The Hymenopodid Praying Mantises (Mantodea: Hymenopodidae) of South Africa

Compiled by Alfred P. Kaltenbach

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

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Family: HYMENOPODIDAE Chopard

Subfamily: EPAPHRODITINAE Roy

1. Genus: PHYLLOCRANIA Burmeister
   1. P. paradoxa Burmeister

      Phyllocrania paradoxa Burmeister, 1838: 549.

      = Phyllocrania insignis Saussure, 1871: **.
      KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, to Namibia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi and East Africa.

      
      
   
   

   Subfamily: ACROMANTINAE Giglio-Tos

2. Genus: Junodia Schulthess-Rechberg
   1. J. amoena Schulthess-Rechberg

      Junodia amoena Schulthess-Rechberg 1899: **.
      Mozambique and Tanzania.

      
      
   2. J. stirgipennis (Westwood)

      Oxypilus stirgipennis Westwood 1889: **.
      KwaZulu-Natal.

      
      
   
   
3. Genus: OTOMANTIS I. Bolivar
   1. O. rendalli (Kirby)

      Acanthomantis rendalli Kirby 1899: **.
      Transvaal.

      
      
   2. O. scuttigera I. Bolivar

      Otomantis scuttigera I. Bolivar 1890: 305.

      = Acanthomantis africana Saussure & Zehntner 1895: **.
      Northern Province, to Mozambique, Malawi and East Africa.

      
      
   
   
4. Genus: OXYPILOIDEA Schulthess-Schindler
   1. O. subcornuta (Westwood)

      Acromantis subcornuta Westwood 1889: 23.

      = Catasigerpes tridens Giglio-Tos 1927: **, part. (nec Sibylla tridens Saussure, 1872): **.
      KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng and Northern Province, to Zimbabwe and Botswana.

      
      
   2. O. tridens (Saussure)

      Sibylla tridens Saussure 1872: 81.
      KwaZulu-Natal, Guatueng and Northern Province, to Namibia, Mozambique, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo and East Africa.

      
      
   
   
5. Genus: OXYPILUS Serville

   Subgenus: SETOXYPILUS Roy

   1. O. nasutus (Fabricius)

      Mantis nasutus Fabricius 1787: 229.
      Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Northwestern Province and Northern Cape, to Namibia, Zimbabwe, Angola and East Africa.

      
      
   2. O. nigericus Beier

      Oxypilus nigericus Beier 1930: 447.
      Zimbabwe and Mozambique, to equatorial Africa.

      
      
   3. O. transvalensis Giglio-Tos

      Oxypilus transvalensis Giglio-Tos 1915c: 134.

      = O. inscriptus Beier, 1955: **.
      Lesotho and Gauteng, to Zimbabwe and Angola.

      
      
   
   

   Subfamily: HYMENOPODINAE Giglio-Tos

6. Genus: PSEUDOHARPAX Saussure
   1. P. ugandanus Giglio-Tos

      Pseudoharpax ugandanus Giglio-Tos 1915b: 106.

      = Pseudoharpax laticollis Beier, 1930: **.
      Zimbabwe, Zambia and Angola; not in Uganda (cf. LA GRECA 1954).

      
      
   
   
7. Genus: GALINTHIAS Stål
   1. G. amoena (Saussure)

      Harpax amoena Saussure 1871: 318.

      = Galinthias hyalina Saussure, 1899: **.
      Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Province, to Zimbabwe, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo and East Africa.

      
      
   
   
8. Genus: HARPAGOMANTIS Kirby
   1. H. tricolor (Linnaeus)

      Mantis tricolor Linnaeus 1758: 426.

      Harpax tricolor form discolor Stål, 1877: **.

      Synonyma siehe Giglio-Tos (1927) and Beier (1935).
      Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Lesotho, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Northwestern Province and Northern Province, to Zimbabwe and Zambia.

      
      
   
   
9. Genus: PSEUDOCREOBOTRA Saussure
   1. P. wahlbergi Stål

      Pseudocreobotra wahlbergi Stål 1871: 385.
      KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Province, to Zimbabwe, Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi and Tanzania.