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Mayan lichen mantis

Liturgusa maya Saussure & Zehntner, 1894

Status not recordedinsects

The mayan lichen mantis (Liturgusa maya) is a species in the family Liturgusidae, order Mantodea.

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Quick facts about the mayan lichen mantis

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the mayan lichen mantis live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the mayan lichen mantis as introduced in 1 country.

  1. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the mayan lichen mantis endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the mayan lichen mantis classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderMantodea
  5. familyLiturgusidae
  6. genusLiturgusa
  7. SpeciesLiturgusa maya Saussure & Zehntner, 1894
Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • Mantis del liquen mayaSpanish
  • Mantide mayaItalian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the mayan lichen mantis

Other species in the same genus Liturgusa.

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Common questions

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Is the mayan lichen mantis an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the mayan lichen mantis as introduced in 1 country: United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the mayan lichen mantis?

The mayan lichen mantis (Liturgusa maya) belongs to the family Liturgusidae in the order Mantodea.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Mayan lichen mantis (Liturgusa maya). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/mayan-lichen-mantis

MLA

“Mayan lichen mantis (Liturgusa maya).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/mayan-lichen-mantis.

BibTeX
@misc{mayan_lichen_mantis_2026,
  title = {Mayan lichen mantis (Liturgusa maya)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mayan-lichen-mantis},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}