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Species Dicromantispa sayi - Say's Mantidfly

Bug in the driveway - Dicromantispa sayi

Mantidfly in Ontario??? What kind? Common? - Dicromantispa sayi

Dicromantispa sayi? - Dicromantispa sayi - male

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

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

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

6.	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.

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 January, 2024 - 9:18pm

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