Empusidae

Empusidae

Empusa pennata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mantodea
Family:	Empusidae
Genera
Blepharodes Blepharopsis Dilatempusa Empusa Gongylus Hemiempusa Hypsicorypha Idolomantis Idolomorpha

Empusidae is a family consisting of 9 genera of mantises.

References

Extant Mantodea families

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Subclass: Pterygota Infraclass: Neoptera Superorder: Dictyoptera

Acanthopidae Amorphoscelididae Chaeteessidae Empusidae Eremiaphilidae Hymenopodidae (flower mantises) Iridopterygidae Liturgusidae Mantidae Mantoididae Metallyticidae Sibyllidae Tarachodidae Thespidae Toxoderidae

List of mantis genera and species

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