Miomantidae | |
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Adult femaleMiomantis paykullii | |
Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Mantodea |
Superfamily: | Miomantoidea |
Family: | Miomantidae Westwood, 1889a |
Genera | |
Miomantidae is a family ofpraying mantises in the orderMantodea.[1]
The species are mostly found in western and central Africa[2] and similar in characteristics and behaviour to other mantids.
TheMantodea Species File lists two subfamilies and seven genera:[2]