Liturgusidae is a family of praying mantids in the new (2019) Neotropical superfamily Acanthopoidea. A substantial number of genera, previously placed here, have recently been moved to the new or revived other families: - Dactylopterygidae - Gonypetidae - Epaphroditidae: subfamily Gonatistinae - Majangidae: subfamily Majanginae - Mantidae: subfamily Mellierinae - Nanomantidae: subfamily Fulciniinae

The Mantodea Species File now lists two tribes, containing the following genera: - tribe Hagiomantini - Hagiomantis Serville, 1839 - tribe Liturgusini - Corticomantis Svenson, 2014 - monotypic (Corticomantis atricoxata (Beier, 1931) ) - Fuga Svenson, 2014 - Liturgusa Saussure, 1869 (lichen mantises) - Velox Svenson, 2014 - monotypic (Velox wielandi Svenson, 2014 )

- Spermatophore feeding and mating behaviour in praying mantids (Mantodea: Liturgusidae), G. I. Holwell, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW, Australia