Mantispidae, Leach, 1815

Marquez-López, Yesenia & Contreras-Ramos, Atilano, 2018, Description of the pupa of Climaciella brunnea (Say) (Mantispidae, Mantispinae) and a key to known pupae of mantispids from North America, Zootaxa 4444 (1) : -

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4444.1.4

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5997049

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scientific name

Mantispidae
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Key to know pupae of Mantispidae View in CoL View at ENA of North America (modified from Hoffman & Brushwein 1992).

1. Head with coronal suture; mandible uniformly colored ( Fig. 2A View FIGURE 2 )......... Symphrasinae ... Plega yucatanae Parker & Stange View in CoL

- Head without coronal suture; mandible with inner margin brown distally ( Fig. 2B View FIGURE 2 )...................... Mantispinae ...2

2. Abdominal tergites III–IV each with setae only as long as height of dorsal hooks in lateral view ( Fig. 2C View FIGURE 2 )................................................................... Dicromantispa interrupta (Say) View in CoL / Dicromantispa sayi (Banks) View in CoL - Abdominal tergites III–IV each with setae 2–3 times as long as height of dorsal hooks in lateral view ( Fig. 2D View FIGURE 2 )........... 3 3. Abdominal tergites IV–V each with a transverse band of red circular pores ( Fig. 1C View FIGURE 1 )............ Climaciella brunnea (Say) View in CoL - Abdominal tergites IV–V without a transverse band of red circular pores.......................................... 4 4. Abdominal tergite IX with setae in one transverse row laterally ( Fig. 2E View FIGURE 2 )................ Leptomantispa pulchella (Banks) View in CoL - Abdominal tergite IX with setae in two transverse rows laterally ( Fig. 2F View FIGURE 2 ).............. Zeugomantispa minuta (Fabricius) View in CoL

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FIGURE 1. Male pupa of Climaciella brunnea (Say). A) Habitus, lateral view; B) Habitus, dorsal view; C) Band of red circular pores on abdomen (bcp); D) Abdominal tergite III with close up of dorsal hooks.

Gallery Image

FIGURE 2. A) Head of pupa of Plega yucatanae Parker & Stange, front view (redrawn from Parker & Stange 1965, original illustration lacked scale), cs = coronal suture; B) Head of pupa of Leptomantispa pulchella (Banks), front view (redrawn from Hoffman & Brushwein 1992); C) Hooks of abdominal tergite III of male pupa of Dicromantispa interrupta (Say), lateral view (redrawn from Hoffman & Brushwein 1992); D) Hooks of abdominal tergite III of male pupa of Zeugomantispa minuta (Fabricius), lateral view (redrawn from Hoffman & Brushwein 1992); E) Abdominal segments VIII–X of female pupa of Leptomantispa pulchella (Banks), lateral view (redrawn from Hoffman & Brushwein 1992); F) Abdominal segments VIII–X of female pupa of Zeugomantispa minuta (Fabricius), lateral view (redrawn from Hoffman & Brushwein 1992).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Neuroptera

Family

Mantispidae