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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 » Say's Mantidfly (Dicromantispa sayi)

Species Dicromantispa sayi - Say's Mantidfly

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Works Cited

Mantisfly Leptomantispa pulchella ? - Dicromantispa sayi

Leptomantispa pulchella? - 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

Mantispa sayi Banks 1897; see (1) for more synonyms

Explanation of Names

Dicromantispa sayi (Banks 1897)

named after Thomas Say

Identification

has dark brownish-to-black as well as lighter yellowish color forms(2); usually smaller than D. interrupta

Range

so. ON to Central America; W. Indies(3)(4)(1)(5)

Life Cycle

Eggs; young-larvae; cocoon; pupa; pharate adult (sub-adult); adult female; adult male:

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

See Also

Leptomantispa pulchella

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.

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.	Insects: Their Natural History And Diversity: With a Photographic Guide to Insects of Eastern North America Stephen A. Marshall. 2006. Firefly Books Ltd.

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.	Family Mantispidae. In: Penny N.D., ed. A guide to the lacewings (Neuroptera) of Costa Rica Kevin M. Hoffman. 2002. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 53(12): 251-275.

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

6.	A Checklist and Bibliography of the Megaloptera and Neuroptera of Florida (by L. Stange)

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 19 August, 2006 - 9:39pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, Aaron Schusteff, v belov, Robert H. Biagi, PaleoJon
Last updated 25 August, 2021 - 12:04pm

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