NOMEN: Raptoriae Latreille 1802: 273 [P.A. Latreille. Histoire naturelle, générale et particuliere des Crustacés et des Insectes. T.3, 1802]
ORIGINAL LISTED MEMBERSHIP (Latreille
1802):
Mantis 
JUNIOR CIRCUMSCRIPTIONAL SYNONYMS:
= Raptoria Westwood 1839
= Eudictyoptera Crampton 1916
= Mantoptera Bey-Bienko 1962
TYPIFIED NAME IN BASIC FORMAT: Mantis/fg
TYPIFIED NAMES IN USE: Mantis, Mantida, Mantidia, Mantites, Mantina, Mantodea, Mantides, Mantinae, Mantidae, Mantisidi, Mantoidea, Mantaria
MODERN
STATUS: 
the valid, the
oldest name of a generally accepted, holophyletic taxon.
Systematic position of Raptoriae:
| modern phylogenetic classification: | older classification: |
| Holopandictyoptera
=
Pandictyoptera
s.l.
(Blatta/fg1) † pm.Palaeoblattariae (Mylacris/fg1) Cryptovipositoria = Pandictyoptera s.str. (Blatta/fg2) Raptoriae (Mantis/fg1) Oothecophora (Blatta/fg3) pm.Neoblattariae (Blatta/fg4) Isoptera (Termes/fg1) |
Pandictyoptera
(Blatta/fg1) Oothecaria (Blatta/fg2) Raptoriae (Mantis/fg1) Neoblattariae (Blatta/fg3) Isoptera (Termes/fg1) |