Zeugomantispa virescens (Rambur, 1842)

Ardila-Camacho, Adrian & García, Alexander, 2015, Mantidflies of Colombia (Neuroptera, Mantispidae), Zootaxa 3937 (3), pp. 401-455 : 450-451

Zeugomantispa virescens (Rambur, 1842)

( Fig. 26 , Map 8)

Mantispa virescens Rambur, 1842: 433 . Holotype, male, type locality unknown (ISNB), not studied.

Mantispilla punctata Stitz, 1913 ; Ohl 2004: 207 (syn.)

Mantispilla punctata var. major Stitz, 1913 ; Ohl 2004: 207 (syn.)

Mantispilla stigmata Stitz, 1913 ; Ohl 2004: 207 (syn.)

Mantispa viridis Stitz, 1913 ; Ohl 2004: 207 (syn.)

Zeugomantispa viridula (Erichson) ; Hoffman 2002: 274 (diag.).

Zeugomantispa virescens ; Ohl 2004: 207 (cat.); Reynoso-Velasco & Contreras-Ramos 2008: 711 (list.); Machado & Rafael 2010: 55 (redesc.).

Specimens examined. Colombia: Antioquia: Medellín, 1500 m, IX.1945, on Phaseolus vulgaris (1 ♂, 2 ♀—MEFLG); Medellín, 1500 m, V.1952, on Zea mayz (3 ♂ —MEFLG); Medellín, 1500 m, VIII.1945, on Gossypium sp. (1 ♀—MEFLG); Medellín, 1500 m, IX.1941, on Eriobotrya sp. (1 ♀—MEFLG); Yolombó, vda. Sabanitas, fca. San Bartolomé, la Esperanza, 6°33’13’’N – 75°05’7,1’’W, 1500 m, 5~ 9.I.2010, E. Vergara & F. Serna, manual collection (1 ♂ ‒UNAB); Bolívar: Santa Catalina, Hcda. El ceibal, 10°40’20’’N – 63°14’25’’W, 10 m, 01.X.2008, E. Flórez, entomological net (1 ♀—UNAB); Caldas: Manizales, R. N. Rio Blanco, 2500 m, 29.IV ~ 1.V.2005 (1 ♂ —MUSENUV); Manizales, Universidad de Caldas, sede Micaela, 2100 m, 15.II.2010, E. Henao (1 ♂ —CEH-085); Cundinamarca: Bogotá, Hum. de capellanía, 04°35’56’’N – 74°04’51’’W, 2600 m, 04.III.2007, S. Márquez (1 ♂ —MUD); Fusagasugá, Chinauta, Finca San Juan, 04°55’28’’N – 73°51’02’’W, 1750 m, J. Lozano, on grass (1 ♀—UNAB); Gachetá, 20.X.2009, C. Salcedo, near to coffee crops (2 ♀—MUD); Guayabetal, 04°13’N – 73°49’’W, 1200 m, J. Otálora (1 ♂ ‒UNAB); La Mesa, Estación el Hospicio, Lat. 4.6-Long.- 74.43, 1300 m, D. Ureña (1 ♀—UNAB); La Vega, 04°39’27’’N – 74°20’23’’W, 1230 m, 30.X.2004, E. Buenaventura (1 ♂ —MUD); Soacha, 04°35’N – 74°13’W, 2565 m, 28.IV.1994 (1 ♀—MUD); Villeta, 800 m, 17.X.2004, H. Romero (1 ♂ —MUD); Huila: Pitalito, Vda. El Tabacal, Finca el Mirador, 01°52’N – 76°02’W, 1320 m, I.2005, J. del Rio (1 ♀—MUD); Neiva, 03.II.2001 (1 ♀—MUD); Magdalena: NNP Tayrona, R. Kalache- Kalabra, II.2012, J. Noriega, light trap (1 ♀—ANDES-E); Meta: Puerto López, Cafam los Llanos, 04°27’7, 37’’N– 72°34’7,2’’W, 150 m, 08.IX.2010, J. Marín, light trap (1 ♂ —ICN); Puerto López, Cafam los Llanos, 4°05’N – 72°57’W, 180 m, 30.X.1992, C. Gonzales (1 ♂ —UNAB); NNP Sierra de la Macarena, Caño Curia Parcela, 03°21’N – 73°56’W, 400 m, 10.XI ~ 21.XII.2002, M. Duarte, Malaise trap m‒2979 (1 ♀—IAvH); San Martín, 03°42’N – 73°42’W, 420 m, 23.V.1993, A. Céspedes (1 ♂ —UNAB); San Martín, 450 m, 20.III.2005, J. Bautista (1 ♂ —CEFUDFJC); San Martín, 3°42’N – 73°42’W, 405 m, 12.XI.2012, J. Delgado, trampa de luz (1 ♀—UNAB);Villavicencio, II.2012, J. Noriega, light trap in galery forest (1 ♂ ‒ANDES-E); Quindío: Salento, Vda. La Playa; Finca Milán, 2000 m, 2.XI.2007, E. Henao (1 ♂, 1 ♀—CEH-085); Salento, Vda. La Playa; Finca Milán, 2000 m, 2~ 3.XI.2002, E. Henao (1 ♂, 1 ♀—CEH‒085); Risaralda: Balboa, Alto del Rey, 1700 m, 02.IV.2010, F. Gaviria (1 ♀—CEH-085); Marsella, la Pechera, 26.VII.1996, P. Pinzón (2 ♂, 1 ♀—CEFUDFJC); Sucre: Colosó, Montes de María, II.2012, J. Noriega, light trap in forest (4 ♂, 1 ♀—ANDES-E); Tolima: Chaparral, el Limón, Vda. Betania, la Angostura, 1300 m, 16.X.1993, C. Camargo (1 ♀—ICN); Valle del Cauca: Cali, 1000 m, IV.1975 (1 ♂ —MUSENUV); Cali, 1000 m, 12.XI.1989, A. Medina, Bignoniaceae (1 ♀—MUSENUV-2972); Cali, Univalle, Microestación, 1000 m, 8.VI.1989, A. Astudillo, soil (1 ♂ —MUSENUV); Cali, Univalle, 1000 m, IV.1995, S. Castillo (1 ♂ —MUSENUV-2975); El Cerrito, 03°27’N – 76°32’W, 990 m, 03.VI.2009, K. Reyes, manual collection (1 ♀—MUSENUV-24144); Tuluá, vda. La Marina, Finca las Chagualas, 1200 m, F. Gaviria, entomological net (2 ♂ —CEH-085).

