Eumantispa harmandi ( Navás), 1909

Yang, Xiushuai & Liu, Zhiqi, 2010, Notes on the genus Eumantispa Okamoto, 1910 from mainland of China (Neuroptera, Mantispidae), Zootaxa 2669, pp. 57-68 : 60-62

Eumantispa harmandi ( Navás), 1909

( Figs. 7–9 , 16 , 19 b, 19c)

Mantispa harmandi Navás, 1909: 480 . Type locality: Nipón medio, cercanías de Tokyo ( Japan). Mantispa nawae Miyake, 1910: 216 . Type locality: Mt. Ibukiyama, Hida ( Japan). Mantispa sasakii Miyake, 1910: 217 . Type locality: Mt. Daimanji, Oki-island ( Japan); Urami-no-taki road, Nikko

( Japan).

Eumantispa suzukii Okamoto, 1910: 538 . Type locality: Kyoto ( Japan); Echigo ( Japan).

Diagnosis. Head with one big black spot near base of antenna in males and one black transverse stripe in females. Broad anterior section of prothorax dark brown and posterior tubular section yellow. The number of RA cells in the forewing varies from 5 to 7. Mediuncus long and thin, with slightly branched apex.

Description. Male. Body length 13.5–17.0 mm, forewing length 14.0–18.0 mm, forewing width 3.8–4.8 mm.

Head. Generally yellow except one big black spot near base of antenna and one brown stripe at posterior margin of vertex ( Fig. 19 b). Flagellomeres 28–32. Labrum and palpus yellow. Mandible yellow except outer and inner margin dark brown.

Thorax. Broad anterior section of prothorax dark brown, with one short yellow median stripe, posterior tubular section yellow and wrinkled with about 10 grooves ( Fig. 15 c). Prescutum dark brown. Mesonotum yellow to brown, with a pair of dark brown longitudinal stripes. Metanotum similar to mesonotum, but many specimens with faded brown stripes. Scutellum yellow. Pleural region of mesothorax yellow, except anterior margin of anepisternum black and posterior margin of katepisternum black; metathorax mostly yellow, except posterior margin of anepimeron and katepimeron black. Fore leg brown except coxa yellow with base black.

Mid and hind legs mostly yellow except base of coxa dark brown; tarsal claws brown, with 4 or 5 teeth. Wings elongated and narrow. Veins mostly brown, except Sc, R and A yellow in both wings, and base of R, M and Cu black in the forewing. Pterostigma reddish brown, elongated and narrow. Forewing with 5–7 RA cells and 8–10 Rs branches.

Abdomen. Ground color yellow with black stripes. Tergite I with one big dark brown spot; tergite II with one black transverse stripe at posterior margin and one black longitudinal stripe at median area; tergite III with one Y-shaped black median stripe; tergite IV to VII with posterior margin dark brown; tergite IX without stripe. Sternites with one black transverse stripe at posterior margin except sternites I, II and IX entirely yellow.

Male genitalia. Ectoproct slightly elongated, with more than 20 short thickened setae on the median sclerite. Gonarcus slightly curved. Pseudopenis long and thin, with a pair of small sclerites at the pseudopenial membrane ( Figs. 7, 8 ). Mediuncus long and thin, with slightly branched apex.

Female. Similar to male except for the following characters: body length 17.0– 21.5 mm, forewing length 19.0–24.0 mm, forewing width 5.3–6.5 mm. Head yellow with one black stripe between base of antenna ( Fig. 19 c). Tergites mainly reddish brown except anterior margin yellow and posterior margin black.

Female genitalia. Spermatheca normally coiled, with distal section wider; base of fertilization canal duct narrow ( Fig. 9 ).

Material. 1 male 1 female, Beijing: Xiaolongmen, 0 1.VIII.1982, Weiwei Zhang; 2 males 1 female, Beijing: Xiaolongmen, 02.VIII.1982, Weiwei Zhang; 1 female, Beijing: Xiaolongmen, 21.VIII.1982, Weiwei Zhang; 1 male, Beijing: Xiaolongmen, 13.VIII.2005, Weiqin Wang; 1 male 1 female, Beijing: Xiaolongmen, 09.VIII.2008, Yizhou Liu; 1 female, Beijing: Xiaolongmen, 14.VIII.2009, Hui Yu; 3 females, Beijing: Xiaolongmen, 15.VIII.2009, Hui Yu; 1 female, Beijing: Mentougou, Shuangtang, 17.VII.1976, Yuxin Cao; 1 female, Hebei: Xinglong, 27.VII.1971, Anonymity; 1 female, Hebei: Xinglong, 25.VII.1971, Anonymity; 2 males 1 female, Jilin: Antu, Erdaobaihe, 17.VIII.1993, Zhihong; 1 female, Jilin: Dunhua, 17.VIII.1993, Fasheng Li; 1 male, Jilin: Changbaishan, 27.VIII.1986, Weiwei Zhang; 1 male, Jilin: Changbaishan, 30.VII.1986, Weiwei Zhang; 1 male, Shaanxi: Foping, 25.VII.2006, Weiqin Wang; 1 female, Shaanxi: Yangxian, Changqing, 29.VII.2006, Yajun Zhu; 1 male, Shaanxi: Liuba, 15.VIII.1983, Anonymity; 1 male, Shaanxi: Liuba, 27.VIII.1983, Anonymity; 1 male, Shaanxi: Liuba, 04.IX.1983, Anonymity; 1 male 1 female, Shaanxi: Qinlin, Xunyangba, 10.VIII.2007, Hongliang Shi; 3 females, Hubei: Shennongjia, Dayanwu, 21.VII.1985, Xiaoyuan Mao; 3 males, Hubei: Shennongjia, Hongping, 13.VIII.2004, Lin Wang, Xiongbing Tu & Qiong Zhou; 1 male, Hubei: Shennongjia, Hongping, 11.VIII.2004, Qiaoling Sun; 1 female, Hubei: Xinglonghe, 09.IX.1994, Fasheng Li; 1 female, Hunan: Mangshan, 25.IX.1981, Anonymity; 1 female, Hunan: Mangshan, Linziping, 10.IX.1989, Anonymity; 1 female, Sichuan: Liangshui, 31.VIII.1979, Anonymity.

Distribution. China (Beijing, Hebei, Jilin, Shaanxi, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan).

Remarks. The species is simialr to E. paraharmandi sp. nov. in the following characters: broad anterior section of prothorax dark brown and posterior tubular section yellow. Compared with the new species, it has more RA cells in the forewing and different pattern of fore leg as well as mediuncus.

Figures

FIGURE 16. Eumantispa harmandi, dorsal view.

FIGURE 19. Head, anterior view. a. Eumantispa paraharmandi sp. nov. b. Eumantispa harmandi, male. c. Eumantispa harmandi, female. d. Eumantispa tibetana. e. Eumantispa fuscicolla.

FIGURES 7 – 9. Eumantispa harmandi. Male. 7. genitalia, ventral view; 8. genitalia, lateral view. Female. 9. spermatheca.