The Empusid Praying Mantises (Mantodea: Empusidae) of South Africa

Compiled by Alfred P. Kaltenbach

Naturhistorisches Museum in Wien, Burgring 7, A-1014 Wien, Austria

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Family: EMPUSIDAE Burmeister

Subfamily: EMPUSINAE Saussure

1. Genus: IDOLOMORPHA Burmeister
   1. I. dentifrons Saussure & Zehntner

      Idolomorpha dentifrons Saussure & Zehntner 1895: 244.
      Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga, to Zambia, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi and ?East Africa.

      
      
   
   
2. Genus: EMPUSA Illiger
   1. E. fronticornis (Stoll)

      Mantis fronticornis Stoll 1813: **.

      = Mantis nympha Stoll, 1813: **.
      Southern Africa, to East Africa.

   2. E. guttula (Thunberg)

      Gongylus guttulus Thunberg 1815: 294.

      = Empusa fronticornis Burmeister 1839: ** (nec Mantis fronticornis Stoll, 1813: **.)

      = Empusa dolosa Serville, 1839: **.

      = Empusa binotata Serville, 1839: **.
      Gauteng, Widespread in Africa.

      
      
   
   
3. Genus: HEMIEMPUSA Saussure & Zehntner
   1. Hemiempusa capensis (Burmeister)

      Empusa capensis Burmeister 1838: 547.

      = Vates wahlbergi Stål, 1856: **.
      ?Western Cape, to subsaharan Africa.