Could use id for mantis I just found

[lovebugfarm]

I live in Austin Texas and found a little mantis and want to share pics and hopefully get an id. If it wasn't running full speed I wouldn't have seen them. Now I have 4 mantids

 

[yen_saw]

Subadult male Litanuetria sp.

 

[lovebugfarm]

Nice thanks so much

 

[Kris Anderson]

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 capture and take photos of are lumped together and thought to all be Litaneutria minor.  In fact, only a small fraction of these misidentified specimens are actually L. minor.  This one, however, looks like the genuine article.  

“Praying Mantises of the United States and Canada”

https://www.researchgate.net/project/Praying-Mantises-of-the-United-States-and-Canada

 

[lovebugfarm]

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 capture and take photos of are lumped together and thought to all be Litaneutria minor.  In fact, only a small fraction of these misidentified specimens are actually L. minor.  This one, however, looks like the genuine article.  

“Praying Mantises of the United States and Canada”

https://www.researchgate.net/project/Praying-Mantises-of-the-United-States-and-Canada

Very cool this particular guy is currently living in my red headed roach colony a small peaceful spieces. If I don't find him a lady friend in the next few weeks I will let him go find a mate on his own.