Trichoscelia, Westwood, 1852

Ardila-Camacho, Adrian, Calle-Tobón, Arley, Wolff, Marta & Stange, Lionel A., 2018, New species and new distributional records of Neotropical Mantispidae (Insecta: Neuroptera), Zootaxa 4413 (2), pp. 295-324 : 304

Key to Colombian species of Trichoscelia

(after Ardila-Camacho & García 2015, modified)

1. FW pterostigma mostly piceous without yellow spots ( Ardila-Camacho & García 2015, Figs. 14a, b); gonocoxite 9 with one long preapical spine ( Ardila-Camacho & García 2015, Fig. 15d)..................... T. karijona Ardila-Camacho, 2015

- FW pterostigma brown with a central yellow spot; gonocoxite 9 with four to six apical spines......................... 2

2. Posterior and apical margins of forewing with a series of amber infuscations ( Fig.1 ); male gonocoxite 9 with four apical spines ( Fig. 2d )................................................................................ T. umbrata n. sp.

- Forewing nearly entirely hyaline; gonocoxite 9 with five or six apical spines....................................... 3

3. Area between CuA and posterior wing margin of both wings with membrane and venation light yellow ( Ardila-Camacho & García 2015, Figs. 12a, b); forefemur completely yellow; male gonocoxite 9 with five apical spines ( Ardila-Camacho & García 2015, Fig. 13c)......................................................... T. gorgonensis Ardila-Camacho, 2015

- Area between CuA and posterior wing margin of both wings with venation alternating brown and yellow and membrane hyaline; forefemur yellow but brown infuscated dorsolaterally ( Ardila-Camacho & García 2015, Figs. 9b, c ); male gonocoxite with six apical spines......................................................... T. andina Ardila-Camacho, 2015

Figures

FIGURE 2. Trichoscelia umbrata n. sp.: a, male genitalia, lateral view; b, same, ventral view; c, male genitalia, lateral view; d, apex of gonocoxite 9, lateral view (above), ventral view (below); e, sternite 9; f, male genitalia, ventral view.Abbreviations: g, gonarcus; gcx9, gonocoxite 9; hpm, hipomere; med, mediuncus; psp, pseudopenis. Scale bars:0.1 mm.

FIGURE 9. Haematomantispa nubeculosa: a, female habitus; b, forefemur, outer (left) and inner (right) surfaces; c, pterothorax and abdomen, lateral view; d, head, frontal view.

FIGURE1. Trichoscelia umbrata n. sp.: a, wingvenation; b, head and thorax, lateral view; c, head and thorax, dorsal view; d, head, frontal view.