Subfamily Mantispinae Enderlein, 1910 (Insecta: Neuroptera) in India Author Kaur, Simarjit 0000-0003-1280-0550 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 simarjit485@gmail.com Author Pandher, Manpreet Singh Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, Kolkata, (W. B.), India- 700053 Author Chandra, Kailash 0000-0001-9076-5442 Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, Kolkata, (W. B.), India- 700053 & kailash 611 @ rediffmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9076 - 5442 kailash611@rediffmail.com Author Dubey, Anil Kumar 0000-0003-0831-9780 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 anil.2kd@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2021 2021-11-17 5068 3 355 377 journal article 3478 10.11646/zootaxa.5068.3.2 2578a05f-0fae-474e-89af-8d5988121993 1175-5326 5706805 CCB28755-36EF-4A68-A042-A4C54B8A74F0 Genus Austroclimaciella Handschin, 1961 Austroclimaciella Handschin, 1961: 287 . Type species: Mantispa quadrituberculata Westwood, 1852: 264 . Diagnostic characters. Body color usually reddish brown and orange yellow with a few black bands. Prothorax with well-rounded prozone, tubular section with regular corrugation, lacks prominent dorsal hump; each wing with pterostigma ending distal to radial cell 2( rarp2 ); wings apices always with pigmentation; small pores present on posterior margins of tergites IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII.