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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mantids (Mantodea) » Mantidae » Amelinae » Ground Mantids (Litaneutria)

Genus Litaneutria - Ground Mantids

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Litaneutria minor or obscura?? - Litaneutria - male 6024898 mantis - Litaneutria pacifica - male Ground Mantis - Litaneutria ocularis Brown mantis - Litaneutria ocularis - female ground mantis, minor, agile - Litaneutria - male Litaneutria minor - male Male, Litaneutria? - Litaneutria elongata - male Litaneutria minor
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Mantodea (Mantids)
Family Mantidae
Subfamily Amelinae
Genus Litaneutria (Ground Mantids)
Explanation of Names
Litaneutria Saussure 1892
Numbers
6 spp., all in our area(1)
Size
<35 mm
Identification
key to species in (2)
Range
w. US
Works Cited
1.Otte D., Spearman L., Stiewe M.B.D. Mantodea species file online. Version 5.0
2.Praying Mantises of the United States and Canada
Kris Anderson. 2018. Independently published.
Contributed by Christopher C Wirth on 27 October, 2005 - 7:18am
Additional contributions by David Ferguson, v belov, metrioptera, Kris Anderson
Last updated 26 January, 2023 - 9:28pm

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