Photinaidae
# Photinaidae

Photinaidae is a family of mantises in the order Neotropical Mantodea, in the superfamily Acanthopoidea. There are about 11 genera and more than 40 described species in Photinaidae.

## Genera

These 11 genera belong to the family Photinaidae:

* Cardioptera Burmeister, 1838
* Chromatophotina Rivera, 2010
* Hicetia Saussure & Zehntner, 1894
* Macromantis Saussure, 1871
* Metriomantis Saussure & Zehntner, 1894
* Microphotina Beier, 1935
* Orthoderella Giglio-Tos, 1897
* Paraphotina Giglio-Tos, 1915
* Photina Burmeister, 1838
* Photinella Giglio-Tos, 1915
* Photiomantis Toledo Piza, 1968
