Entanoneura batesella (Westwood, 1867)

Alvim, Breno Ganns Chaves, Machado, Renato Jose Pires & Krolow, Tiago Kütter, 2019, Mantidflies (Neuroptera, Mantispidae) from Tocantins state (Brazil): distribution and identification key, Check List 15 (2), pp. 275-285 : 282

Entanoneura batesella (Westwood, 1867)

Figure 5 A–G

Diagnosis. This species has the body yellow with brown marks, pronotum longer than broad with setae present only on the anterior and posterior ends, wings with elongated pterostigma and with a large amber mark, foreleg with 2 pretarsal claws and foreleg midtarsomere equal or longer than the other tarsomeres combined.

Examined material. Brazil, Tocantins, Pium, Centro de Pesquisa Canguçu , 09°58'44.4" S, 050°02'13.1" W, 13–18.v.2016, Krolow, T.K. & Equipe leg. (3♂ 1♀ CEUFT) ; Brazil, Tocantins, Pium, Centro de Pesquisa Canguçu , 09°58'44.4" S, 050°02'13.1" W, 7–10.iii.2016, Krolow, T.K. & Equipe leg. (1♂ CEUFT) .

Distribution. Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guiana, French Guiana, and Brazil: Amazonas, Pará, Goiás, Distrito Federal, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, and Santa Catarina ( Machado and Martins 2018).

New records. Tocantins: Pium municipality.

Comments. Of all species collected here, E. batesella was the largest and more robust one. It is possibly mimetic to wasps based on their general body color pattern.

Figures

Figure 5. Entanoneura batesella (Westwood, 1867). A. Head, anterior view. B. Mesonotum, lateral view. C. Head and thorax, dorsal view. D. Foreleg, exterior view. E. Foreleg, internal view. F. Forewing. G. Hind wing.