Amorphoscelidae is a family of mantises in the order Mantodea. Subfamilies and Genera There are eight genera in two subfamilies recognized in the family Amorphoscelidae: Subfamily Amorphoscelinae Distribution: Africa, Yemen, tropical Asia Amorphoscelis Stal, 1871 †Amorphoscelites Gratshev & Zherikhin, 1994 Bolivaroscelis Roy, 1973 Caudatoscelis Roy, 1973 Gigliotoscelis Roy, 1973 Maculatoscelis Roy, 1973 Subfamily Perlamantinae Distribution: Africa, Europe Paramorphoscelis Werner, 1907 - monotypic - P. gondokorensis Werner, 1907 Perlamantis Guerin-Meneville, 1843 See also List of mantis genera and species References External links Mantodea Species File Amorphoscelididae Mantis taxonomy Mantodea families