title: Photinaidae
text: # 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
  