Genus Litaneutria

Classification · Size · Identification · Food · Works Cited

Litaneutria minor or obscura?? - Litaneutria

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Mantodea (Mantids)

Family Mantidae

Genus Litaneutria

Size

Less than 35mm long

Identification

“Pronotum distinctly longer than wide. Fore femur lacking deep pit or groove between first and second spines on outer ventral margin. Outer ventral margin of fore femur usually with 4 spines: antenna thin, filamentous. Fore tibia unarmed dorsoapically; more robust species. Costal margin of tegmen with dense coat of fine cilia” (1) (applies to the U.S. only)

Food

Other insects

Works Cited

1.	Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects By Norman F. Johnson, Charles A. Triplehorn

Contributed by Chris Wirth on 27 October, 2005 - 7:18am

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