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Empusidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY
Published in
Burmeister (1838) Handb. Ent., Burm., 2.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Mantodea
family
Empusidae

Name

Homonyms
Empusidae
Common names
Boynuzlumantisgiller in Turkish
Gargoyle Mantises in English
Keëlkophottentotsgotte in Afrikaans
Šalmuočiai in Lithuanian
Емпузиди in Ukrainian
Эмпузовые in Russian
סוסות-שד in Hebrew
ヨウカイカマキリ科 in Japanese
錐螳科 in Chinese
锤头螳科 in Chinese

Bibliographic References

  1. Beier. 1964. Bronn’s Klass. Ordn. Tierreiches 5 3(6):953
  2. Beier. 1968. Handb. Zool. 4((2) 2/12):12
  3. Brunner de Wattenwyl. 1893. Revis. Syst. Orth. 58
  4. Brunner von Wattenwyl. 1882. Prodr. Eur. Orth. 69
  5. Burmeister. 1838. Handb. Ent., Burm. 2:544
  6. Ehrmann. 2002. Mantodea der Welt 1-519
  7. Hallan, J. (2000-2017). Biology Catalog (2012 version), http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (as at 2012).
  8. Jacobson & Bianki. 1905. Prem. i Lozhn. Ross. Imp. 154
  9. Kaltenbach. 1976. Series Ent. 12:161
  10. Nel & Roy. 1996. Eur. J. Entomol. 93:223-234
  11. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  12. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  13. Roy. 2004. Revue Francaise D’Entomologie. 26(1)
  14. Saussure & Zehntner. 1895. Hist. Madag. 23:239
  15. Schwarz, C. J.; Roy, R. (2019). The systematics of Mantodea revisited: an updated classification incorporating multiple data sources (Insecta: Dictyoptera). <em>Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (N.S.).</em> 55(2): 101-196.
  16. Schwarz, C. J.; Roy, R. (2019). The systematics of Mantodea revisited: an updated classification incorporating multiple data sources (Insecta: Dictyoptera). <em>Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (N.S.).</em> 55(2): 101-196.
  17. Schwarz, C. J.; Roy, R. (2019). The systematics of Mantodea revisited: an updated classification incorporating multiple data sources (Insecta: Dictyoptera). <em>Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (N.S.).</em> 55(2): 101-196.
  18. Stal. 1877. Bih. K. svenska VetensAkad. Handl. 4(10):7
  19. Wang. 1993. Synopsis on Classif. Mantodea from China 55
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