Stagmomantis floridensis Davis, 1919

Taxonomic history. Described as Stagmomantis floridensis by Davis (1919).

Distribution. Appears to be mainly restricted to Florida in USA (Davis 1919; Ehrmann 2002; Agudelo et al. 2007).

Species description. Davis (1919); Blatchley (1920), brief; Helfer (1987), brief.

Features. S. floridensis is rather elongate and slender. Male features: forewings are hyaline; body coloration is commonly green (Davis 1919; Blatchley 1920). Female features: forewings are shorter than the pronotum, covering roughly half of the abdomen; hindwings are opaque yellow in anterior and basal regions, remainder being tessellated with yellow spots; stigma is pale, can be inconspicuous; abdomen is cylindrical, being of nearly equal width along its length; pronotum is slender (Davis 1919; Blatchley 1920; Helfer 1987).