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Species treatment for Stagmomantis floridensis Davis, 1919 finalized. This species is double-brooded with overlapping generations during most of the year when both adults and nymphs co-occur. Adult females are found most often among low vegetation and flowering weeds within Floridian swampy...

Stagmomantis ("californica") wheelerii  female “Praying Mantises of the United States and Canada” https://www.researchgate.net/project/Praying-Mantises-of-the-United-States-and-Canada

Species treatment for Stagmomantis carolina (Linné, 1763) completed. ... finally! This endemic species represents one of the most historically confounding taxonomic complexes among Mantodea. The multiple taxonomic permutations that this species has undergone over the past two centuries are...

Stagmomantis carolina, female  Maturation takes between 90—111 days.  Females undergo 7 (rarely 8) instars of development and males undergo 6 before reaching adulthood with an average instar period of 16 days, depending on nutritional intake.  “Praying Mantises of the United States and...

Stagmomantis carolina (Linné, 1763) “Praying Mantises of the United States and Canada” https://www.researchgate.net/project/Praying-Mantises-of-the-United-States-and-Canada

There is a great amount of popular/literary confusion and misidentification within the Litaneutria genus but this specimen appears to be a genuine Litaneutria minor, given the shape of the vertex, head capsule, compound eyes, and location of capture.  Note that most ground mantises that people...

When a species is first described, after it is discovered to be new to science, the last name of the author of that original description is listed after the given species name of the organism.  In this case, "(Johansson, 1763)" denotes that the author Johansson first described the species of...

Stagmomantis genus analysis finalized; new dichotomous key generated for the 5 species found in the U.S. Species treatment for Stagmomantis (californica) wheelerii completed. New synonymy rationale and historical taxonomy thoroughly reviewed. Given the distinctive original description of...

Mantoida maya Saussure & Zehntner, 1894 female Distal margin of terminal sternites straight in male, emarginated in female. “Praying Mantises of the United States and Canada” https://www.researchgate.net/project/Praying-Mantises-of-the-United-States-and-Canada

Mantoida maya oothecae are deposited into natural holes and concave impressions found in fallen branches and wood. “Praying Mantises of the United States and Canada” https://www.researchgate.net/project/Praying-Mantises-of-the-United-States-and-Canada

The specimens captured in Las Vegas by the original poster are examples of  Litaneutria longipennis Beier, 1929.  The specimens captured in California by the original poster are examples of  Litaneutria minor (Scudder, 1872).  All of the other photos are indiscernible due to lack of focus/camera...

Sounds good.  I'd be interested to see what data you have available. 

Brunneria borealis have thickened antennae.  If by "feathery" you mean pectinate, then you would be looking for either Pseudovates arizonae or Pseudovates chlorophaea. 

Proper denotation of a species name should be italicized with the genus portion of the binomial capitalized and the species name in lower case, e.g. Brunneria borealis.  If a subspecies is noted than that too should also be in lower case, e.g. Stagmomantis montana sinaloae.  (For taxonomic...

Species treatment for Pseudovates chlorophaea now complete. Similar to the mating strategies employed by P. arizonae, the females of this species also do not engage in cannibalism before, during, or after copulation. Nymphal emergence also interesting and occurs in waves rather than synchronized...

Oligonicella scudderi (Saussure, 1870) male. 

Scudder introduced the genus Bactromantis in 1896 wherein to place what he believed was a previously undescribed species that was collected in Sandford, FL sometime earlier.  He offered a brief and rather ambiguous description of his proposed type and established it as Bactromantis virga. In...

What region are you referring to-- Washington?  Can you detail precisely where you found the specimens pictured in your original post? 

Yes, I'm compiling data for future works concerning Central American mantis diversity in addition to other global regions.  Any logs or collection data that you have would be useful and most appreciated.