

Genus ''[[Pseudopogonogaster]]''

• Pseudopogonogaster hebardi
• Pseudopogonogaster kanjaris
• Pseudopogonogaster mirabilis
• Pseudopogonogaster muscosa

Genus ''[[Pseudostagmatoptera]]''

• Pseudostagmatoptera infuscata

Genus ''[[Pseudovates]]''

Some species within this genus are known as unicorn mantises or stick mantises.

• Pseudovates arizonae (Arizona unicorn mantis)
• Pseudovates bidens
• Pseudovates brasiliensis
• Pseudovates brevicollis
• Pseudovates brevicornis
• Pseudovates chlorophaea
• Pseudovates cingulata
• Pseudovates cornuta
• Pseudovates denticulata
• Pseudovates gracilicollis
• Pseudovates hofmanni
• Pseudovates iheringi
• Pseudovates longicollis
• Pseudovates minor
• Pseudovates paraensis
• Pseudovates parallela
• Pseudovates parvula
• Pseudovates spinicollis
• Pseudovates stolli
• Pseudovates tolteca
• Pseudovates townsendi
• Pseudovates tripunctata

Genus ''[[Pseudoxyops]]''

• Pseudoxyops boliviana
• Pseudoxyops borellii
• Pseudoxyops diluta
• Pseudoxyops minuta
• Pseudoxyops perpulchra

Genus ''[[Pseudoxypilus]]''

• Pseudoxypilus hemerobius

Genus ''[[Pseudoyersinia]]''

• Pseudoyersinia andreae
• Pseudoyersinia betancuriae
• Pseudoyersinia brevipennis
• Pseudoyersinia canariensis
• Pseudoyersinia inaspectata
• Pseudoyersinia kabilica
• Pseudoyersinia lagrecai
• Pseudoyersinia occidentalis
• Pseudoyersinia paui
• Pseudoyersinia pilipes
• Pseudoyersinia salvinae
• Pseudoyersinia subaptera
• Pseudoyersinia teydeana

Genus ''[[Psychomantis]]''

• Psychomantis borneensis
• Psychomantis malayensis

Genus ''[[Pyrgomantis]]''

• Pyrgomantis bisignata
• Pyrgomantis congica
• Pyrgomantis curta
• Pyrgomantis fasciata
• Pyrgomantis jonesi
• Pyrgomantis longissima
• Pyrgomantis mabuia
• Pyrgomantis mitrata
• Pyrgomantis nana
• Pyrgomantis nasuta
• Pyrgomantis ornatipes
• Pyrgomantis pallida
• Pyrgomantis rhodesica
• Pyrgomantis runifera
• Pyrgomantis signatifrons
• Pyrgomantis simillima
• Pyrgomantis singularis
• Pyrgomantis wellmanni

Genus ''[[Raptrix]]''

• Raptrix intermedia
• Raptrix occidentalis
• Raptrix perspicua [[File:Raptrix perspicua MHNT male.jpg|thumb|[[Raptrix perspicua]]]]
• Raptrix westwoodi

Genus ''[[Rhachimantis]]''

• Rhachimantis carinata

Genus ''[[Rhodomantis]]''

• Rhodomantis disparilis
• Rhodomantis helenae
• Rhodomantis kimberley
• Rhodomantis macula
• Rhodomantis microptera
• Rhodomantis mitchell
• Rhodomantis napier
• Rhodomantis queenslandica
• Rhodomantis rentzi

Genus ''[[Rhomantis]]''

• Rhomantis moultoni

Genus ''[[Rhombodera]]''

Rhombodera is a large genus of shield mantises.

