Iridopterygidae was a family of praying mantids the members in order Mantodea whose members, having formerly been moved here as a subfamily within Mantidae,ITIS Catalogue of Life have now been transferred elsewhere as part of the recent (2019) major revision of mantid taxonomy.Schwarz CJ, Roy R (2019) The systematics of Mantodea revisited: an updated classification incorporating multiple data sources (Insecta: Dictyoptera) Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.) International Journal of Entomology 55 (2): 101-196.
Former subfamilies Hapalomantinae: moved to new family Nanomantidae Iridopteryginae: now consists of two tribes in the GonypetidaeMantodea Species File: subfamily Iridopteryginae (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 24 July 2020) Nanomantinae: now in new family Nanomantidae contained: Tribe Fulcinini Tribe Nanomantini Nilomantinae: now a tribe of Hapalomantinae Tropidomantinae: previously containing a single tribe, the TropidomantiniMantodea Species File: subfamily Tropidomantinae (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 21 January 2019) genera previously placed incertae sedis here are now the Tropidomantinae.
See also List of mantis genera and species
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