Ground mantis
{{Short description|Common name for several praying mantises}}
Ground mantis is a common name given to various species of praying mantis believed to hunt on or near ground level rather than high amid foliage.
Examples native to North America include:
- Litaneutria minor — minor ground mantis [http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Arthropoda/Insects/Mantodea/Family/Mantidae.txt Texas A&M University] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081102063107/http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Arthropoda/Insects/Mantodea/Family/Mantidae.txt |date=2008-11-02 }}
- Litaneutria skinneri — Skinner's ground mantis [http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Arthropoda/Insects/Mantodea/Family/Mantidae.txt Texas A&M University] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081102063107/http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Arthropoda/Insects/Mantodea/Family/Mantidae.txt |date=2008-11-02 }}
- Yersiniops solitaria — horned ground mantis [http://www.utexas.edu/research/bfl/Species/Insecta/Phasmatodea.html Brackenridge Field Laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin]
- Yersiniops sophronica — Yersin's ground mantis [http://www.bugsincyberspace.com/mantis.html Praying Mantises (Order Dictyoptera)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414021658/http://www.bugsincyberspace.com/mantis.html |date=2010-04-14 }}