Climaciella Enderlein, 1910

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 : 3

Genus Climaciella Enderlein

This is an exclusively New World genus found from southern Canada south to northern Argentina and in the Greater Antilles. Hoffman (1992) recognized 9 species, only one of which is known from the Greater Antilles including Hispaniola. All the species are wasp like in appearance and are apparently involved in a mimicry complex with various polistine wasp species. The immature stages of Climaciella brunnea (Say) have been associated with four species of wolf spiders ( Lycosidae ), and the first instar larvae are obligate spider boarders ( Redborg and MacLeod 1983).