New host mantids are recorded: Thaumaglossa laeta Arrow, 1915 (mantis Phasmomantella sp.) from Vietnam; Thaumaglossa rufocapillata Redtenbacher, 1867 (mantis Hierodula patellifera Serville, 1839) from Vietnam, (mantis Tenodera sp.) from India: Karnataka, (matis Polyspilota aeruginosa) from Tanzania; Thaumaglossa rufiventris Pic, 1927 (mantis Tenodera superstitiosa (Fabricius, 1781)) from Cameroon.