• Rhombodera basalis (giant Malaysian shield mantis)
• Rhombodera boschmai
• Rhombodera brachynota
• Rhombodera crassa
• Rhombodera doriana
• Rhombodera extensicollis (giant shield mantis)
• Rhombodera extraordinaria
• Rhombodera fratricida
• Rhombodera handschini
• Rhombodera javana
• Rhombodera keiana
• Rhombodera kirbyi
• Rhombodera laticollis
• Rhombodera latipronotum
• Rhombodera lingulata
• Rhombodera megaera (giant shield mantis)
• Rhombodera mjoebergi
• Rhombodera morokana
• Rhombodera ornatipes
• Rhombodera palawanensis
• Rhombodera papuana
• Rhombodera rennellana
• Rhombodera rollei
• Rhombodera sjoestedti
• Rhombodera stalii
• Rhombodera taprobana
• Rhombodera titania
• Rhombodera valida
• Rhombodera zhangi

Genus ''[[Rhomboderella]]''

• Rhomboderella gabonica
• Rhomboderella parmata
• Rhomboderella scutata
• Rhomboderella thorectes

Genus ''[[Rhombomantis]]''

• Rhombomantis butleri
• Rhombomantis fusca
• Rhombomantis tectiformis
• Rhombomantis woodmasoni

Genus ''[[Rivetina]]''

Rivetina is a genus containing species of ground mantis.

• Rivetina asiatica
• Rivetina baetica (ground mantis)
• Rivetina balcanica
• Rivetina beybienkoi
• Rivetina buettikeri
• Rivetina byblica
• Rivetina caucasica
• Rivetina compacta
• Rivetina crassa
• Rivetina dentata
• Rivetina deserta
• Rivetina dolichoptera
• Rivetina elegans
• Rivetina excellens
• Rivetina fasciata
• Rivetina feisabadica
• Rivetina gigantea
• Rivetina gigas
• Rivetina grandis
• Rivetina inermis
• Rivetina iranica
• Rivetina karadumi
• Rivetina karateginica
• Rivetina laticollis
• Rivetina monticola
• Rivetina nana
• Rivetina pallida
• Rivetina parva
• Rivetina pulisangini
• Rivetina rhombicollis
• Rivetina similis
• Rivetina syriaca
• Rivetina tarda
• Rivetina varsobica

Genus ''[[Rivetinula]]''

• Rivetinula fraterna

Genus ''[[Roythespis]]''

• Roythespis israelensis Stiewe, Weinstein & Simon, 2025

Genus ''[[Sceptuchus]]''

• Sceptuchus baehri
• Sceptuchus simplex

Genus ''[[Schizocephala]]''

• Schizocephala bicornis

Genus ''[[Scolodera]]''

• Scolodera pardalotus

Genus ''[[Severinia (mantis)|Severinia]]''

• Severinia granulata
• Severinia lemoroi
• Severinia mistshenkoi
• Severinia nigrofasciata
• Severinia obscurus
• Severinia popovi
• Severinia turcomaniae
• Severinia ullrichi

Genus ''[[Sibylla (mantis)|Sibylla]]''

• Sibylla dives
• Sibylla dolosa
• Sibylla gratiosa
• Sibylla griffinii
• Sibylla limbata
• Sibylla maculosa
• Sibylla marmorata
• Sibylla operosa
• Sibylla pannulata
• Sibylla polyacantha
• Sibylla pretiosa (cryptic mantis, lichen mantis)
• Sibylla punctata
• Sibylla vanderplaetseni

Genus ''[[Sinaiella]]''

• Sinaiella nebulosa
• Sinaiella raggei
• Sinaiella sabulosa

Genus ''[[Sinomantis]]''

• Sinomantis denticulata

Genus ''[[Sinomiopteryx]]''

• Sinomiopteryx brevifrons
• Sinomiopteryx grahami
• Sinomiopteryx guangxiensis

Genus ''[[Solygia]]''

• Solygia sulcatifrons

Genus ''[[Somalithespis]]''

• Somalithespis minor

Genus ''[[Sphaeromantis]]''

• Sphaeromantis spinicollis
• Sphaeromantis spinulosa

Genus ''[[Sphodromantis]]''

Sphodromantis is a large genus of mantises concentrated in Africa. Outside their range, many share the name African mantis.

