Epaphroditidae is a family of the Mantodea, containing species found in Africa and the Caribbean. Before 2015, it had been placed as the subfamily Epaphroditinae, in the Hymenopodidae, but is now excluded.

Subfamilies and genera

The Mantodea Species File lists two subfamilies containing the genera:

Epaphroditinae

tribe Callimantini

  • Callimantis Stal, 1877 - monotypic (C. antillarum Saussure, 1859)

tribe Epaphroditini

Gonatistinae

  • Gonatista Saussure, 1869
  • Gonatistella Giglio-Tos, 1915 - monotypic (G. nigropicta Westwood, 1889)

Now moved

External links

  • Data related to Epaphroditinae at Wikispecies