Mantispidae Leach 1815
Creators: name: Alvim, Breno Ganns Chaves
name: Machado, Renato Jose Pires
name: Krolow, Tiago Kütter
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Neuroptera
Mantispidae

description: <b>Identification Key to the species of Mantispidae from</b> <b>Tocantins</b> (modified from Penny 1982; Machado and Rafael 2010) 1 Pronotum wider than long; foreleg with 2 pretarsal claws...................................................................... 2 1' Pronotum longer than wide; foreleg with 1 pretarsal claw........................................................................ 4 2 Forefemur with a subbasal spine............................ 3 2' Forefemur without a subbasal spine............................................................................. <i>Trichoscelia varia</i> 3 Body yellow with black spots; forewing with a large amber spot in subcostal and radial cells; second radial cell straight with 5 veins originating from it................................................... <i>Anchieta fumosella</i> 3' Body dark brown with yellow spots; forewing hyaline; second radial cell slightly curved at distal area, with 2 veins originating from it..... <i>Plega hagenella</i> 4 Pronotum completely covered by setae................. 5 4' Pronotum with setae only on the anterior and posterior ends................................................................. 9 5 Body predominantly dark-red <i>Haematomantispa</i> sp. 5' Body with a different color pattern........................ 6 6 Body mostly green, pronotal setae arising from distinct bumps............................................................. 7 6 <b>ʹ</b> Body with a different color pattern, pronotal setae arising flush with pronotal surface......................... 8 7 Pterostigma and parts of pronotum light-red.................................................. <i>Zeugomantispa compellens</i> 7' Pterostigma and pronotum green....................................................................... <i>Zeugomantispa virescens</i> 8 Forewing pterostigma red, space between subcostal and radial veins hyaline, forefemur entirely dark- brown ventrally.................. <i>Leptomantispa axillaris</i> 8' Forewing pterostigma dark-brown, space between subcostal and radial veins light-brown, forefemur with a ventral dark brown spot................................................................................ <i>Leptomantispa chaos</i> 9 Body dark-yellow with brown marks; pterostigma elongated, forewing with a large amber spot, foreleg midtarsomere equal or longer than other tarsomeres combined.............................. <i>Entanoneura batesella</i> 9' Body brown to light-brown, pterostigma not elongated, forewing hyaline with small dark spots at base, foreleg midtarsomere shorter than other tarsomeres combined................................................... 10 10 Forewing membrane with brown marks at base..................................................... <i>Dicromantispa moulti</i> 10' Forewing membrane hyaline at base.................... 11 11 Pterostigma reddish, male ventromedial lobe straight............................................... <i>Dicromantispa gracilis</i> 11 <i>ʹ</i> Pterostigma yellowish with tip brown, male ventromedial lobe curved.............. <i>Dicromantispa hyalina</i>
description: Published as part of <i>Alvim, Breno Ganns Chaves, Machado, Renato Jose Pires &amp; Krolow, Tiago Kütter, 2019, Mantidflies (Neuroptera, Mantispidae) from Tocantins state (Brazil): distribution and identification key, pp. 275-285 in Check List 15 (2)</i> on page 277, DOI: 10.15560/15.2.275, http://zenodo.org/record/2617010
description: {"references": ["Penny ND (1982) Neuroptera of the Amazon Basin. Part 6. Mantispidae. Acta Amazonica 12: 415 - 463.", "Machado RJP, Rafael JA (2010) Taxonomy of the Brazilian species previously placed in Mantispa Illiger, 1798 (Neuroptera: Mantispidae), with the description of three new species. Zootaxa 2454: 1 - 61."]}