Mantidae {family} - Arthropoda; Insecta; Mantodea;

Mantidae is one of the largest families in the order of praying mantises, based on the type species Mantis religiosa; however, most genera are tropical or subtropical. Historically, this was the only family in the order, and many references still use the term "mantid" to refer to any mantis. Technically, however, "mantid" refers only to members of the family Mantidae, and not the numerous remaining families of mantises. Some of the most recent classifications have promoted a number of the mantid subfamilies to the rank of family, e.g. Iridopterygidae, Sibyllidae, Tarachodidae, Thespidae, and Toxoderidae, while other classifications have reduced the number of subfamilies without elevating them to higher rank. full article at Wikipedia

Specimen Records:	4,146	Public Records:	2,487
Specimens with Sequences:	3,898	Public Species:	164
Specimens with Barcodes:	3,561	Public BINs:	419
Species:	199
Species With Barcodes:	153
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Costa Rica 276 Argentina 34 Central African Republic 12 Australia 245 Canada 33 Sao Tome and Principe 12 Gabon 203 Malaysia 22 Peru 10 United States 181 Kenya 22 India 8 China 176 Mexico 19 Brazil 7 Pakistan 172 Thailand 15 Saudi Arabia 7 South Africa 111 Portugal 14