| Acanthopini | |
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| Metilia amazonica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Acanthopidae |
| Subfamily: | Acanthopinae |
| Tribe: | Acanthopini |
Acanthopini (from Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha), meaning "spine", and ὅψ (óps), meaning "eye") is a tribe of mantises in the family Acanthopidae. Ii is the only tribe in the subfamily Acanthopinae and contains eight genera and 37 species.
Genera
The following genera are recognised in the tribe Acanthopini:1
- Acanthops (Serville, 1831)
- Decimiana (Uvarov, 1940)
- Lagrecacanthops Roy, 2004
- Metacanthops Agudelo, Maldaner & Rafael, 2019
- Metilia (Stal, 1877)
- Miracanthops Roy, 2004
- Plesiacanthops Chopard, 1913
- Pseudacanthops (Saussure, 1870)
References
References
- "subfamily Acanthopinae: Mantodea Species File". mantodea.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2020-11-09.