Recent content by Kris Anderson

Negative. This is Stagmomantis limbata, male. “Praying Mantises of the United States and Canada” https://www.researchgate.net/project/Praying-Mantises-of-the-United-States-and-Canada

Both are Stagmomantis limbata... male and female. “Praying Mantises of the United States and Canada” https://www.researchgate.net/project/Praying-Mantises-of-the-United-States-and-Canada

Both nymphs and adults may be found year round amid low, dense shrubs and other vegetation.  Adults most prominently occur throughout June and July. Distribution map is attached.   “Praying Mantises of the United States and Canada”...

Tenodera angustipennis, ootheca “Praying Mantises of the United States and Canada” https://www.researchgate.net/project/Praying-Mantises-of-the-United-States-and-Canada

This is a Tenodera angustipennis ootheca.   T. angustipennis oothecae are narrowed, elongate-oval in shape, measuring 25-47 mm long (not including residual material), 14-20 mm wide, and 10 mm high.  Distal end tapered with sizeable amount of residual process extending away from base and onto...

Tithrone exclusively occurs in forested environments within Central and South America.... it is not found in the U.S./Canada.  You may be referring to Jantsch (1986 and 1995), wherein he assigned two more species to this Neotropical rainforest genus, both of which are positively synonymous with...

Species treatment for Acanthops parafalcata complete. The first known discovery of this uncommon species was by W.E. Broadway around the year 1900, in which two male specimens were collected in Trinidad. These specimens were sent to Bruner in 1906, who identified them as belonging to Acanthops...

  There are 21 species of Mantodea "native to the continent".   They include: Brunneria borealis Scudder, 1896 Gonatista grisea (Fabricius, 1793) Litaneutria elongata Anderson, 2018 Litaneutria emarginata Anderson, 2018 Litaneutria minor (Scudder, 1872) Litaneutria ocularis Saussure, 1892...

Stagmomantis carolina, nymph “Praying Mantises of the United States and Canada” https://www.researchgate.net/project/Praying-Mantises-of-the-United-States-and-Canada

Iris oratoria, nymph “Praying Mantises of the United States and Canada” https://www.researchgate.net/project/Praying-Mantises-of-the-United-States-and-Canada

There are between 35-44 different species found in the Caribbean.  The species checklist is currently underway with lots of synonymies and overlap to be worked out.   The comprehensive list should be finished by the end of summer and the corresponding genus and species treatments will begin...

The text was peer reviewed by my colleagues: Evgeny Shcherbakov Lomonosov Moscow State University Moscow, Russia     Roberto Battiston Musei del Canal Di Brenta Valstagna, Italy     Michael R. Maxwell National University La Jolla, California, USA     Gloria María Ariza Lozano...

“Praying Mantises of the United States and Canada” by Kris Anderson ISBN# 978-1717825735 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1717825737?ref_=pe_870760_150889320 This peer reviewed text includes a dichotomous key to all 15 genera of Mantodea found in the U.S. and Canada.  Extremely detailed descriptions...

Stagmomantis carolina does not occur in California. 

Litaneutria skinneri Rehn, 1907 species treatment completed This species is notable in having an extensive alpine range where brachypterous males predominantly occur, in contrast to other members of the genus that inhabit lower desert, coastal, or plains regions where macropterous males are far...