One-horned Grass Mantid
S2, Female, profile
Ellura
One-horned Grass Mantid
S2, Female, Head & Front Leg
 
                      
One-horned Grass Mantid (Glabromantis unicornis)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Mantises (Mantodea)
Family: Bark Mantis (Amorphoscelidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: One-horned Grass Mantid (Glabromantis unicornis)
This Photo:     🔍S1, Male, profile, close🔎

Thank you Matthew Connors for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
1st Live Photo on-line:
Formerly Phthersigena sp. Female ~29mm
Females have slightly reduced wings (shorter than body) and much smaller Ocellii compared to the males. Males are fully winged.
We asked Matthew if the projections out the rear end of the female were eggs. He said "No that's a normal part of the end of the abdomen, the ventroterminal lobes. They're very obvious in this one though!".
Matthew also said "Great photo of the little horn on the head!"

Copyright © 2010-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 13-Feb-2010
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.