• Sphodromantis abessinica
• Sphodromantis aethiopica
• Sphodromantis annobonensis
• Sphodromantis aurea (Congo green mantis)
• Sphodromantis aureoides
• Sphodromantis baccettii
• Sphodromantis balachowskyi (African mantis)
• Sphodromantis biocellata
• Sphodromantis centralis (African mantis, Central African mantis)
• Sphodromantis citernii
• Sphodromantis congica
• Sphodromantis conspicua
• Sphodromantis elegans
• Sphodromantis elongata
• Sphodromantis fenestrata
• Sphodromantis gastrica (common green mantis)
• Sphodromantis gestri
• Sphodromantis giubana
• Sphodromantis gracilicollis
• Sphodromantis gracilis
• Sphodromantis hyalina
• Sphodromantis kersteni
• Sphodromantis lagrecai
• Sphodromantis lineola (African mantis, African lined mantis)
• Sphodromantis obscura
• Sphodromantis pachinota
• Sphodromantis pardii
• Sphodromantis pavonina
• Sphodromantis pupillata
• Sphodromantis royi
• Sphodromantis rubrostigma
• Sphodromantis rudolfae
• Sphodromantis socotrana
• Sphodromantis splendida
• Sphodromantis stigmosa
• Sphodromantis tenuidentata
• Sphodromantis viridis (giant African mantis, bush mantis)
• Sphodromantis werneri

Genus ''[[Sphodropoda]]''

• Sphodropoda lepida
• Sphodropoda quinquedens
• Sphodropoda tristis (burying mantis)
• Sphodropoda viridis

Genus ''[[Spilomantis]]''

• Spilomantis nigripes
• Spilomantis occipitalis

Genus ''[[Stagmatoptera]]''

• Stagmatoptera abdominalis
• Stagmatoptera binotata
• Stagmatoptera biocellata
• Stagmatoptera cerdai
• *Stagmatoptera diana *
• Stagmatoptera femoralis
• Stagmatoptera hyaloptera (Argentine white crested mantis)
• Stagmatoptera indicator
• Stagmatoptera luna
• Stagmatoptera pia
• Stagmatoptera precaria
• Stagmatoptera reimoseri
• Stagmatoptera septentrionalis
• Stagmatoptera supplicaria [[File:Stagmatoptera supplicaria MHNT vol.jpg|thumb|[[Stagmatoptera supplicaria]]]]

Genus ''[[Stagmomantis]]''

The range of Stagmomantis species includes North America, Central America, and South America.

• Stagmomantis californica (California mantis)
• Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis)
• Stagmomantis clauseni
• Stagmomantis coerulans
• Stagmomantis colorata
• Stagmomantis costalis
• Stagmomantis domingensis
• Stagmomantis floridensis (larger Florida mantis)
• Stagmomantis fraterna
• Stagmomantis gracilipes (Arizona tan mantis)
• Stagmomantis hebardi
• Stagmomantis limbata (bordered mantis, Arizona mantis)
• Stagmomantis marginata
• Stagmomantis maya
• Stagmomantis montana
• Stagmomantis nahua
• Stagmomantis pagana
• Stagmomantis parvidentata
• Stagmomantis parvula
• Stagmomantis resacae
• Stagmomantis theophila
• Stagmomantis tolteca
• Stagmomantis venusta
• Stagmomantis vicina

Genus ''[[Statilia]]''

• Statilia agresta
• Statilia apicalis
• Statilia chayuensis
• Statilia flavobrunnea
• Statilia maculata (Japanese "ko-kamakiri" i.e. small mantis)
• Statilia major
• Statilia nemoralis
• Statilia nobilis
• Statilia occibivittata
• Statilia ocellata
• Statilia pallida
• Statilia spanis
• Statilia viridibrunnea

Genus ''[[Stenomantis]]''

• Stenomantis novaeguineae

Genus ''[[Stenophylla]]''

• Stenophylla cornigera
• Stenophylla gallardi
• Stenophylla lobivertex

Genus ''[[Stenopyga]]''

• Stenopyga belinga
• Stenopyga casta
• Stenopyga extera
• Stenopyga ipassa
• Stenopyga orientalis
• Stenopyga reticulata
• Stenopyga tenera
• Stenopyga usambarica
• Stenopyga ziela

Genus ''[[Stenotoxodera]]''

• Stenotoxodera pluto
• Stenotoxodera porioni

Genus ''[[Stictomantis]]''

• Stictomantis cinctipes

Genus ''[[Tagalomantis]]''

• Tagalomantis brevis
• Tagalomantis manillensis

Genus ''[[Tamolanica]]''

This is another genus with species sometimes called shield mantises.

