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Species Dicromantispa sayi - Say's Mantidfly

Mantidfly - Dicromantispa sayi mantis nymph? - Dicromantispa sayi Mantidfly - Dicromantispa sayi - male Dicromantispa sayi Dicromantispa sayi? - Dicromantispa sayi - male 9052274 Mantisfly - Dicromantispa sayi mantispid062619-8 - Dicromantispa sayi Mantid Lacewing…  Mantididae - 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
Species sayi (Say's Mantidfly)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Dicromantispa sayi (Banks, 1897)
=Dicromantispa fuscicornis (Banks, 1911)
=Mantispa uhleri Banks, 1943
=Mantispa fuscicornis Banks, 1911
Orig. comb: Mantispa sayi Banks, 1897
Explanation of Names
Dicromantispa sayi (Banks, 1897)
named after Thomas Say
Size
Forewing 9.75 - 16.95 mm ♀; 9.45 - 15.45 mm ♂.(1) Usually smaller than D. interrupta.
Identification
Lacks darkened cross-veins near the pterostigma. Has dark brownish-to-black as well as lighter yellowish color forms(2).
Range
s. ON; AZ, AR, CA, CT, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, LA, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, NE, NM, NC, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TX, UT, VA, WV, WI;(3)(4) south to Central America; West Indies(5)(6)(1)(3)
Life Cycle
Eggs; young-larvae; cocoon; pupa; a pharate adult; an adult male; and an adult female next to cluster of her recently produced short-stalked eggs:
Remarks
has several largely allopatric color forms (here) formerly treated as species (Hoffman 1989); the dark forms from east of the Mississippi and northward correspond to the former Mantispa uhleri
Print References
Redborg K.E., MacLeod E.G. (1985) The developmental ecology of Mantispa uhleri Banks (Neuroptera: Mantispidae). Illinois Biol. Monogr. 53. 130 pp.(Full text)
Rice M.E., Peck W.B. (1990) Mantispa sayi (Neuroptera: Mantispidae) parasitism on spiders (Araneae) in Texas, with observations on oviposition and larval survivorship. Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 84: 52-57.