Leptomantispa Hoffman, 2002

Hoffman, Kevin M., Oliver S. Flint, Jr. & Perez-Gelabert, Daniel E., 2017, The Mantispidae of the West Indies with special reference to the Dominican Republic (Neuroptera: Mantispidae), Insecta Mundi 2017 (559), pp. 1-15 : 5

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5168387

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:243D760B-6CEA-49EF-A20D-FD135DF7C620

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FA87FC-FFB8-FFA0-FF5D-FCFBFEE7FBCE

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Leptomantispa Hoffman
status

 

Genus Leptomantispa Hoffman View in CoL View at ENA

This genus, as the other Antillean genera, is limited to the New World. With the description of 2 species herein, it will contain 12 described species ( Hoffman 2002, Machado and Rafael 2010, Ardila- Camacho and García 2015). The immatures of Leptomantispa pulchella (Banks) have been associated with 21 spider species in 6 families that are generally non web building wanderers on foliage ( Hoffman and Brushwein 1989, 1992). The first instars are obligate spider boarders ( Hoffman and Brushwein 1989).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Neuroptera

Family

Mantispidae

Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF