FAMILY Empusidae Burmeister, 1838 SUBFAMILY Blepharodinae Beier, 1964 [=Idolomantini] GENUS Blepharodes Bolivar, 1891:305-306 [=Phlaebarodes Giglio-Tos, 1917:71] TYPE SPECIES Blepharodes candelarius Bolivar, 1891:306-307 [Ethiopia, Somalia, Tschad] SPECIES Blepharodes cornutus Schulthess-Rechberg, 1894:72-73 [Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan] [=Blepharis cornuta Schulthess-Rechberg, 1894] SUBSPECIES Blepharodes cornutus Schulthess-Rechberg, 1894:72-73 [=Blepharis cornuta Schulthess-Rechberg, 1894] SUBSPECIES Blepharodes minor Kevan, 1954:471 [Kenya] SPECIES Blepharodes parumspinosus Beier, 1930:460 [Burkina Faso, Mauretanius, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Tschad] SPECIES Blepharodes sudanensis Werner, 1907:248-249 [Somalia, Sudan] GENUS Blepharopsis Rehn, 1902:316 [=Blepharis Serville, 1831:47] [praeocc. Cuvier 1807] [=Chersomantis Gistel, 1856:427] [valid?] TYPE SPECIES Blepharopsis mendica (Fabricius, 1775):275 [Afghanistan, Egypt, Algeria, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Canary Islands, Libya, Libanon, Morocco, Mauretanius, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Somalia, Sudan, Tschad, Tunisia, Turkey, Cyprus] [=Mantis mendica Fabricius, 1775] SUBSPECIES Blepharopsis mendica (Fabricius, 1775):275 [=Mantis mendica Fabricius, 1775] SUBSPECIES Blepharopsis nuda Giglio-Tos, 1917:70-71 [Ethiopia, Arabia, Yemen, Palestine, Somalia; Afghanistan?] GENUS Idolomantis Uvarov, 1940:175 [=Idolum Saussure, 1869:53,60] [praeocc. Pfeiffer 1856 in Moll.] TYPE SPECIES Idolomantis diabolica (Saussure, 1869):60 [Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda] [=Idolum diabolica Saussure, 1869] SUBFAMILY Empusinae Burmeister, 1838 TRIBE Empusini Burmeister, 1838 [Saussure 1893; included taxa Roy 2004 p.7] GENUS Dilatempusa Roy, 2004:9 TYPE SPECIES Dilatempusa aegyptiaca (Giglio-Tos, 1917):69 [Egypt, Burkina Faso] [=Empusa aegyptiaca Giglio-Tos, 1917] [=Empusa dilaticollis Lombardo, 1992:282-285] [Ethiopia] GENUS Empusa Illiger, 1798:499 [type is pauperata] [=Ampusa Rambur, 1838:17] [misspelling] [=Phantoma Risso, 1826:212] SPECIES Empusa binotata Serville, 1839:143 [not syn. of guttula by Roy 2004 p.8] SPECIES Empusa fasciata Brullé, 1832:83 [Egypt, Algeria, Asia Minor, Greece, Herzegovina, Crete, India, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Slowenia, Palestine, Rumania, Turkey, Cyprus] SPECIES Empusa guttula Thunberg, 1815:294-295 [Egypt, Algeria, Angola, Ethiopia-S, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Province, India, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Morocco, Namibia, Somalia, Tanzania, Transvaal, Tschad, Tunisia] [=Gongylus guttulus Thunberg, 1815:294-295] SPECIES Empusa hedenborgii Stål, 1877:77 [Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, United Arab Emirates] SPECIES Empusa longicollis Ramme, 1951:134 [not syn. of fasciata by Roy 2004 p.9] SPECIES Empusa megalocephala Gistel, 1856:427 [Sudan] SPECIES Empusa murati Chopard, 1940:22-23 [Mauretanius] TYPE SPECIES Empusa pauperata (Fabricius, 1781):346-347 [India, Iran, Sri Lanka] [=Mantis pauperata Fabricius, 1781] [=Empusa humbertiana Saussure, 1869:60] [=Empusa servillei Saussure, 1872:88] SPECIES Empusa pennata Thunberg, 1815:294 [Algeria, Canary Islands, Libya, Morocco, Sardinia, Sicily, Spain, Tunisia] [=Empusa brachyptera Fischer von Waldheim, 1846:97] [=Mantis clavata Goeze, 1778:34] [=Empusa egema Charpentier, 1841:297] [=Empusa europaea Fieber, 1853:96] [=Empusa occidentalis Fieber, 1853:133] [=Mantis pauperata Rossi, 1783:258] [nec pauperata Fabricius 1781] [=Mantis pectinata Drury, 1770:121-122] [Jamaica; nomen dubium] [=Gongylus pennatus Thunberg, 1815] [=Mantis spuria Goeze, 1778:37] [nomen dubium] [=Mantis tricornis Goeze, 1778:34] [nomen dubium] [=Phantoma variabilis Risso, 1826:212] SPECIES Empusa pennicornis (Pallas, 1773):728 [=Mantis pennicornis Pallas, 1773] [=Empusa attenuata Ramme, 1951:135] [=Gongylus marginatus Thunberg, 1815] [=Empusa orientalis Burmeister, 1838:546] [=Mantis pallasiana Olivier, 1792:637] [=Empusa stolli Saussure, 1871:188] [=Gryllus unicornis Linnaeus, 1763:427] [India, Sri Lanka, China, Malaysia; Linné] SUBSPECIES Empusa angulata Lindt, 1978:60-62 [Uzbekistan] SUBSPECIES Empusa baysunica Lindt, 1978:62 [Kazachstan, Uzbekistan] SUBSPECIES Empusa brevidorsa Lindt, 1977:12 [Kazachstan, Tadschikistan] SUBSPECIES Empusa buharica Lindt, 1977:61-62 [Uzbekistan] SUBSPECIES Empusa caputobtusa Lindt, 1979:25-27 [Tadschikistan] SUBSPECIES Empusa condarinica Lindt, 1977:11-12 [Tadschikistan] SUBSPECIES Empusa copetdagica Lindt, 1977:59-62 [Turkmenistan] SUBSPECIES Empusa hodshamuminica Lindt, 1976:67-68 [Tadschikistan] SUBSPECIES Empusa iliense Lindt, 1977:60-61 [Kazachstan] SUBSPECIES Empusa longidorsa Lindt, 1977:9-10 [Tadschikistan] SUBSPECIES Empusa longoapicale Lindt, 1979:27-29 [Kazachstan] SUBSPECIES Empusa luppovae Lindt, 1979:24-25 [Tadschikistan] SUBSPECIES Empusa mujuncumica Lindt, 1976:66-67 [Kazachstan] SUBSPECIES Empusa orientalis Lindt, 1979:29-30 [Kazachstan] SUBSPECIES Empusa pennicornis (Pallas, 1773):728 [China, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Turkey, Mesopotamia, Mersina, Syria, Afghanistan, Iran, Tadschikistan] [=Mantis pennicornis Pallas, 1773] SUBSPECIES Empusa similis Lindt, 1978:62-63 [Tadschikistan] SPECIES Empusa romboidae Lindt, 1976:66 SUBSPECIES Empusa nana Lindt, 1976:66-69 [Tadschikistan] SUBSPECIES Empusa romboidae Lindt, 1976:66 [Tadschikistan] SPECIES Empusa simonyi Krauss, 1902:56 [Sokotra; Yemen] SPECIES Empusa spinosa Krauss, 1902:53-54 [Oman, Saudi Arabia] SPECIES Empusa uvarovi Chopard, 1921:52-53 [Iraq, India, Israel] GENUS Gongylus Thunberg, 1815:215,220 TYPE SPECIES Gongylus gongylodes (Linnaeus, 1758):426 [India, Java, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand; in subgenus Mantis] [=Gryllus gongylodes Linnaeus, 1758] SPECIES Gongylus trachelophyllus Burmeister, 1838:545 [India; in subgenus Gongylus] [=Empusa trachelophylla Burmeister, 1838] GENUS Hypsicorypha Krauss, 1892:166 TYPE SPECIES Hypsicorypha gracilis (Burmeister, 1838):547 [Canary Islands, Tunisia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Libya, Niger, Oman, Somalia; in subgenus Idolomorpha] [=Empusa gracilis Burmeister, 1838] [=Hypsicorypha guichardi La Greca, 1952] [syn. Kaltenbach 1982 p.51] [=Hypsicorypha juliae Krauss, 1892:166] [=Idolomorpha longifrons Saussure, 1870:224] TRIBE Idolomorphini [included taxa Roy 2004 p.12] GENUS Chopardempusa Paulian, 1958:31 [was subgenus of Empusa; placed Idolomorphini by Roy 2004 p.5] TYPE SPECIES Chopardempusa neglecta (Paulian, 1958):32-33 [Madagascar; in subgenus Chopardempusa] [=Empusa neglecta Paulian, 1958] GENUS Hemiempusa Saussure & Zehntner, 1895:242 TYPE SPECIES Hemiempusa capensis (Burmeister, 1838):547 [Angola, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cape Province, Kenya, Congo, Pretoria, Ruanda, Tanzania, Transvaal, Uganda, Zimbabwe] [=Empusa capensis Burmeister, 1838] [=Hemiempusa phantasma Rehn, 1949:220-223] [=Empusa purpunpennis Serville, 1839:145] [=Vates wahlbergi Stål, 1856:167-168] SPECIES Hemiempusa fronticornis (Stoll, 1813):63 [Natal] [=Mantis fronticornis Stoll, 1813] [=Mantis nympha Stoll, 1813:72] [=Vates wahlbergi Stål, 1856:167] [male] GENUS Idolomorpha Burmeister, 1838:547 [as subgenus of Empusa Saussure 1871 p.191] SPECIES Idolomorpha dentifrons Saussure & Zehntner, 1895:244 [Ethiopia, Cape Province, Kenya, Mozambique, Sikumba, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Transvaal, Uganda] TYPE SPECIES Idolomorpha lateralis (Burmeister, 1838):547 [Angola, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo; in subgenus Idolomorpha] [=Empusa lateralis Burmeister, 1838] [=Empusa defoliata Serville, 1839:147-148] [=Empusa spinifrons Saussure, 1859:6l] [Senegal; in subgenus Idolomorpha] SPECIES Idolomorpha madagascariensis Westwood, 1889:46 [Madagascar] SPECIES Idolomorpha sagitta Sjöstedt, 1900:25-26 [Congo]