USA Mystery Mantis

[Peter Clausen]

I have collected adults of both Yersiniops and Litaneutria from near parts of Arizona in the past. On the following pages, please ignore any information you see there since it is both wrong and about ten years old . Back in those day I spent hours taking photos and posting them and little time researching (nowadays it it very little of both ). Somehow, I didn't even mention L. minor as a species.

http://www.bugsincyberspace.com/litaneutria.html

http://www.bugsincyberspace.com/yersiniops.html (misspellings on this page)

The wings will appear soon, though I'll be sending it off to Rick. Wing buds are evident now. Perhaps Rick will send you the specimen, Christian, once it has died, though I imagine Bugfest may want to retain it for future presentations. Between myself and a few friends I have down that way, I will surely (eventually) be able to send you some dried specimens. I do plan to spend a lot of time in Arizona, someday...

 

[Christian]

That would be fine, thanks. I expected the specimen to become winged one day, I was just curious about the possibility that it is different from minor. There is some uncertainty in the number of species in this genus.