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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mantids (Mantodea) » Mantidae » Vatinae » Phyllovates » Texas Unicorn Mantis (Phyllovates chlorophaea)
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Mexican unicorn mantis - Phyllovates chlorophaea
Copyright © 2008 Fran Bartle

Mexican unicorn mantis - Phyllovates chlorophaea
Falcon State Park, Starr County, Texas, USA
April 5, 2008
This is a closeup of the mantis I found on Crucita blooms. I earlier mis-named it a walking stick, but it is really a mantis.

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Mex. unicorn mantis found in Falcon State Park - Phyllovates chlorophaea Mexican unicorn mantis - Phyllovates chlorophaea
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Contributed by Fran Bartle on 6 April, 2008 - 8:09am
Last updated 3 July, 2009 - 10:50pm

Moved
Moved from Mantidae.
… Joshua Stuart Rose, 3 July, 2009 - 10:50pm login or register to post comments

When an expert identifies this
could you tell us how to tell apart these two very similar genera?
… john and jane balaban, 6 April, 2008 - 10:48am login or register to post comments

 
conventional wisdom
The info pages for the two genera claim that they do not overlap in US range, with Pseudovates only in Arizona, Phyllovates in the LRGV of Texas. Until someone comes along with evidence to the contrary...
… Joshua Stuart Rose, 3 July, 2009 - 10:53pm login or register to post comments

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