• Tamolanica andaina
• Tamolanica atricoxis
• Tamolanica decipiens
• Tamolanica denticulata
• Tamolanica dilena
• Tamolanica katauana
• Tamolanica leopoldi
• Tamolanica pectoralis
• Tamolanica phryne
• Tamolanica tamolana (New Guinea shield mantis)

Genus ''[[Taumantis]]''

• Taumantis cephalotes
• Taumantis globiceps
• Taumantis sigiana (lime mantis)

Genus ''[[Tauromantis]]''

• Tauromantis championi

Genus ''[[Tarachina]]''

• Tarachina brevipennis
• Tarachina congica
• Tarachina constricta
• Tarachina occidentalis
• Tarachina rammei
• Tarachina raphidioides
• Tarachina schultzei
• Tarachina seriepunctata
• Tarachina transvaalensis
• Tarachina werneri
• Tarachina zernyi

Genus ''[[Tarachodella]]''

• Tarachodella monticola

Genus ''[[Tarachodes]]''

Members of this genus may be called bark mantises or ground mantises.

• Tarachodes abyssinicus
• Tarachodes aestuans
• Tarachodes afzelii (Tanzanian ground mantis)
• Tarachodes alluaudi
• Tarachodes arabicus
• Tarachodes basinotatus
• Tarachodes beieri
• Tarachodes betakarschi
• Tarachodes bicornis (two-horned mantis)
• Tarachodes bispinosus
• Tarachodes brevipennis
• Tarachodes chopardi
• Tarachodes circulifer
• Tarachodes circuliferoides
• Tarachodes davidi
• Tarachodes dissimulator
• Tarachodes dives
• Tarachodes feae
• Tarachodes fraterculus
• Tarachodes fuscipennis
• Tarachodes gerstaeckeri
• Tarachodes gibber
• Tarachodes gigas
• Tarachodes gilvus
• Tarachodes griseus
• Tarachodes haedus
• Tarachodes insidiator
• Tarachodes karschi
• Tarachodes lucubrans
• Tarachodes maculisternum
• Tarachodes maurus
• Tarachodes minor
• Tarachodes modesta
• Tarachodes monstrosus
• Tarachodes namibiensis
• Tarachodes natalensis
• Tarachodes nubifer
• Tarachodes nyassanus
• Tarachodes obscuripennis
• Tarachodes obtusiceps
• Tarachodes okahandyanus
• Tarachodes oxynotus
• Tarachodes perloides
• Tarachodes pilosipes
• Tarachodes pujoli
• Tarachodes rhodesicus
• Tarachodes robustus
• Tarachodes rotundiceps
• Tarachodes sanctus
• Tarachodes saussurei
• Tarachodes schulthessi
• Tarachodes severini
• Tarachodes similis
• Tarachodes sjostedti
• Tarachodes smithi
• Tarachodes taboranus
• Tarachodes tananus
• Tarachodes taramassi
• Tarachodes ugandensis
• Tarachodes usambaricus
• Tarachodes vitreus
• Tarachodes werneri

Genus ''[[Tarachodula]]''

• Tarachodula ornata
• Tarachodula pantherina

Genus ''[[Tarachomantis]]''

• Tarachomantis alaotrana
• Tarachomantis analamazoatra
• Tarachomantis betanimena
• Tarachomantis betsilea
• Tarachomantis caldwelli
• Tarachomantis confusa
• Tarachomantis hova
• Tarachomantis macula
• Tarachomantis marojeziensis
• Tarachomantis rubiginosa
• Tarachomantis sakalava
• Tarachomantis sogai
• Tarachomantis tsaratanana

Genus ''[[Teddia]]''

• Teddia dioscoris

Genus ''[[Telomantis]]''

• Telomantis lamperti
• Telomantis robusta

Genus ''[[Tenodera]]''

Species of the genus Tenodera are found in Asia, Africa, Australia and North America.

