Fossil Mantodea Systematic (Cretaceous - Pliocene/Tertiary)
Family: Chaeteessidae
Genus: Cretophotina * (shale, cretaceous)
Species: Cretophotina santanensis +
Cretophotina mongolica +
Cretophotina selenginensis +
Cretophotina serotina +
Cretophotina tristriata +
Cretophotina sp. indet.+(Vrsansky 2005, Sharin-Gol,Mongolia,forewing)
Genus: Kazakhophotina *
Species: Kazakhophotina corrupta + (shale, cretaceous)
Genus: Vitimiphotina * (classification after Gratschev and Zherikhin 1993)
Species: Vitimiphotina corrugata + (shale, cretaceous)
Genus: Chaeteessites * (classification after Grimaldi 2003-tentatively)
Species: Chaeteessites minutissimus + (Siberian amber, cretaceous)
Genus: Archaeophlebia *(classification after Nel & Roy 1996- uncertain position)
Species: Archaeophlebia enigmatica + (shale, Paleocene)
Genus: Lithophotina
Species: Lithophotina floccosa + (shale, Eocene)
Lithophotina costalis + (shale, Eocene) (identity questionable)
Genus: Megaphotina *
Species: Megaphotina sichotensis + (shale, Oligocene)
Genus: Chaeteessa (amber, Tertiary)
Family: Arvernineuridae ??? (not confirmed)
Genus: Arvernineura *
Species: Arvernineura insignis + (shale, Paleocene)
Family: Baissomantidae
Genus: Baissomantis
Species: Baissomantis maculata + (shale, cretaceous)
Baissomantis picta + (shale, cretaceous)
Family: Cretomantidae
Genus: Cretomantis *
Species: Cretomantis larvalis + (shale, cretaceous)
Genus: Electromantis *
Species: Electromantis sukatshevae + (Siberian amber, cretaceous)
Family: Mantoididae (amber, Tertiary)
Genus:Mantoida
Species:Mantoida matthiasglinki + (baltic amber, Eocene, Zompbro 2005)
(uncertain position)
Family: Amorphoscelidae
Genus: Amorphoscelites(classification after Grimaldi 2003- uncertain position)
Species: Amorphoscelites sharovi + (shale, cretaceous)
Family: Santanmantidae
Genus: Santanmantis *
Species: Santanmantis axelrodi + (limestone, cretaceous)
Family: Ambermantidae
Genus: Ambermantis
Species: Ambermantis wozniaki + (New Jersey amber, cretaceous)
Family: Liturgusidae (amber, copal, Tertiary)
Genus: Liturgusa
Species: Liturgusa stiewei SVENSON, 2014 (colombian copal and recent)
Family: Tarachodidae (amber, copal, Tertiary)
Family: Mantidae (amber, copal, Tertiary)
Genus: Mantis
Species: Mantis religiosa (limestone, Pliocene, Willershausen, Germany)
Species:Mantis protogaea + (Miocene, Oehningen, Germany)
(identity questionable, uncertain position)
Species:Mantis boettingensis + (Miocene, Boettingen, Germany)
(identity questionable, uncertain position)
Species: Eobruneria tessellata + (late Eocene, Florissant formation, USA)
(identity questionable, uncertain position)
Subfamily: Choeradodinae
Genus: Prochoeradodis *
Species: Prochoeradodis enigmaticus+ (shale, Paleocene) ( uncertain position)
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uncertain position
Genus: Burmantis * (uncertain position)
Species: Burmantis asiatica + (Myanmar amber, cretaceous)
Burmantis lebanensis + (Lebanon amber, cretaceous)
Genus: Jersimantis * (uncertain position)
Species: Jersimantis burmiticus + (Myanmar amber, cretaceous)
Jersimantis luzzii + (New Jersey amber, cretaceous)
miscellaneous fossils:
Species: Juramantis initalis + Vrsansky 2002, jurassic) (identity questionable)
+ = extinct / ausgestorben
* = paraphyletic / paraphyletisch - (uncertain phylogenetic position)
Die hier aufgestellte Systematik lehnt sich an die bekannten Klassifizierungen von: Gratschev & Zherikhin 1993, Grimaldi 2003-2005,
Nel & Roy 1996, Ehrmann 2002, Svenson & Whiting 2004
Liturgusidae-Larve im Madagaskar Kopal