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Genus
<taxonomicName LSID="http://species-id.net/wiki/Sagittalata" authority="Handschin" class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Sagittalata" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sagittalata" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Sagittalata Handschin</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Sagittalata" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sagittalata" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Sagittalata</taxonomicName>
Handschin, 1959: 215. Type species:
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Mantispilla" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mantispilla hilaris" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hilaris">Mantispilla hilaris</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Navás">Navas</normalizedToken>
, 1925: 573 (as &quot;
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Sagittalata" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sagittalata hilaris" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hilaris">Sagittalata hilaris</taxonomicName>
(
<normalizedToken originalValue="Navás">Navas</normalizedToken>
1924) [sic]&quot;), by original designation
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Perlamantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Perlamantispa" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Perlamantispa</taxonomicName>
Handschin, 1960a: 191. Type species:
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantidae" genus="Mantis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mantis perla" order="Mantodea" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="perla">Mantis perla</taxonomicName>
Pallas, 1772: 14 (as &quot;
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Mantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mantispa perla" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="perla">Mantispa perla</taxonomicName>
&quot;), by original designation. syn. n.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="8" pageNumber="75" type="new combinations">
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">New combinations</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">austroafrica (Poivre)</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Perlamantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Perlamantispa austroafrica" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="austroafrica">Perlamantispa austroafrica</taxonomicName>
Poivre, 1984b: 642. syn. n.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">
bequaerti (
<normalizedToken originalValue="Navás">Navas</normalizedToken>
)
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Mantispilla" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mantispilla bequaerti" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bequaerti">Mantispilla bequaerti</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Navás">Navas</normalizedToken>
, 1932: 279. Synonymized with
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Perlamantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Perlamantispa bequaerti" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bequaerti">Perlamantispa bequaerti</taxonomicName>
(
<normalizedToken originalValue="Navás">Navas</normalizedToken>
) by Handschin, 1960a: 197.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Mantispilla" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mantispilla bequaerti" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bequaerti">Mantispilla bequaerti</taxonomicName>
var. decolor
<normalizedToken originalValue="Navás">Navas</normalizedToken>
, 1932: 280. Synonymized with
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Perlamantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Perlamantispa bequaerti" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bequaerti">Perlamantispa bequaerti</taxonomicName>
(
<normalizedToken originalValue="Navás">Navas</normalizedToken>
) by Handschin, 1960a: 197.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Mantispilla" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mantispilla kibumbana" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kibumbana">Mantispilla kibumbana</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Navás">Navas</normalizedToken>
, 1936c: 355.. Synonymized with
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Perlamantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Perlamantispa bequaerti" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bequaerti">Perlamantispa bequaerti</taxonomicName>
(
<normalizedToken originalValue="Navás">Navas</normalizedToken>
) by Handschin, 1960a: 197.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Perlamantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Perlamantispa bequaerti" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bequaerti">Perlamantispa bequaerti</taxonomicName>
(
<normalizedToken originalValue="Navás">Navas</normalizedToken>
). As a new combination by
<bibRefCitation author="Handschin, E" journalOrPublisher="Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines" pageId="16" pageNumber="83" pagination="181 - 245" title="Beitraege zu einer Revision der Mantispiden (Neuroptera). II Teil. Mantispiden des &quot; Musee Royal du Congo Belge &quot;, Tervuren." volume="62" year="1960 a">Handschin 1960a</bibRefCitation>
: 197.syn. n.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">dorsalis (Erichson)</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Mantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mantispa dorsalis" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dorsalis">Mantispa dorsalis</taxonomicName>
Erichson, 1839: 168.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Mantispilla" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mantispilla hemichroa" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hemichroa">Mantispilla hemichroa</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Navás">Navas</normalizedToken>
, 1931: 129.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Mantispilla" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mantispilla hypophoea" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hypophoea">Mantispilla hypophoea</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Navás">Navas</normalizedToken>
, 1932: 279.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Perlamantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Perlamantispa dorsalis" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dorsalis">Perlamantispa dorsalis</taxonomicName>
(Erichson). As a new combination by
<bibRefCitation author="Handschin, E" journalOrPublisher="Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines" pageId="16" pageNumber="83" pagination="181 - 245" title="Beitraege zu einer Revision der Mantispiden (Neuroptera). II Teil. Mantispiden des &quot; Musee Royal du Congo Belge &quot;, Tervuren." volume="62" year="1960 a">Handschin 1960a</bibRefCitation>
: 196.syn. n.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">girardi Poivre</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Perlamantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Perlamantispa girardi" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="girardi">Perlamantispa girardi</taxonomicName>
