A revision of and keys to the genera of the Mantispinae of the Oriental and Palearctic regions (Neuroptera: Mantispidae) Author Snyman, Louwrens P. Author Sole, Catherine L. Author Ohl, Michael text Zootaxa 2018 2018-07-27 4450 5 501 549 journal article 29300 10.11646/zootaxa.4450.5.1 aebfbe64-4abc-4c7b-b4e0-88698bef5eb1 1175-5326 1444998 1CE24D40-39D3-40BF-A1A0-2D0C15DCEDE3 Genus Nampista Navás Nampista Navás, 1914 . Type species: Nаmpistа speciosа Navás, 1914 (= Mаntispа аuriventris Guerin-Meneville ), by monotypy. Forciаdа Kozhanchikov, 1949 . Type species: Forciаdа relictа Kozhanchikov, 1949 (= Mаntispа аuriventris (Guérin- Ménéville, 1838 ), by monotypy. Synonymised with Nаmpistа by Aspöck et аl. (1980). Diagnosis (modified from Ohl 2009 ) ( Fig. 8 ): Nampista can be distinguished from all other Oriental and Palearctic genera by the unique asymmetrically lamellate or asymmetrically perfoliate flagellomeres ( Fig. 8a; b; e ) and the membranous intersegmental area at the base of tergum II, which is large and yellow in this genus ( Fig. 8c ). The pronotum is also very short, similar in shape to that of Euclimacia ( Fig. 8c ). Some form of wing pigmentation is always present. The eyes are comparatively reduced/small ( Fig. 8e ). In the hindwing, the cu-a crossvein reaches A1 proximal to the fork. A single lateral pore is present on tergite VI and VII in N. africana ( Fig. 8d ). It is not known if this is a generic character (see Nampista in Material and Methods section). Notes: Nothing is known about the biology of Nampista . There are currently three species included in the genus with a key to the species published in the revision by Ohl (2009) (see Appendix I).