Eumantispa fuscicolla Yang, 1992

Yang, Xiushuai & Liu, Zhiqi, 2010, Notes on the genus Eumantispa Okamoto, 1910 from mainland of China (Neuroptera, Mantispidae), Zootaxa 2669, pp. 57-68 : 63-64

Eumantispa fuscicolla Yang, 1992

( Figs. 13 – 14 , 18, 19e)

Eumantispa fuscicolla C.-k. Yang, 1992: 445, 451. Type locality: Yunnan ( China).

Diagnosis. Head with one big black spot near base of antenna. Prothorax dark brown to black. Mediuncus long and thin, with prominent distal branch.

Description. Male. Body length 14.0–18.0 mm, forewing length 15.5–20.0 mm, forewing width 4.2–5.4 mm.

Head. Generally yellow except one big black spot near base of antenna and one light brown stripe at posterior margin of vertex ( Fig. 19 e). Flagellomeres 28–32. Labrum and palpus yellow. Mandible yellow except outer and inner margin dark brown.

Thorax. Prothorax dark brown to black; posterior tubular section wrinkled with more than 10 grooves (Fig. 18). Prescutum black. Mesonotum yellow, with a pair of black longitudinal stripes. Metanotum similar to mesonotum. Scutellum yellow. Pleural region of mesothorax yellow, except anterior margin of anepisternum black and posterior margin of katepisternum black; metathorax mostly yellow, except one short black stripe near median furrow. Fore leg brown. Mid and hind legs yellow; tarsal claws dark brown, with 4 or 5 teeth. Wings elongated and narrow; hindwing similar to forewing, but a little shorter. Veins mostly brown, except Sc and R yellow in both wings, and base of R, M and Cu black in the forewing. Pterostigma reddish brown, elongated and narrow. Forewing with 7–9 RA cells and 10–12 Rs branches.

Abdomen. Tergite I black; anterior part of tergite II dark brown and posterior part reddish brown; anterior part of tergites III to VIII yellow and posterior part reddish brown, tergites II to V with one balck longitudinal stripe at median area; tergite IX brown except lateral part yellow. Sternites with one black stripe at posterior margin except sternites I, II and IX entirely yellow.

Male genitalia. Ectoproct slightly elongated, with more than 20 short thickened setae on the median sclerite. Gonarcus slightly curved. Pseudopenis long and thin, with a pair of small sclerites at the pseudopenial membrane ( Figs. 13, 14 ). Mediuncus long and thin, with obviously branched apex.

Female. Unknown

Material. 1 male, Yunnan: Weixi, Pantiange, 25.VII.1981, Shuyong Wang (Holotype); 1 male, Yunnan: Lushui, Pianma, IX.1993, Jun Yi; 2 males, Yunnan: Lushui, Gangfang 29.IX.1980, Anonymity.

Distribution. China (Yunnan).

Remarks. This species can be easily distinguished from others by the dark brown prothorax.

Figures

FIGURE 19. Head, anterior view. a. Eumantispa paraharmandi sp. nov. b. Eumantispa harmandi, male. c. Eumantispa harmandi, female. d. Eumantispa tibetana. e. Eumantispa fuscicolla.

FIGURES 13 – 14. Eumantispa fuscicolla. Male. 13. genitalia, ventral view; 14. genitalia, lateral view.