Mantidflies (Neuroptera, Mantispidae) from Tocantins state (Brazil): distribution and identification key
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Alvim, Breno Ganns Chaves
Author
Machado, Renato Jose Pires
Author
Krolow, Tiago Kütter
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Entanoneura batesella
(Westwood, 1867)
Figure 5
A–G
Diagnosis.
This species has the body yellow with brown marks, pronotum longer than broad with setae present only on the anterior and posterior ends, wings with elongated pterostigma and with a large amber mark, foreleg with 2 pretarsal claws and foreleg midtarsomere equal or longer than the other tarsomeres combined.
Examined material.
Brazil
,
Tocantins
,
Pium
,
Centro de Pesquisa Canguçu
,
09°58'44.4" S
,
050°02'13.1" W
,
13–18.v.2016
,
Krolow, T.K.
&
Equipe
leg. (
3♂
1♀
CEUFT
)
;
Brazil
,
Tocantins
,
Pium
,
Centro de Pesquisa Canguçu
,
09°58'44.4" S
,
050°02'13.1" W
,
7–10.iii.2016
,
Krolow, T.K.
&
Equipe
leg. (
1♂
CEUFT
)
.
Distribution.
Mexico
,
Nicaragua
,
Costa Rica
,
Panama
,
Colombia
,
Venezuela
,
Guiana
,
French Guiana
, and
Brazil
: Amazonas, Pará,
Goiás
, Distrito Federal,
Minas Gerais
,
Espírito Santo
,
Rio de Janeiro
,
São Paulo
,
Paraná
, and
Santa Catarina
(
Machado and Martins 2018
).
New records.
Tocantins
: Pium municipality.
Comments.
Of all species collected here,
E. batesella
was the largest and more robust one. It is possibly mimetic to wasps based on their general body color pattern.