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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Dicromantispa moulti
(Navás, 1909)
Diagnosis.
This species has the body mostly light-brown, pronotum longer than broad with setae present only on the anterior and posterior ends, wings mostly hyaline with small brown marks at the basal region, foreleg with 2 pretarsal claws and foreleg midtarsomere shorter than the other tarsomeres combined.
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. (
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. (
2♂
3♀
CEUFT
)
;
Brazil
,
Tocantins
,
Pium
,
Centro de Pesquisa Canguçu
,
09°58'44.4" S
,
050° 0 2'13.1" W
,
30.iii.2017
,
Alvim, B.C.G.
leg. (
1♀
CEUFT
)
.
Distribution.
Colombia
,
French Guiana
and
Brazil
: Amazonas,
Espírito Santo
, and
São Paulo
(
Machado and Martins 2018
).
New records.
Tocantins
: Pium municipality.
Comments.
Some specimens collected here (
12–15 mm
) are smaller than the average size (
14–19 mm
) of this species as presented in the literature (
Penny 1982
,
Penny and Costa 1983
). It might be related to a possible regional variation or food availability during larval stage (
Redborg 1998
).