Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mantids (Mantodea) » Thespidae » Bistanta » Bistanta mexicana
Photo#137379
slender brown mantis - Bistanta mexicana - male
Copyright © 2007 Robin McLeod

slender brown mantis - Bistanta mexicana - Male
Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
July 7, 2007
Size: body 35-40 mm
On wall of entranceway to washroom at visitor center at dawn. The overhead light had attracted a lot of insects during the night.

Presumably Oligonicella species, based on the posterior portion of the pronotum being about twice as long as the anterior portion (rather than 3-4 times longer in Thesprotia according to a key to Florida Mantidae).
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 17 August, 2007 - 3:12pm
Last updated 18 August, 2010 - 5:00pm

I found verification that B. mexicanus is the one in Texas
Moved from Bactromantis.
… David J. Ferguson, 18 August, 2010 - 5:00pm login or register to post comments

Moved
note: Many authors have treated Bactromantis under Oligonicella, so the move is more of a correction to match Orthoptera Species File taxonomy. I can't find any references to the genus in Texas, but I expect that they are likely B. mexicanus there as in Arizona (???).

Moved from Oligonicella.
… David J. Ferguson, 17 August, 2010 - 1:15pm login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact