-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-Mantises (Order Mantodea)

-Suborder Eumantodea

-Infraorder Schizomantodea

-Superfamily Mantoidea

-Mantids (Family Mantidae)

-Unicorn Mantises (Subfamily Vatinae)

-Tribe Vatini

-Subtribe Vatina

-Genus Pseudovates

Pseudovates is a genus of praying mantis in the family Mantidae. A predator, mantises hunt other insects, with the aid of powerful raptorial legs that are characteristic of this group of insects.