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Amorphoscelidae

Description

Amorphoscelididae is a family of mantises consisting of 16 genera in the order Mantodea.


From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amorphoscelidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)5110https://www.gbif.org/species/5110
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)180105https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=180105
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Mantodea : Amorphoscelidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
-CercofilataKukalová-Peck 1987
classInsectaLinnaeus 1758
-Dicondylia
-ParanotaliaSroka et al. 2014
subclassPterygotaBrauer 1885
-NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
-PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderMantodeaBurmeister 1838
suborderNeomantodeaGrimaldi 2003
infraorderEumantodeaGrimaldi 2003
familyAmorphoscelidaeStal 1877
Scientific NameAmorphoscelidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Amorphoscelidaefamilybelongs to Amorphoscelioideastated without evidenceWang and Jin, 1995
Amorphoscelidaefamilybelongs to Eumantodeastated with evidenceGrimaldi, 2003
Amorphoscelidaefamilybelongs to Cernomantodeastated with evidenceSvensen and Whiting, 2009
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
Extant Size (PBDB)2 (67%)
First Recorded Appearance0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)T.-Q. Wang and X.-B. Jin. 1995. Recent advances on the biosystematics of Mantodea from China. Journal of Orthoptera Research 4:197-198
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amorphoscelidae

External Images

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Amorphoscelis
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		10.01 Ma
Pleistocene		0 Ma
Extant
Amorphoscelites ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Bolivaroscelis
genus		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Caudatoscelis
genus		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Cliomantis
genus		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Exparoxypilus
genus		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Gigliotoscelis
genus		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Gyromantis
genus		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Maculatoscelis
genus		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Metoxypilus
genus		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Myrmecomantis
genus		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Nesoxypilus
genus		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Paramorphoscelis
genus		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Paraoxypilus
genus		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Perlamantis
genus		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Phthersigena
genus		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1877Amorphoscelidae Stal
1995Amorphoscelidae Wang and Jin p. 197
2003Amorphoscelidae Grimaldi p. 44
2009Amorphoscelidae Svensen and Whiting

References

Wang T.-Q., Jin X.-B. (1995) Recent advances on the biosystematics of Mantodea from China, Journal of Orthoptera Research 4, 197-198
Grimaldi D. (2003) A revision of Cretaceous mantises and their relationships, including new taxa (Insecta: Dictyoptera: Mantodea), American Museum Novitates 3412, 1-47
Australian Faunal Directory, 2007 version. Available online at http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/ . - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Beier. 1968. Handb. Zool. 4((2) 2/12):5 - via Mantodea Species File
Giglio-Tos. 1927. Tierreich 50:9 - via Mantodea Species File
Roy. 1973. Biologia gabon. 8(3-4):242 - via Mantodea Species File
Brunner von Wattenwyl. 1893. Revis. Syst. Orth. 57 - via Mantodea Species File
Kaltenbach. 1976. Series Ent. 12:133 - via Mantodea Species File
Kaltenbach. 1996. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 98B:198 - via Mantodea Species File
Kirby. 1904. Syn. Cat. Orth. 1:207 - via Mantodea Species File
Westwood. 1889. Revis. Mant. 1 - via Mantodea Species File
Wood-Mason. 1889. Cat. Mat. 1 - via Mantodea Species File
Giglio-Tos. 1913. Genera Insect. 144:2 - via Mantodea Species File
Giglio-Tos. 1914. Bull. Soc. ent. Ital. 45:5 - via Mantodea Species File
Balderson. 1984. Austr. CSIRO Div. Entomol. Tech. Pap. 23:3 - via Mantodea Species File
Beier. 1964. Bronn’s Klass. Ordn. Tierreiches 5 3(6):937 - via Mantodea Species File
Ehrmann. 2002. Mantodea der Welt 1-519 - via Mantodea Species File
Stal. 1877. Bih. K. svenska VetensAkad. Handl. 4(10):7 - via Mantodea Species File
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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