The Iridopterygid Praying Mantises (Mantodea: Iridopterygidae) of South Africa

Compiled by Alfred P. Kaltenbach

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

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Family: IRIDOPTERYGIDAE Kaltenbach

Subfamily: IRIDOPTERYGINAE Giglio-Tos

Tribe: HAPLOMANTINI Beier

1. Genus BOLBENA Giglio-Tos

   Subgenus: BOLBENA Giglio-Tos

   1. B. assimilis Kaltenback

      Bolbena assimilis Kaltenback 1996: 200-201.
      Namibia.

      
      
   2. B. hottentota (Karny)

      Gonypeta hottentota Karny 1908: 368.
      Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Angola.

      
      
   3. B. maraisi Kaltenbach

      Bolbena maraisi Kaltenbach 1996: 201-203.
      Namibia.

      
      
   4. B. minor Giglio-Tos

      Bolbena minor Giglio-Tos 1915: 39.

      = Micrentella fuliginosa Werner 1923: 117.
      Namibia.

      
      

      Subgenus: BOLBODA Giglio-Tos

   5. B. minutissima (Karny)

      Gonypeta minutissima Karny 1908: 368.

      = Bolbena gymnes Beier 1955: ** (nec Hapalomantis gymnes Rehn 1927: 11).
      Northern Province, to Zimbabwe.

      
      
   
   
2. Genus: HAPALOGYMNES Kaltenbach
   1. H. gymnes Rehn

      Hapalomantis gymnes Rehn 1927: 11
      Northern Province, to Zimbabwe.

      
      
   
   
3. Genus HAPALOMANTIS Stål
   1. H. minima (Werner)

      Entella minima Werner 1906: 364.
      KwaZulu-Natal, to Zimbabwe, Angola and East Africa.

      
      
   2. H. orba (Stål)

      Entella orba Stål 1856: **.
      South Africa, to East Africa.

      
      
   
   
4. Genus: TARACHINA Werner
   1. T. australis Giglio-Tos

      Tarachina australis Giglio-Tos 1915: **.
      ?South Africa, to Namibia.

      
      
   2. T. constricta Werner

      Tarachina constricta Werner 1923: **.
      Namibia.

      
      
   3. T. schultzei Kerny

      Tarachina schultzei Kerny 1908: 365.
      South Africa, to Namibia and Zimbabwe

      
      
   4. T. transvaalensis Beier

      Tarachina transvaalensis Beier 1953: 256.
      Northern Province, to Zimbabwe.

      
      
   
   
5. Genus: NEGROMANTIS Giglio-Tos
   1. N. gracillima Kaltenbach

      Negromantis gracillima Kaltenbach 1996: 208-209.
      Zimbabwe and Zambia.

      
      
   
   
6. Genus: CHIROMANTIS Giglio-Tos
   1. C. rhombica Giglio-Tos

      Chiromantis rhombica Giglio-Tos 1915b: **.
      Zimbabwe, Mozambique and East Africa.