Eremiaphilidae is a small Old World family of praying mantids, based on the type genus Eremiaphila. As part of a major revision of mantid taxonomy, this family now contains the subfamily Tarachodinae, which includes tribes and genera previously placed in the now obsolete Tarachodidae. The new placement means that this taxon is characteristic of the superfamily Eremiaphiloidea (of group Cernomantodea) and infraorder Schizomantodea. Genera in this family have been recorded from: Africa and Asia. Subfamilies, tribes and selected genera The Mantodea Species File lists four subfamilies: Eremiaphilinae Species in this small, original subfamily are frequently wingless or brachypterous, and commonly encountered in desert environments, from Egypt to temperate Asia. Their coloration often matches that of the sand or rocks in the habitat. Eremiaphila Lefebvre, 1835 Heteronutarsus Lefebvre, 1835 Iridinae tribe Didymocoryphini (monotypic) Didymocorypha Wood-Mason, 1877 tribe Dysaulini Dysaules Stal, 1877 tribe Iridini Iris Saussure, 1869 tribe Schizocephalini (monotypic: was subfamily Schizocephalinae) Schizocephala Serville, 1831 Parathespinae Parathespis Saussure, 1869 Tarachodinae tribe Oxyelaeini Charieis Burr, 1900 Oxyelaea Giglio-Tos, 1917 tribe Tarachodini subtribe Antistiina Antistia Stal, 1876 Ariusia Stal, 1877 subtribe Tarachodina Galepsus Stal, 1876 Metagalepsus Roy, 1971 Nesogalepsus Nothogalepsus Oxyophthalmellus Paragalepsus Paralygdamia Paroxyophthalmus Plastogalepsus Pseudogalepsus Pyrgomantis Tarachodella Tarachodes Burmeister, 1838 Tarachodula Tuberculepsus Roy, 2008 References External links Tree of Life - Eremiaphilidae Mantodea families