• Tenodera acuticauda
• Tenodera angustipennis (narrow-winged mantis)
• Tenodera aridifolia
• Tenodera australasiae (purple-winged mantis)
• Tenodera caudafissilis
• Tenodera chloreudeta
• Tenodera costalis
• Tenodera fasciata
• Tenodera intermedia
• Tenodera iringana
• Tenodera parasinensis
• Tenodera philippina
• Tenodera rungsi
• Tenodera sinensis (Chinese mantis)
• Tenodera stotzneri
• Tenodera superstitiosa

Genus ''[[Tenospilota]]''

• Tenospilota nova

Genus ''[[Theopompa]]''

These species are sometimes known as the Asian bark mantises.

• Theopompa borneana
• Theopompa burmeisteri
• Theopompa ophthalmica
• Theopompa servillei
• Theopompa tosta

Genus ''[[Theopompella]]''

• Theopompella aurivillii
• Theopompella chopardi
• Theopompella congica
• Theopompella elegans
• Theopompella fusca
• Theopompella heterochroa
• Theopompella orientalis
• Theopompella pallida
• Theopompella westwoodi

Genus ''[[Theopropus]]''

Boxer mantis and flower mantis are among the common names used for members of this genus.

• Theopropus borneensis
• Theopropus cattulus
• Theopropus elegans (banded flower mantis, Asian boxer mantis)
• Theopropus rubrobrunneus

Genus ''[[Thespis (mantis)|Thespis]]''

• Thespis bicolor
• Thespis dissimilis
• Thespis exposita
• Thespis major
• Thespis media
• Thespis metae
• Thespis parva

Genus ''[[Thesprotia (mantis)|Thesprotia]]''

This genus is sometimes called American grass mantises.

• Thesprotia brasiliensis
• Thesprotia brevis
• Thesprotia caribea
• Thesprotia filum
• Thesprotia fuscipennis
• Thesprotia gigas
• Thesprotia graminis (American grass mantis)
• Thesprotia infumata
• Thesprotia insolita
• Thesprotia macilenta
• Thesprotia maculata
• Thesprotia pellucida
• Thesprotia simplex
• Thesprotia subhyalina

Genus ''[[Thesprotiella]]''

• Thesprotiella bicorniculata
• Thesprotiella festae
• Thesprotiella fronticornis
• Thesprotiella peruana
• Thesprotiella similis

Genus ''[[Thrinaconyx]]''

• Thrinaconyx fumosus
• Thrinaconyx kirschianus
• Thrinaconyx sialidea

Genus ''[[Tisma (mantis)|Tisma]]''

• Tisma acutipennis
• Tisma chopardi
• Tisma freyi
• Tisma grandidieri
• Tisma pauliani
• Tisma peyrierasi

Genus ''[[Tismomorpha]]''

• Tismomorpha cherlonneixi
• Tismomorpha inexpectata
• Tismomorpha reinhardi
• Tismomorpha vitripennis

Genus ''[[Titanodula]]''

• Titanodula attenboroughi
• Titanodula formosana
• Titanodula fruhstorferi
• Titanodula grandis

Genus ''[[Tithrone]]''

• Tithrone laeta
• Tithrone latipennis
• Tithrone roseipennis [[File:Tithrone roseipennis MHNT vol.jpg|thumb|[[Tithrone roseipennis]] ]]

Genus ''[[Toxodanuria]]''

• Toxodanuria orientalis
• Toxodanuria parvula

Genus ''[[Toxodera]]''

• Toxodera beieri
• Toxodera denticulata
• Toxodera fimbriata
• Toxodera hauseri
• Toxodera integrifolia
• Toxodera maculata
• Toxodera maxima
• Toxodera pfanneri

Genus ''[[Toxoderella]]''

• Toxoderella fortnumi

Genus ''[[Toxoderopsis]]''

• Toxoderopsis spinigera
• Toxoderopsis taurus

Genus ''[[Toxomantis]]''

• Toxomantis sinensis
• Toxomantis westwoodi

Genus ''[[Trachymantis]]''

• Trachymantis dentifrons
• Trachymantis obesa

Genus ''[[Tricondylomimus]]''

• Tricondylomimus coomani
• Tricondylomimus intermedius
• Tricondylomimus mirabilis

Genus ''[[Tropidomantis]]''

