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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

Species Dicromantispa interrupta

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · Works Cited

Mantisfly with oddity - Dicromantispa interrupta

Dicromantispa sayi? - Dicromantispa interrupta

Unknown mantidfly - Dicromantispa interrupta

New Jersey Mantisfly - Dicromantispa interrupta

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

Species interrupta (Dicromantispa interrupta)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Dicromantispa interrupta (Say, 1825)

=Dicromantispa floridana (Banks, 1897)

=Mantispa cincticornis Banks, 1911

=Mantispa floridana Banks, 1897

=Mantispa aurea Taylor, 1862

Orig. comb.: Mantispa interrupta Say, 1825

Explanation of Names

Dicromantispa interrupta (Say, 1825)

from the Latin interrupta ('broken apart, interrupted')

Size

Forewing 12.40 - 18.30 mm ♀; 12.40 - 18.30 mm ♂.(1) Generally larger in size than D. sayi.

Identification

Unlike D. sayi, D. interrupta usually shows conspicuous darkening of 1-2 cross-veins near the pterostigma. The darkened coastal margin of forewing often appears interrupted by the preapical hyaline area.

Range

QC-ON-FL west to WI-CO-CA; Mexico(1)(2)(3)

Life Cycle

eggs; pharate adult; adult female; adult male:

Works Cited

1.	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.

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.

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 19 August, 2006 - 9:38pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Aaron Schusteff, v belov, Robert H. Biagi, PaleoJon
Last updated 25 January, 2024 - 9:10pm

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