Published November 17, 2021 | Version v1
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Euclimacia nodosa

  • 1. Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, Kolkata, (W. B.), India- 700053 & PostGraduate Department of Zoology, Postgraduate Government College for Girls, Sector- 11, Chandigarh- 160011 & simarjit 485 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1280 - 0550
  • 2. Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, Kolkata, (W. B.), India- 700053
  • 3. Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, Kolkata, (W. B.), India- 700053 & kailash 611 @ rediffmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9076 - 5442
  • 4. Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Haddo, Port Blair, India- & anil. 2 kd @ gmail. com; http: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0831 - 9780

Description

5. Euclimacia nodosa (Westwood, 1847)

Mantispa nodosa Westwood, 1847: 70.

(Figs. 3–6)

Material examined. Madhya Pradesh: Chhindwara, Ghatpindrai, 19.ix.2001 (S.K. Mishra), (NZSI), 1 male, 2 females; Lohawala, 17.viii.2001 (Y.N. Gupta), (NZSI), 1 female; Karmajhiri, Seoni, 19.vi.2001 (K. Chandra), (NZSI), 1 male, 1 female; 21.vi.2001 (K. Chandra), (NZSI), 1 female; 25.vi.2001 (K. Chandra), (NZSI), 1 female; 9.vii.2001 (R.K. Singh), (NZSI), 1 female; 17.vii.2001 (R. K.Singh), (NZSI), 1 male; Tikari Camp, 27.vii.2001 (M.L. Koshta), (NZSI), 1 male. Chhattisgarh: Bilaspur, Chhaparwa Rest House, 3.vi.2004 (A. Singh), (NZSI), 1 male; 20.vii.2004 (A. Singh), (NZSI), 1 female. Meghalaya: West Garo Hills, Shibbari P. W.D. bungalow, 14.vii.1988 (R.K. Ghosh and party), (NZSI), 1 female.

Distribution. India (Assam, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, West Bengal).

Remarks. Euclimacia nodosa appears to be one of the most common species in India. In our specimens, it varied from light reddish brown to rust red for head, antenna, prothorax and legs.

Notes

Published as part of Kaur, Simarjit, Pandher, Manpreet Singh, Chandra, Kailash & Dubey, Anil Kumar, 2021, Subfamily Mantispinae Enderlein, 1910 (Insecta: Neuroptera) in India, pp. 355-377 in Zootaxa 5068 (3) on pages 358-359, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5068.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/5706805

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