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Haematomantispa sp.1

Description

Haematomantispa sp.

Figure 6 A–E

Diagnosis. This specimen has the body predominantly dark-red, pronotum longer than broad, with setae covering its entire length, wings hyaline and foreleg with 2 pretarsal claws.

Examined material. Brazil, Tocantins, Palmas, Fazenda Encantada, 10°15 ʹ 0 2.6 ʺ S, 048°07 ʹ 23.1 ʺ W, 9–10.xi. 2012, Krolow, T.K. & Lima, H.I.L. leg. (1♀ CEUFT).

Distribution. The genus occurs from Costa Rica to Brazil: Amazonas and Rondônia (Machado and Martins 2018).

New records. Tocantins: Palmas municipality.

Comments. Until now the only species of Haematomantispa known from Brazil is H. amazonica Machado & Rafael, 2010. The unique specimen studied here is a female and probably is a new species, as it does not present the main morphological characters of H. amazonica. We opted not to formally describe this new species because our specimen is a female; the male genitalia provide the most important characters to distinguish species of Haematomantispa. We made many attempts to collected more specimens but all were unsuccessful.

Notes

Published as part of Alvim, Breno Ganns Chaves, Machado, Renato Jose Pires & Krolow, Tiago Kütter, 2019, Mantidflies (Neuroptera, Mantispidae) from Tocantins state (Brazil): distribution and identification key, pp. 275-285 in Check List 15 (2) on page 282, DOI: 10.15560/15.2.275, http://zenodo.org/record/2617010

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
CEUFT
Event date
2012-11-09
Verbatim event date
2012-11-09/10
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Neuroptera
Family
Mantispidae
Genus
Haematomantispa
Species
sp.1
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Machado RJP, Martins CC (2018) Mantispidae in Catalogo Taxonomico da Fauna do Brasil. PNUD. http: // fauna. jbrj. gov. br / fauna / faunadobrasil / 1694. Accessed on: 2018 - 9 - 12.
  • Machado RJP, Rafael JA (2010) Taxonomy of the Brazilian species previously placed in Mantispa Illiger, 1798 (Neuroptera: Mantispidae), with the description of three new species. Zootaxa 2454: 1 - 61.