Mantodea of Egypt Author Mohammad, Salwa Kamal Author Alla, Sohair Mohammad Gad Author El-Hamouly, Hayam Author Ehrmann, Reinhard Author Nasser, Mohamed Gemal El-Den text Zootaxa 2011 3044 1 27 journal article 46258 10.5281/zenodo.278837 34c72d2c-9333-4ef2-b98e-0e2a7feec2db 1175-5326 278837 Genus Sphodromantis Stål, 1871 Sphodromantis Stål, 1871 : 390 . Remarks. Several studies have treated this genus and Hierodula as a single genus or subgenus (e.g., Kaltenbach 1982 , Oliveira 2009 ) but they are easily distinguished by the presence of a tubercle between the base of the antennae and the eye in Sphodromantis and the absence of this tubercle in Hierodula ( Bragg, 1997 ) . The most recent study treated them as separate genera ( Roy 2010 ).