Help with the identification of strange Mantid from Amazon Brazil

[rudolfwessels]

Dear all, 

It would be great if you could help with the identification of a Mantid from the Amazon forest in Brazil. I found it 50km from Porto Velho inside the forest. It looks very slim, but I do believe it was a mantid. 

Thanks for your help!

Rudolf Wessels 

 

[Velve]

Pretty sure that's a thread-legged bug(Emesinae), a subfamily of assassin bugs.

 

[Mystymantis]

It kinda looks like some kind of stick bug. The head does not look right to be a mantis. The head looks very similar to a stick bug head, judging by the antennae position, and no large compound eyes that mantises usually have. Or else a thread legged bug of some sort like Velve said.

How big is it?

 

[rudolfwessels]

It was up to 60mm long (exl. legs). But looking at thread-legged bug in Google I found some very similar ones. So despite having the same way to catch prey it's apparently not a mantid. Cool. You guys are amazing! Thanks. Regards, Rudolf