New species and new distributional records of Neotropical Mantispidae (Insecta: Neuroptera)
Author
Ardila-Camacho, Adrian
Author
Calle-Tobón, Arley
Author
Wolff, Marta
Author
Stange, Lionel A.
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Zootaxa
2018
2018-04-23
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4413.2.4
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Dicromantispa gracilis
(Erichson, 1839)
Mantispa gracilis
Erichson, 1839: 169
. Holotype: female, Brazil (ZMB).
Mantispilla debilis
var.
nigricornis
Stitz, 1913: 19
. Holotype: female, Venezuela (ZMB).
Mantispilla debilis
var.
rugicollis
Stitz, 1913: 19
. Holotype: female, Venezuela (ZMB).
Mantispa trilineata
Navás, 1914
: 230
. Holotype: sex unknown, Brazil (BMNH).
Mantispa bruchi
Navás, 1915: 134
.
Holotype
: female,
Argentina
(
type
depository dubious).
Mantispa calceata
Navás, 1917: 401
.
Holotype
(or
syntypes
): male,
Argentina
(CN).
Mantispa mista
Navás, 1923: 196
.
Holotype
: sex unknown,
Argentina
(MACN).
Mantispa gounellei
Navás, 1934: 16
. Holotype: female, Brazil (MNHN).
Specimens
examined.
Colombia
:
Tolima
:
Icononzo, Cafrerias,
5.II.2016
, attracted to light,
D. Gómez
(
1 ♀
‒
CAUD
)
;
Espinal
,
332 m
,
21.VI.1961
,
L. Orozco
, shrubbery vegetation (
1♂
‒
CTNI
)
;
Chicoral
,
400 m
,
5.VII.1961
,
M.A. Arévalo
,
light trap
(
1♂
‒
CTNI
)
.
Colombia
:
Santander
:
Lebrija, P.B.M.
,
4.VII.1968
(
1♀
‒
CTNI
)
.
New locality records.
Colombia
:
Bolívar
:
Cartagena de Indias
,
Ciénaga de la Virgen
y Juan Polo, La Boquilla
,
Isla
del
Pescador
,
10°25’32’’N
‒
75°30’31’’W
, 0 m,
23.VII.2016
,
A. García
and
J. Arias
(
14 ♂
,
5 ♀
‒
CAUD
)
.
Distribution.
Argentina
,
Brazil
,
Bolivia
,
Colombia
(
Antioquia
,
Bolívar
,
Caldas
,
Casanare
,
Chocó
,
Cundinamarca
,
Magdalena
,
Nariño
,
Santander
,
Tolima
,
Valle
del Cauca
),
Costa Rica
,
Ecuador
,
Guyana
,
Panama
,
Uruguay
,
Venezuela
(Hoffman 1992;
Ohl 2004
;
Ardila-Camacho & García 2015
).
Comments.
During a field trip to the Colombian Caribbean coast, at Ciénaga de la Virgen y Juan Polo (La Boquilla, Cartagena) A. García-García and J. Arias-Pineda carried out a collection of insects with a led light trap between 19:00 and 21:00 hours (pers. comm.). The collecting trip was made in a mangrove swamp, at
200 to 500 m
from the water on
July 26 2016
. Shortly after the trap was set, an aggregation of around
80 specimens
(males and females) of
D. gracilis
was observed. The specimens were seen performing erratic flights and walking on the leaves of red mangrove trees (
Rhizophora mangle
). Numerous clusters of stalked eggs were seen on the adaxial side of the leaves of the same plant species. Since several males and females were collected at that event, it is presumed that the aggregation was related to mating and oviposition behaviors. The specimens were collected during the rainy season.