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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Neuroptera) » Lacewings and Allies (Hemerobiiformia) » Mantid Lacewings (Mantispidae) » Mantispinae » Dicromantispa » Dicromantispa interrupta
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3rd Mantispid - Dicromantispa interrupta?? - Dicromantispa interrupta
Copyright © 2016 Dave McShaffrey

3rd Mantispid - Dicromantispa interrupta?? - Dicromantispa interrupta
Eulett Center - Edge of Appalachia Reserve, Adams County, Ohio, USA
August 4, 2016
One of several mantispids seen at lights over several evenings at Mothapalooza. I thought I was getting these things down, but the more I look the more confused I get. My best guess on this one is Dicromantispa interrupta based on the spot near the apex of the wing and the darkened veins along the leading edge of the wing towards the apex. Confirmation/corrections welcome!
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Contributed by Dave McShaffrey on 10 August, 2016 - 5:17pm
Last updated 21 August, 2016 - 10:30pm

Moved
Moved from Mantidflies.

You got it, Dave. Two diagnostic characters are:

1) hyaline "interruption" of dark leading edge of wing...separating the proximal part of the darkened area (ending near the pterostigma), and the isolated dark spot (near the tip of wing);

2) the darkly "thickened" cluster of veins just back of the pterostigma.

Also, in Dicromantispa interrupta, the body is usually more uniformly beige-yellowish, and without darker markings, than in D. sayi or Leptomantispa pulchella (our two other most similar looking species). While (the southern forms of) D. sayi and D. interrupta can have the "tri-colored antennae" seen in your photo here, it's never present in L. pulchella.
… Aaron Schusteff, 21 August, 2016 - 10:30pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks!
Aaron - thanks both for the ID and for the detailed explanation!

Dave
… Dave McShaffrey, 22 August, 2016 - 12:32pm login or register to post comments

Moved
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… Ken Wolgemuth, 21 August, 2016 - 6:16pm login or register to post comments

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