The Gonypetidae are a new (2019) family of praying mantids, based on the type genus Gonypeta. The name was created by Westwood and it has been revived as part of a major revision of mantid taxonomy; the subfamily Iridopteryginae having been moved here from the obsolete family Iridopterygidae. The Gonypetinae include Asian genera transferred from the obsolete taxa Amelinae and Liturgusidae. The new placement is in superfamily Gonypetoidea (of group Cernomantodea) and infraorder Schizomantodea. Genera in this family have been recorded from: NE Africa, the Middle East, India, Indochina, Malesia through to New Guinea. Subfamilies, tribes and genera The Mantodea Species File lists two subfamilies: Gonypetinae tribe Armenini Armene Stal, 1877 tribe Gonypetini subtribe Compsomantina Compsomantis Saussure, 1872 subtribe Gonypetina Bimantis Giglio-Tos, 1915 Dimantis Giglio-Tos, 1915 Elaea Stal, 1877 Elmantis Giglio-Tos, 1915 Gimantis Giglio-Tos, 1915 Gonypeta Saussure, 1869 Gonypetoides Beier, 1942 Memantis Giglio-Tos, 1915 Myrcinus Stal, 1877 subtribe Gonypetyllina Armeniola Giglio-Tos, 1915 Gonypetyllis Wood-Mason, 1891 Holaptilon Beier, 1964 subtribe Humbertiellina Humbertiella Saussure, 1869 Paratheopompa Schwarz & Ehrmann, 2017 Theopompa Stal, 1877 Iridopteryginae tribe Amantini Amantis Giglio-Tos, 1915 tribe Iridopterygini subtribe Iridopterygina Hapalopeza Stal, 1877 Hapalopezella Giglio-Tos, 1915 Iridopteryx Saussure, 1869 Micromantis Saussure, 1870 Muscimantis Henry, 1931 Pezomantis Uvarov, 1927 Spilomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915 subtribe Tricondylomimina Tricondylomimus Chopard, 1930 References External links Mantodea families Gonypetidae