• Tropidomantis gressitti
• Tropidomantis kawaharai
• Tropidomantis tenera

Genus ''[[Tuberculepsus]]''

• Tuberculepsus ambrensis
• Tuberculepsus analabensis
• Tuberculepsus andriai
• Tuberculepsus beieri
• Tuberculepsus masoalensis
• Tuberculepsus nigricoxa
• Tuberculepsus orangea
• Tuberculepsus tuberculatus

Genus ''[[Tylomantis]]''

• Tylomantis armillata
• Tylomantis fuliginosa

Genus ''[[Vates (mantis)|Vates]]''

• Vates amazonica
• Vates biplagiata
• Vates boliviana
• Vates chopardi
• Vates festae
• Vates foliata
• Vates lobata
• Vates luxuriosa
• Vates pectinata
• Vates pectinicornis
• Vates peruviana
• Vates serraticornis
• Vates weyrauchi

Genus ''[[Velox (mantis)|Velox]]''

• Velox wielandi

Genus ''[[Vespamantoida]]''

• Vespamantoida toulgoeti
• Vespamantoida wherleyi

Genus †''[[Vitimiphotina]]''

• †Vitimiphotina corrugata

Genus ''[[Werneriana]]''

• Werneriana latipennis

Genus ''[[Xystropeltis]]''

• Xystropeltis lankesteri
• Xystropeltis meridionalis
• Xystropeltis quadrilobata

Genus ''[[Yersinia (mantis)|Yersinia]]''

• Yersinia mexicana

Genus ''[[Yersiniops]]''

Members of this genus are commonly called ground mantises. Genus Pseudoyersinia is similar.

• Yersiniops newboldi
• Yersiniops solitaria (horned ground mantis)
• Yersiniops sophronica (Yersin's ground mantis)

Genus ''[[Zoolea]]''

Some members of this genus go by the common name unicorn mantis.

• Zoolea descampsi
• Zoolea lobipes
• Zoolea major
• Zoolea minor
• Zoolea orba

Genus ''[[Zopheromantis]]''

• Zopheromantis loripes

Genus ''[[Zouza]]''

• Zouza radiosa

Families

According to most recent taxonomy, all genera of mantis now belong to one of the following families:

• Extinct taxa
  • †Un-named mantis family
  • †Baissomantidae
  • †Cretomantidae
  • †Santanmantidae Grimaldi, 2003
• Extant taxa (suborder Eumantodea)
  • Infraorder Schizomantodea
    • Subinfraordinal group Artimantodea
      • Superfamily group Amerimantodea
        • Superfamily Acanthopoidea
          • Family Acanthopidae
          • Family Angelidae
          • Family Coptopterygidae
          • Family Liturgusidae
          • Family Photinaidae
        • Superfamily Thespoidea
          • Family Thespidae
      • Superfamily group Cernomantodea
        • Superfamily Chroicopteroidea
          • Family Chroicopteridae
        • Superfamily Epaphroditoidea
          • Family Epaphroditidae
          • Family Majangidae
        • Superfamily Eremiaphiloidea
          • Family Amelidae
          • Family Eremiaphilidae
          • Family Rivetinidae
          • Family Toxoderidae
        • Superfamily Galinthiadoidea
          • Family Galinthiadidae
        • Superfamily Gonypetoidea
          • Family Gonypetidae
        • Superfamily Haanioidea
          • Family Haaniidae
        • Superfamily Hoplocoryphoidea
          • Family Hoplocoryphidae
        • Superfamily Hymenopooidea
          • Family Empusidae
          • Family Hymenopodidae
        • Superfamily Mantoidea
          • Family Dactylopterygidae
          • Family Deroplatyidae
          • Family Mantidae
        • Superfamily Miomantoidea
          • Family Miomantidae
        • Superfamily Nanomantoidea
          • Family Amorphoscelidae
          • Family Leptomantellidae
          • Family Nanomantidae
    • Superfamily Metallyticoidea
      • Family Metallyticidae
  • Infraorder Spinomantodea
    • Superfamily Mantoidoidea
      • Family Mantoididae
  • Superfamily Chaeteessoidea
    • Family Chaeteessidae

References

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