Solving taxonomic and nomenclatural problems among the Neotropical species of the family Mantispidae (Insecta, Neuroptera)AuthorPires Machado, Renato Jose0000-0003-3155-3639Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, BrazilAuthorLi, Hongyuhttps://orcid.org/0009-0006-0531-5775Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Invalidenstr. 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany & Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, ChinaAuthorOhl, Michael0000-0002-3120-7915Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Invalidenstr. 43, 10115 Berlin, GermanytextDeutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift20252025-06-247215783journal article31060410.3897/dez.72.1486269a6fd688-753a-4ec7-b668-42ee7ab4d0640625BBFD-D761-4A86-BA92-4E362BC2199BDicromantispa lineaticollis
(Enderlein)
Fig. 12Mantispa lineaticollisEnderlein, 1910: 348
.
Holotype
:
female
(
MZPW
). Type locality:
Brazil
:
Pará
:
Faro
.
Notes.
In the original description,
Enderlein (1910)
mentioned the
holotype
as a male, instead after analyzing the specimen herein it is clear that it is a female. The principal publication about this species after its original description is
Penny (1982)
, who redescribed
M. lineaticollis
based on
one male
. However, Penny explicitly mentioned that he did not see the
holotype
, and that his conclusion could be erroneous. Penny’s interpretation was followed by some later studies on the Brazilian mantispids (
Penny and Costa 1983
;
Carvalho and Corseuil 1995
).
Machado and Rafael (2010)
studied images of the
holotype
of
M. lineaticollis
and concluded that the species is a synonym of
Dicromantispa debilis
(Gerstaecker)
. At that time
D. debilis
was considered to be a synonym of
M. compellens
Walker
as proposed by
Penny (1982)
, but later it was revalidated by
Hoffman (2002
, see also
Ohl 2004
). The synonymy of
M. lineaticollis
under
D. debilis
was accepted by all following publications (
Ardila-Camacho and García 2015
;
Ardila-Camacho et al. 2018
). Herein, after analyzing the
holotype
, we agree with the conclusion by
Machado and Rafael (2010)
that
M. lineaticollis
is a junior synonym of
D. debilis
.
Mantispa lineaticollisEnderlein 1910
, holotype, male.
A.
Habitus photo, dorsal view;
B.
Labels;
C.
Left fore and hind wings;
D, E.
Head, frontal and dorsal views;
F.
Forelegs;
G.
Prothorax, dorsal view;
H, I.
Pterothorax, dorsal and lateral views.
J, K.
Abdomen, lateral and ventral views. Scale bars: 5.0 mm (
A, C
); 2.0 mm (
F, J, K
); 1.0 mm (
D, E, G – I
).