Mantispidae
Creators: name: Ardila-Camacho, Adrian
name: García, Alexander
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Neuroptera
Mantispidae

description: Key to subfamilies and genera of Mantispidae with records in Colombia
1. Raptorial foreleg with two simple tarsal claws, arolium present; vertex elevated in frontal view (Fig. 1 b)................ 2
- Raptorial foreleg with one tarsal claw, arolium absent (Fig. 1 e); vertex concave in frontal view (Fig. 1 c)... (Mantispinae)...5
2. First tarsomere of foreleg elongated, with a lanceolate process at apex (Fig. 1 d)......................(Symphrasinae)...3
- First tarsomere of foreleg short, without lanceolate process (Fig. 1 f)................... (Drepanicinae).... Gerstaeckerella
3. Forefemur with sub-basal spine (Fig. 2 g)................................................................... 4
- Forefemur without sub-basal spine (Fig. 12 d)...................................................... Trichoscelia
4. Cell 2RA of forewing straight (Fig. 2 a); hindtibia usually widened (Fig. 2 h, i)............................... Anchieta
- Cell 2RA of forewing curve (Fig. 1 a); hindtibia not widened............................................... Plega
5. Antennal flagellomeres wider than long in frontal view (Fig. 19 b); mesoescutal furrow obsolete (Fig. 20 a); wings with anterior half pale or dark amber (Fig. 20 f); hindwing with transverse vein between CuA and AA (Fig. 17 e)............. Climaciella
- Antennal flagellomeres as broad as long in frontal view; mesoescutal furrow conspicuous (Fig. 22 e); wings usually almost completely hyaline; hindwing without transverse vein between CuA and AA......................................6
6. Pronotum with prominent setae over entire length in lateral view (Hoffman 2002, Figs. 608, 609)...................... 7
- Pronotum with scattered fine setae in lateral view (Fig. 22 a; Hoffman 2002, Figs. 606, 607)..........................8
7. Body predominantly green or pale yellow (Machado & Rafael 2010, Figs. 27, 28); pronotum with numerous setae arising from protuberant bases (Machado & Rafael 2010, Fig. 29c).............................................. Zeugomantispa
- Body with a mixture of brown and yellow or ochre (Fig. 23); pronotum with setae arising flush with pronotal surface (Hoffman 2002, Fig. 608)............................................................................ Leptomantispa
8. Head with inverted V-shaped mark directly beneath antennae (Fig. 1 c); body coloration mottle, camouflage-like, consisting of green and brown (Fig. 1 g); male ectoproct elongated, hypomeres long (Machado & Rafael 2010, Fig. 4 e)............ Buyda
- Head with longitudinal or transverse stripes beneath antennae; body with varied color pattern; male ectoproct not elongated, hypomeres short...................................................................................... 9
9. Body mostly brown or tan (Machado & Rafael 2010, Fig. 5); mesonotum with paired longitudinal yellow stripes laterally; forewing sometimes amber at base (Machado & Rafael 2010, Fig. 13 c); male ectoproct with ventromedial lobe completely sclerotized................................................................................ Dicromantispa
- Body generally yellow and black (Fig. 22); mesonotum with paired yellow stripes angled from wings bases to scutellum (Fig. 22 e); forewing with basal third of cell 1RA amber (Fig. 22 f); male ectoproct with ventromedial lobe partially sclerotized.............................................................................................. Entanoneura
description: Published as part of Ardila-Camacho, Adrian & García, Alexander, 2015, Mantidflies of Colombia (Neuroptera, Mantispidae), pp. 401-455 in Zootaxa 3937 (3) on page 404, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3937.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/236815