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Miomantidae

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Miomantidae
Adult female Miomantis paykullii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Superfamily: Miomantoidea
Family: Miomantidae
Westwood, 1889a
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Miomantidae is a family of praying mantises in the order Mantodea.[1]

The species are mostly found in western and central Africa[2] and similar in characteristics and behaviour to other mantids.

Taxonomy

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The Mantodea Species File lists two subfamilies and seven genera:[2]

Subfamily Miomantinae

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Subfamily Solygiinae

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References

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