Acanthopidae | |
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Metilia brunnerii - Muséum de Toulouse | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Mantodea |
Family: | Acanthopidae |
Genera | |
Acanthops |
Acanthops
Acontista
Astollia
Callibia
Decimiana
Lagrecacanthops
Metilia
Miracanthops
Paratithrone
Pseudacanthops
Raptrix
Stenophylla
Tithrone
Acanthopidae is a family of mantises consisting of 13 genera in the order Mantodea. That family was first described by the German entomologist Reinhard Ehrmann in 2002.