Diagnosis. Body mostly light green; forefemur predominantly green, sometimes with red spots near to the level of the base of sub-basal spine. Pterostigma green, venation predominantly green, with brown pigmentation on the junctions; forewing with 1AA cell rectangular, aa-ap vein straight, forming an angle with the posterior wing margin. Male abdomen with intertergal membrane between tergites III and V invaginated, bilobed, not completely separated in two patches, each lobe with a transverse irregular row of 4‒8 pores ( Machado & Rafael 2010).

Remarks. Adults of this species are collected at any time of year and are often caught in light traps and sometimes during daytime. Even though the species has been previously recorded in Colombia ( Hoffman 2002; Reynoso-Velasco & Contreras-Ramos 2008), the present study includes the first records for Antioquia, Bolívar, Caldas, Huila, Magdalena, Quindío, Risaralda, Sucre and Tolima with a range of altitudinal distribution between 0 and 2500 m. This species is probably the most common mantispid in the Neotropics ( Penny 1982b; Machado & Rafael 2010).

Zeugomantispa virescens has been reared from egg-sacs of two spider species in two families ( Hoffman 2002). Moreover, Machado & Rafael (2010) cite their association with the spider Parawixia bistriata Rengger , reporting the emergence of six adults from the same egg-sac.

Distribution. Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guyana, French Guiana, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Tobago, Trinidad, Uruguay, Venezuela.

Figures

FIGURE 26. Distribution of mantispids in Colombia. 5, Dicromantispa species; 6, E. batesella; 7, L. hoffmani; 8, Zeugomantispa species. Elevation in meters.