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 Asperala Lambkin Asperala Lambkin, 1986b . Type species: Mаntispа erythrаeа ( Brauer, 1867 ) , by original designation. Distribution: Oriental and Australasian : Indonesia , Australia . Diagnosis (modified from Lambkin (1986b) : Fig. 3 ): Asperala is distinguished from all other Oriental and Palearctic genera by the distinctly asperous ventral surface of the Cu cell of the forewing ( Fig. 3c (ii)). This feature along with the shape of CuP in the forewing (distinctly curved proximally, closely approaching A1 just distal to cu- a) ( Fig. 3c (i)), are the autapomorphs for the genus. The pores and EEG (Eltringham’s extrusible organ) in the abdomen are yet to be described. The specimen used in this study had a peculiar semi-circular sulcus just posterior to the interantennal space. Biology: Nothing is known of the biology of Asperala . Asperala includes two species (see key, Lambkin 1986b ). 1. The perfoliate flagellomeres in Mimetispа are not as pronounced as the flagellomeres in both Euclimаciа and Nаmpistа and therefore key out twice.