Leptomantispa Hoffman, 2002

MACHADO, RENATO JOSÉ PIRES & RAFAEL, JOSÉ ALBERTINO, 2010, Taxonomy of the Brazilian species previously placed in Mantispa Illiger, 1798 (Neuroptera: Mantispidae), with the description of three new species, Zootaxa 2454 (1), pp. 1-61: 37

Leptomantispa Hoffman, 2002   Edit

Leptomantispa Hoffman, 2002: 264   Edit ; Ohl 2004: 176 (cat.). Type species: Mantispilla pulchella Banks, 1912: 179   Edit .

Diagnosis: Pronotum completely covered by setae (best seen in lateral view), setae arising directly from the surface. Male ectoproct with ventromedial lobe not sclerotized. Gonarcal membrane without scales. Male with pores at tergites IV and V (most specimens with pores at tergite III, too). Spermatheca widening distally.

Hoffman (2002) stated that there were eight species in the genus but listed only three. L. pulchella (Banks, 1912)   Edit is found from Canada to Costa Rica ( Cannings & Cannings 2006), remaing two species ( L. chaos Hoffman, 2002   Edit and L. nymphe Hoffman, 2002   Edit ) are Neotropical and found in Brazil. Machado & Rafael (2007) described a fourth species of the genus, L. catarinae   Edit , until now found only in Brazil. More two species are treated here: L. ariasi (Penny, 1982)   Edit n. comb and L. axillaris (Navás, 1908)   Edit n. comb.