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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

Genus Dicromantispa

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · See Also · Works Cited

Dicromantispa sayi (mantisfly) - Dicromantispa sayi

Dicromantispa sayi? - Dicromantispa sayi

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Neuroptera (Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies)

Suborder Hemerobiiformia (Lacewings and Allies)

Family Mantispidae (Mantid Lacewings)

Subfamily Mantispinae

Genus Dicromantispa

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Members formerly treated in Mantispa

Explanation of Names

Dicromantispa Hoffman, 2002

from the Ancient Greek δίκροος díkroos ('forked, cloven') + mantispa (referring to mantidfly genera)

from the genus Mantispa, derived from the genus Mantis + the Latin pāgāna‎ ('area outside of a city or countryside')

from the Ancient Greek μάντις (mantis) meaning 'soothsayer' (referring to the raptorial forelegs, which were thought to resemble hands held in prayer)

Numbers

2 spp. in our area, 5 total(1)

Identification

pronotum with transverse ridges and very short, fine setae, concentrated in small patches at the anterior and posterior ends (with at most very sparse tiny hairs in between):

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Range

New World (Canada to Argentina); transcontinental in NA(2)(3)(4)

See Also

Dicromantispa (especially D. sayi) may be difficult to distinguish from Leptomantispa pulchella; in the latter, pronotum is smoother, with setae distributed more uniformly throughout the length:

(full size)

Compare Figs. 607 & 608 and Figs. 582 & 585.

Wing venation also helps separate these two genera (comments here).

Works Cited

1.	Neuropterida Species of the World catalogue (by J.D. Oswald)

2.	Systematics of the Mantispinae (Neuroptera: Mantispidae) of North, Central and South America Kevin M. Hoffman. 1992. University Microfilms International.

3.	Mantispidae (Neuroptera) of Mexico: distribution and key to genera Reynoso-Velasco D., Contreras-Ramos A. 2008. Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 101: 703-712.

4.	The Mantispidae (Insecta: Neuroptera) of Canada, with notes on morphology, ecology, and distribution Cannings R.A., Cannings S.G. 2006. Can. Entomologist 138: 531-544.

Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 19 August, 2006 - 6:01pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Aaron Schusteff, v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 8 September, 2022 - 3:56am

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