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Oxypiloidea

Oxypiloidea is a genus of praying mantis in the family Hymenopodidae. 25 species are accepted within two subgenera:Subgenus Catasigerpes Oxypiloidea camerunensis Giglio-Tos, 1915 Oxypiloidea centrafricana Roy, 2013 Oxypiloidea congica Giglio-Tos, 1915 Oxypiloidea granulata Roy, 1965 Oxypiloidea ivoirensis Roy, 2013 Oxypiloidea maldesi Roy, 2013 Oxypiloidea margarethae Werner, 1912 Oxypiloidea maroccana Roy, 2013 Oxypiloidea occidentalis Wood-Mason, 1879 Oxypiloidea orientalis Roy, 2013 Oxypiloidea sinuata Roy, 2013Subgenus Oxypiloidea Oxypiloidea acuminata Kevan, 1954 Oxypiloidea angolica Roy, 2013 Oxypiloidea brunneriana Saussure, 1871 Oxypiloidea carvalhoi Roy, 2013 Oxypiloidea dargei Roy, 2013 Oxypiloidea denticulata Roy, 2013 Oxypiloidea jeanneli Chopard, 1938 Oxypiloidea lobata Schulthess-Schindler, 1898 Oxypiloidea mortuifolia Saussure, 1899 Oxypiloidea murphyi Roy, 2013 Oxypiloidea namibiana Roy, 2013 Oxypiloidea nigerica Giglio-Tos, 1915 Oxypiloidea tridens Saussure, 1872 Oxypiloidea zernyi (Beier, 1942)

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Oxypiloidea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Hymenopodidae
Tribe: Otomantini
Genus: Oxypiloidea
Schulthess, 1898
Type species
Sigerpes occidentalis
Wood-Mason, 1879

Oxypiloidea is a genus of praying mantis in the family Hymenopodidae.1 25 species are accepted within two subgenera:2

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  1. "subgenus Oxypiloidea (Catasigerpes) Giglio-Tos, 1927: Mantodea Species File". mantodea.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  2. "Oxypiloidea". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands.