Mantidflies (Neuroptera, Mantispidae) from Tocantins state (Brazil): distribution and identification key
Author
Alvim, Breno Ganns Chaves
Author
Machado, Renato Jose Pires
Author
Krolow, Tiago Kütter
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Plega hagenella
(Westwood, 1867)
Figure 3
A–G
Diagnosis.
This species has the body mostly yellow with dark-brown marks, pronotum broader than long, subapical flagellomeres white, foreleg with 1 pretarsal claw and forefemur with subbasal spine. Females with a long ovipositor.
Examined material.
Brazil
,
Tocantins
,
Palmas
,
Fazenda Encantada
,
10°15'0 2.6" S
,
048°07'23.1" W
,
09–10.xi. 2012
,
Krolow, T.K.
&
Lima, H.I.L.
leg. (
1♀
CEUFT
)
;
Brazil
,
Tocantins
,
Ponte Alta do Bom Jesus
,
12°05' 46.6" S
,
046°29'0 6.6" W
,
30.x.2016
,
Santos, M.A.
leg. (
1♀
CEUFT
)
Distribution.
Nicaragua
,
Costa Rica
,
Panama
,
Colombia
,
Venezuela
,
Trinidad and Tobago
,
Bolivia
and
Brazil
:
Roraima
, Amazonas, Pará,
Maranhão
,
Rio Grande do Norte
,
Acre
,
Rondônia
,
Mato Grosso
, and
Minas Gerais
(
Machado and Martins 2018
,
Ardila-Camacho et al. 2018
).
New records.
Tocantins
: Palmas and
Ponte Alta do Bom Jesus
municipalities.
Comments.
Plega hagenella
is somewhat similar to
T. varia
, especially in the body color pattern, but these species can be easily distinguished based on the presence of the subbasal spine in
Plega
.