Mantidflies of Colombia (Neuroptera, Mantispidae) Author Ardila-Camacho, Adrian Author García, Alexander text Zootaxa 2015 3937 3 401 455 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3937.3.1 c3097c7a-760d-4669-b37d-380c5c3a1872 1175-5326 236815 B50FB13D-0A8C-47D1-8616-9BA239E72C6D Buyda phthisica (Gerstaecker, 1885) ( Fig. 25 , Map 3) Mantispa phthisica Gerstaecker 1885: 35 . Holotype : female, Brazil , Amazonas (EMAU), not studied. Buyda phthisica ; Hoffman 2002 : 253 ; Ohl 2004 : 161 (cat.); Machado & Rafael 2010 : 7 (redesc.). Specimens examined. Colombia : Meta: Cabaña Mirlas, NNP Sumapaz, 03°48’N – 73°52’W , 710 m , 3~ 30.IV.2002 , H. Vargas, Malaise trap m-3111 (1 ♀—IAvH); Puerto Rico , La Lindosa, 02°56’30’’N – 73°12’30’’W , 210 m , 03.V.2009 , L. Rodríguez & J. Rojas ( 1 ♂ —MUD); Valle del Cauca: Buenaventura, Bajo Anchicayá, 270 m , 21.XII.1976 (1 ♀—MUSENUV-2967); Buenaventura, Anchicayá, 400 m , X.1984 , M. Cuadrado ( 1 ♂ —MUSENUV-2969); Buenaventura, Bajo Anchicayá, 270 m , 7.IV.1992 , F. Lozano, trampa de luz ( 1 ♂ —MUSENUV-2966); Dagua, Alto Anchicayá, 03°32’0,97’’N – 76°52’23,7’’W , 660 m , 11.IX.2010 , K. Ospina, light trap (1 ♀—MUSENUV); Buenaventura, Alto Anchicayá, 643 m , 26.V.1998 , E. Jiménez, manual capture on vegetation ( 1 ♂ —MUSENUV); Buenaventura, Anchicayá, 400 m , XI.1988 , B. Amada, atracted to light (1 ♀—MUSENUV-2968). Diagnosis. Body color pattern consisting of a mixture of dark brown, light brown and green or ochreous in specimens preserved for long time. Frons with an inverted V-shapped mark. Wing-tips infuscated. Hypomeres as long as the pseudopenis ( Hoffman 2002 ; Machado & Rafael 2010 ). Remarks. According to Hoffman (2002) and Machado & Rafael (2010) , adults of this species can be found at any time of the year. Their altitudinal range is approximated as 0‒ 710 m . This species is recorded from Meta and Valle del Cauca for the first time, being a relatively common species in rainforests. The biology of this species is unknown. However, Miranda (2007, Figure 13 ) reported and illustrated a specimen from Panama reared from an egg-sac of Ancylometes bogotensis (Keyserling) (Ctenidae) and determined as Mantispa sp. within the gracilis species group, whose body color pattern is very similar to B. phthisica . Distribution. Argentina , Brazil , Colombia , Costa Rica , Nicaragua , Peru , Surinam , Uruguay .