Family Empusidae Burmeister 1838 (mantis)
PaleoDB taxon number: 180112
Alternative spelling: Empusinae
Full reference: H. C. Burmeister. 1838. Handbuch der Entomologie. Zweiter Band. Besondere Entomologie. Zweite Abtheilung. Kaukerfe. Gymnognatha (Erste Hälfte; vulgo Orthoptera) 397-756
Parent taxon: Cernomantodea according to G. J. Svensen and M. F. Whiting 2009
Sister taxa: Amorphoscelidae, Hymenopodidae, Mantidae, Mantoidea, Thespidae, Toxoderidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: