Mantidflies (Neuroptera, Mantispidae) from Tocantins state (Brazil): distribution and identification key
Author
Alvim, Breno Ganns Chaves
Author
Machado, Renato Jose Pires
Author
Krolow, Tiago Kütter
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Zeugomantispa virescens
(Rambur, 1842)
Diagnosis.
This species has the body predominantly green, pronotum longer than broad with setae present throughout its entire length and arising from distinctive bumps, wings hyaline with pterostigma green and foreleg with 2 pretarsal claws.
Examined material.
Brazil
,
Tocantins
,
Pium
,
Centro de
Pesquisa Canguçu,
09°58'44.4" S
,
050°02'13.1" W
,
13– 18.v.2016
,
Krolow, T.K. & Equipe
leg. (
3♂
1♀
CEUFT
);
Brazil
,
Tocantins
,
Pium
,
Centro de Pesquisa Canguçu
,
09°58'44.4" S
,
050°02'13.1" W
,
7–10.iii.2016
,
Krolow, T.K.
&
Equipe
leg. (
1♂
CEUFT
)
;
Brazil
,
Tocantins
,
Pium
,
Centro de Pesquisa Canguçu
,
09°58'44.4" S
,
050°02'13.1" W
,
30.iii.2017
,
Alvim, B.C.G.
leg. (
1♀
CEUFT
)
.
Distribution.
USA
,
Mexico
,
Nicaragua
,
Costa Rica
,
Panama
,
Colombia
,
Venezuela
,
Guiana
, French
Guyana
,
Argentina
,
Ecuador
,
Peru
,
Surinam
,
Trinidad and Tobago
,
Uruguay
and
Brazil
: Amazonas, Pará,
Goiás
, Distrito Federal,
Minas Gerais
,
Espírito Santo
,
Rio de Janeiro
,
São Paulo
,
Paraná
, and
Santa Catarina
(
Machado and Martins 2018
,
Ardila-Camacho et al. 2018
).
New records.
Tocantins
: Pium municipality.
Comments.
As in
Z. compellens,
preserved specimens of
Z. virescens
tend to become light-yellow or whitish with time, and the use of male genitalia for identification purposes are usually needed.