The mantids of Trinidad and Tobago are part of the invertebrate fauna of both islands, part of the Natural history of Trinidad and Tobago.
Beginning with Lawrence Bruner in 1906 Bruner L. (1906). "Report on the Orthoptera of Trinidad, West Indies." Journal of the New York Entomological Society, New York. Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 135-165. describing 8 species on the island of Trinidad, then followed by Beebe, Crane & Hughes-Schrader in 1952Beebe W., Crane J. & Hughes-Schrader S. (1952). "An Annotated List of the Mantids (Orthoptera, Mantoidea) of Trinidad, B.W.I." Zoologica, . Vol 37 pp. 245-258. and Kevan in 1953.Kevan D. K. McE. (1953). "A preliminary list of the Mantodea of Trinidad, B.W.I." Annals and Magazine of Natural History, . Vol 6 Iss. 71, pp. 809-816 Both papers in the 1950s increased the number of species identified.
Mantids by family
Mantoididae Mantoida fulgidipennis Westwood, 1889
Thespidae Thespinae Musonia surinama (Saussure, 1869) Thespis media (Giglio-Tos, 1916) Macromusonia sp. Hebard, 1922 Oligonicinae Thesprotia filum (Lichtenstein, 1796) Miopteryginae Bantiella trinitatis Giglio-Tos 1915
Acanthopidae Acontistinae Acontista multicolor (Saussure, 1870) Tithrone roseipennis (Saussure, 1877) Acanthopinae Acanthops parafalcata Lombardo & Ippolito, 2004 Lombardo F., Ippolito S. (2004). "Revision of the species of Acanthops Serville 1831 (Mantodea, Mantidae, Acanthopinae) with comments on their phylogeny." Annals of the Entomological Society of America. Vol. 97, No. 6, pp. 1076-1102.
Mantidae Angelinae Angela quinquemaculata (Olivier, 1792) Stagmomantinae Stagmomantis carolina (Johannson, 1763)
Stagmatopterinae Stagmatoptera septentrionalis Saussure & Zehntner, 1894 Parastagmatoptera unipunctata Burmeister, 1838 Oxyopsis rubicunda Stoll, 1813 Vatinae Vates lobata (Fabricius, 1798) Phyllovates tripunctata (Burmeister, 1838) Photinae Paraphotina reticulata (Saussure 1871) Brunneria subaptera Saussure 1869
Liturgusidae Liturgusinae Liturgusa trinidadensis Svenson 2014Svenson g.j. (2014). "Revision of the Neotropical bark mantis genus Liturgusa Saussure, 1869 (Insecta, Mantodea, Liturgusini)." Zookeys. Vol. 390, pp. 1-214.
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