Genus Stagmomantis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

Carolina mantis ootheca (egg sac) - Stagmomantis carolina

Mantis 3 - Stagmomantis limbata - female

Stagmomantis - Stagmomantis limbata - female

Praying mantis - Stagmomantis carolina - female

Stagmomantis limbata? - Stagmomantis limbata - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Mantodea (Mantids)

Family Mantidae

Genus Stagmomantis

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

reviewed in (1)

Explanation of Names

Stagmomantis Saussure 1869

'dotted Mantis'

Numbers

12 spp. in our area (only about half on BG!), 22 total(1)

Identification

The facial shield (plate below antennal insertion and between the eyes) is relatively long and narrow in Stagmomantis (1-3), more squarish in Tenodera sinensis (4 & 5). In males, it is about 3 times as wide as long, at least 2 times as wide as long in females.

The first hind tarsomere is also a bit relatively shorter and stouter than in Mantis and Tenodera.

Range

New World (from ~40°N to n Brazil), mostly neotropical(1)

Remarks

our only representative of the subfamily Stagmomantinae, that contains two more genera(2)

Print References

Hebard, M. 1935. Orthoptera of the Upper Rio Grande Valley and the Adjacent Mountains in Northern New Mexico. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 87: 45-82. (JSTOR)

Hebard, M. 1942-1943. The Dermaptera and Orthopterous Families Blattidae, Mantidae and Phasmidae of Texas. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 68(4): 239-310. (JSTOR)

Rehn, J. A. G. 1907. Notes on Orthoptera from Southern Arizona, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 59: 24-81. (Biodiversity Library)

Works Cited

1.	A synoptic review of the genus Stagmomantis (Mantodea: Mantidae) Maxwell M.R. 2014. Zootaxa 3765: 501-26.

2.	Otte D., Spearman L., Stiewe M.B.D. Mantodea species file online. Version 5.0

Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 14 July, 2004 - 8:15am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, v belov, Arturo Santos
Last updated 3 November, 2023 - 3:13pm

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