Zeugomantispa minuta (Fabricius, 1775)

Ardila-Camacho, Adrian & García, Alexander, 2015, Mantidflies of Colombia (Neuroptera, Mantispidae), Zootaxa 3937 (3), pp. 401-455 : 449

Zeugomantispa minuta (Fabricius, 1775)

( Fig. 26 , Map 8)

Mantis minuta Fabricius, 1775: 278 . Holotype (or Syntypes): type locality unknown, sex unknown (BMNH), not studied.

Mantis lilliputiana Olivier, 1797 ; Erichson 1839: 172 (syn.); Penny 1982b: 459 (syn.).

Mantispa flavomaculata Latreille, 1805 ; Erichson 1839: 172 (syn.); Penny 1982b: 459 (syn.).

Mantis viridula Houttuyn in Stoll, 1813; Ohl 2004: 206 (syn.).

Rhaphidia margaritacea Fischer von Waldheim, 1834; Penny 1982b: 459 (syn.).

Mantispa viridis Walker, 1853 ; Hoffman 2002: 274 (syn.).

Mantispa gulosa Taylor, 1862 ; Penny et al. 1997: 75 (syn.).

Mantispa brevicollis Banks in Baker, 1905; Penny et al. 1997: 75 (syn.).

Mantispa pallescens Navás, 1914 ; Penny 1982b: 459 (syn.).

Mantispilla flavescens Navás, 1914 ; Penny 1982b: 459 (syn.).

Mantispilla trichostigma Navás, 1921 ; Penny 1982b: 459 (syn.).

Mantispilla viridata Navás, 1924 ; Hoffman 2002: 274 (syn.).

Mantispilla rubricata Navás, 1924 ; Hoffman 2002: 274 (syn.).

Mantispilla flavicornis Navás, 1930 ; Hoffman 2002: 274 (syn.).

Zeugomantispa minuta ; Hoffman 2002: 273 (diag.); Ohl 2004: 206 (cat.); Reynoso-Velasco & Contreras-Ramos 2008: 710 (list.).

Specimens examined. Colombia: Bolívar: Sta. Catalina, El Ceibal , 20 m, X.1999, E. Flórez, mercury light trap (2 ♂ ‒ICN); Casanare: Yopal, Corregimiento Tilodirán, 05°08’57,32’’N – 72°12’11,55’’W, 350 m, 05.I.2010, G. Maldonado, manual collection over foliage (1 ♀‒UNAB); Cundinamarca: Puerto Salgar, Estación Ecopetrol, 150 m, D. Bernal (1 ♀—ANDES-E-DIB00024); Magdalena: Santa Marta, Cerro la Llorona, 11°14’50’’N – 74°12’06’’W, 2 m, 01.VIII.2010, M. Mozo (1 ♂ —UNAB); Meta: Restrepo , la Cosmopolitana, 04°09’N – 73°09’W, 550 m, 03.XI.2007, L. Rodríguez (1 ♂ —MUD).

Diagnosis. Body mostly light green; wings hyaline with green pterostigma, venation predominantly green, with brown pigmentation on the junctions; forewing with 1AA elliptical, aa-ap vein, almost parallel to the posterior wing margin ( Hoffman 2002). Male abdomen with intertergal membrane between the tergites III‒V invaginated, bilobed, each lobe with a single pore transversely elongated.

Remarks. Larval stages of Z. minuta were described by Hoffman & Brushwein (1992), the first of them is considered an obligate egg-sac penetrator ( Redborg & MacLeod 1985). This species has been found in association with egg-sacs of 29 spider species in 26 genera, belonging to the families Agelenidae , Araneidae , Anyphaenidae , Clubionidae , Corinnidae , Ctenidae , Lycosidae , Oxyopidae , Philodromidae , Pisauridae , Salticidae , Tetragnathidae , Therididae, Thomisidae and Uloboridae . In addition, the emergence of 2‒ 4 adults from the same sac was noted (Brushwein et al. 1992). Valerio (1971) reported this species as M. viridis , and has an association with the webbuilding spider Achaearanea tepidariorum (Koch) (Araneidae) .

Distribution. Argentina, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Hispaniola, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela.

Figures

FIGURE 26. Distribution of mantispids in Colombia. 5, Dicromantispa species; 6, E. batesella; 7, L. hoffmani; 8, Zeugomantispa species. Elevation in meters.