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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mantids (Mantodea) » Mantidae » Amelinae » Grasshopper Mantids (Yersiniops)
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Yersiniops comparison - Yersiniops
Copyright © 2008 drswanny

Yersiniops comparison - Yersiniops
Arizona, USA
Both are specimens from the UM collection.

Left is:
Yersiniops solitarium (Scudder)
AZ: Coconino Co.
Flagstaff 2 Sept. 1935
200 ft. I. J. Cantrall

Right is:
Yersiniops sophronicum (Rehn & Hebard)
AZ: Gila Co.
Rye 30 Aug. 1935
52 ft. T. H. & G. G. Hubbell

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Yersiniops sophronicum (Rehn & Hebard) - Yersiniops sophronicus Yersiniops comparison - Yersiniops Yersiniops solitarium (Scudder) - Yersiniops solitarius
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Contributed by drswanny on 12 November, 2008 - 12:34pm

How are the two separated?
No information on the guide pages right now and I can't find a key.
… James Bailey, 1 October, 2017 - 3:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Eyes of Yersiniops
I can't recall which reference I used (maybe the original description of the second species by Rehn & Hebard) and this was a long time ago BUT...I think I was trying to show the shape of the dorsolateral (pointy) part of the eyes. Here, Y. solitarium has the tips somewhat convergent, that is, slightly incurved, whereas Y. sophronicum has the tips remaining divergent or, at most, parallel.
… drswanny, 3 October, 2017 - 12:56pm login or register to post comments

Ugh
I hate when I try to photograph a mantid and get photobombed by a different species.
… Andrew Meeds, 15 June, 2012 - 2:59pm login or register to post comments

Nice!
Recently I collected some Yersiniops which was identified as Y. sophronica, which has even more pointy eyes. Was the mantis in the photo nymph or adult?

… Yen Saw, 13 November, 2008 - 4:42pm login or register to post comments

 
definitely adult
They are a pair mating.
… David J. Ferguson, 23 February, 2010 - 1:57pm login or register to post comments

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