Acanthopidae

Acanthopidae
Metilia brunnerii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Acanthopidae

Acanthopidae is a family of South American mantises consisting of 16 genera in the order Mantodea. The group was first formally split off as a separate family by the German entomologist Reinhard Ehrmann in 2002.[1] In 2016, five genera (Acontista, Callibia, Paratithrone, Raptrix, and Tithrone) were moved from Acanthopidae to the newly created family Acontistidae,[2] but this has not been accepted in most recent classifications.[3]

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  3. ^ "family Acanthopidae: Mantodea Species File". mantodea.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2020-11-10.