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. text Zootaxa 2018 2018-04-23 4413 2 295 324 journal article 30211 10.11646/zootaxa.4413.2.4 9316f2ae-941e-4f30-9163-2d8d1309701e 1175-5326 1226963 8F4A8473-CCE5-41AA-99A6-381CFB434586 Climaciella obtusa Hoffman, 2002 Fig. 3e Climaciella obtusa Hoffman, 2002 : 254 , male, female. Holotype : male, Ecuador ( FSCA ) Specimen examined. Colombia : Valle del Cauca : El Darien , 9.V.2017 , no collector, mist net for birds ( 1♂ — MEFLG). Diagnosis. Body almost totally black, posterior margin of eyes orange, pronotum very dark reddish brown ventrally. Foreleg with apex of coxa, trochanter and area surrounding the sub-basal spine at outer and inner surfaces orange-reddish. Prothorax bent ventrad at mid-length in lateral view. Wings with anterior 3/4 dark amber, remainder membrane hyaline ( Fig. 3e ). Male tergites 5 and 6 with anterolateral patches of pores, each one composed by 18‒36 circular pores; intersegmental membrane between these segments expanded into a bilobed pocket, extended 1/3 the length of the tergite 5. Male genitalia with ventromedial lobe of ectoproct flattened, bearing 50‒65 short and thick setae. Sternite 9 pentagonal in ventral view, scoop-like in lateral view, posteromedially produced into a short and rounded lobe. Gonarcus median lobe spine-like. Hypomeres present as paired ellipsoid lateral sclerites. Pseudopenis spine-like in posterior view, slightly longer than pseudopenal membrane, apex broadly rounded to truncate, with basal half or more as wide as base. Pseudopenal membrane broadly triangular. Distribution. Colombia ( Magdalena , Valle del Cauca ), Costa Rica , Ecuador , Panama ( Hoffman 2002 ). Comments. This mantispid species can be found in lowland forests of Central America and Northern South America from 400 to 1450 m .a.s.l. ( Hoffman 2002 ; Ardila-Camacho & García 2015 ). Adults have been collected in February, May to August and October ( Hoffman 2002 ; Ardila-Camacho & García 2015 ). The immature stages and spider hosts are unknown. In the same way as C. semihyalina and C. brunnea (“synoeca” morph) ( Opler 1981 ), C. obtusa has a Batesian mimicry pattern resembling some vespid wasp species of the genera Polybia Lepeletier and Synoeca de Saussure , although the possible species model have not been identified ( Hoffman 2002 ; Ardila- Camacho & García 2015 ).