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- Kingdom - Animals - Animalia
  - Phylum - Spiders, Insects, and Crustaceans - Arthropoda
    - Class - Insects - Insecta
      - Order - Mantises - Mantodea
        
        Family - Mantises - Mantidae
        
        Species - Minor Ground Mantis - Litaneutria minor

Minor Ground Mantis - Litaneutria minor

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Native Species

Global Rank: GNR
State Rank: SNR

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General Description

A small mantis species found in the grasslands of central and eastern Montana. Adults are 2-3.5 cm in length (0.8 to 1.4 in).

Species Range

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Range Comments

Found in sagebrush steppe and grasslands in central and eastern Montana

Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database

Number of Observations: 13

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References

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- Capinera, J.L., R.D. Scott, and T.J. Walker. 2004. Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Ithaca, NY. Cornell University Press.
- Hebard, M. 1928. The Orthoptera of Montana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 80:211-306.
- Hebard, M. 1932. Notes on Montana Orthoptera. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. V. 84. pp 251-257.
- Scott, R.D. 2010. Montana Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets A Pictorial Field Guide to the Orthoptera. MagpieMTGraphics, Billings, MT.
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Citation for data on this website:
Minor Ground Mantis — Litaneutria minor. Montana Field Guide. Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved on April 20, 2024, from https://FieldGuide.mt.gov/speciesDetail.aspx?elcode=IIMAN03010