Poivre, 1982a: 194.syn. n.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">nubila (Stitz)</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Mantispilla" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mantispilla nubila" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nubila">Mantispilla nubila</taxonomicName>
Stitz, 1913: 15.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Mantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mantispa nubila" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nubila">Mantispa nubila</taxonomicName>
(Stitz, 1913) syn. n.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">perla (Pallas)</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantidae" genus="Mantis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mantis perla" order="Mantodea" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="perla">Mantis perla</taxonomicName>
Pallas, 1772: 14.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Mantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mantispa christiana" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="christiana">Mantispa christiana</taxonomicName>
Charpentier, 1825: 93. Synonymized with
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Mantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mantispa perla" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="perla">Mantispa perla</taxonomicName>
by
<bibRefCitation author="Erichson, WF" journalOrPublisher="Zeitschrift fuer die Entomologie" pageId="16" pageNumber="83" pagination="147 - 173" title="Beitraege zu einer Monographie von Mantispa, mit einleitenden Betrachtungen ueber die Ordnungen der Orthopteren und Neuropteren." volume="1" year="1839">Erichson 1839</bibRefCitation>
: 167.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Mantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mantispa flaveola" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flaveola">Mantispa flaveola</taxonomicName>
Erichson, 1839: 168.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Mantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mantispa victorii" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="victorii">Mantispa victorii</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Guérin-Méneville">Guerin-Meneville</normalizedToken>
, 1844: 391. Synonymized with
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Mantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mantispa perla" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="perla">Mantispa perla</taxonomicName>
by
<bibRefCitation author="Hagen, HA" journalOrPublisher="Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung" pageId="16" pageNumber="83" pagination="110 - 134" title="Russlands Neuropteren." volume="19" year="1858">Hagen 1858</bibRefCitation>
: 128.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Mantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mantispa perla" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="perla">Mantispa perla</taxonomicName>
var. brunnea
<normalizedToken originalValue="Navás">Navas</normalizedToken>
, 1906: 102.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Perlamantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Perlamantispa perla" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="perla">Perlamantispa perla</taxonomicName>
(Pallas, 1772). As a new combination by
<bibRefCitation author="Handschin, E" journalOrPublisher="Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines" pageId="16" pageNumber="83" pagination="181 - 245" title="Beitraege zu einer Revision der Mantispiden (Neuroptera). II Teil. Mantispiden des &quot; Musee Royal du Congo Belge &quot;, Tervuren." volume="62" year="1960 a">Handschin 1960a</bibRefCitation>
: 191.syn. n.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">pusilla (Pallas)</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantidae" genus="Mantis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mantis pusilla" order="Mantodea" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pusilla">Mantis pusilla</taxonomicName>
Pallas, 1772: 15
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantidae" genus="Mantis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mantis brevicornis" order="Mantodea" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brevicornis">Mantis brevicornis</taxonomicName>
De Geer, 1778: 620, pl. 46, fig. 9-10. Synonymized with
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Mantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mantispa pusilla" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pusilla">Mantispa pusilla</taxonomicName>
by
<bibRefCitation pageId="8" pageNumber="75">Burmeister 1839</bibRefCitation>
: 967.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Perlamantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Perlamantispa pusilla" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pusilla">Perlamantispa pusilla</taxonomicName>
(Pallas, 1772) As a new combination by
<bibRefCitation author="Handschin, E" journalOrPublisher="Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines" pageId="16" pageNumber="83" pagination="181 - 245" title="Beitraege zu einer Revision der Mantispiden (Neuroptera). II Teil. Mantispiden des &quot; Musee Royal du Congo Belge &quot;, Tervuren." volume="62" year="1960 a">Handschin 1960a</bibRefCitation>
: 191.syn. n.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">
similata (
<normalizedToken originalValue="Navás">Navas</normalizedToken>
)
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Mantispilla" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mantispilla similata" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="similata">Mantispilla similata</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Navás">Navas</normalizedToken>
, 1922: 396.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Perlamantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Perlamantispa similata" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="similata">Perlamantispa similata</taxonomicName>
(
<normalizedToken originalValue="Navás">Navas</normalizedToken>
, 1922). Listed as valid combination in
<bibRefCitation pageId="8" pageNumber="75">Ohl (2004)</bibRefCitation>
and LDL. syn. n.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">royi Poivre</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Perlamantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Perlamantispa royi" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="royi">Perlamantispa royi</taxonomicName>
Poivre, 1982a: 191. syn. n.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">
tincta (
<normalizedToken originalValue="Navás">Navas</normalizedToken>
)
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Mantispilla" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mantispilla tincta" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tincta">Mantispilla tincta</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Navás">Navas</normalizedToken>
, 1929: 107
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Perlamantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Perlamantispa tincta" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tincta">Perlamantispa tincta</taxonomicName>
(
<normalizedToken originalValue="Navás">Navas</normalizedToken>
, 1929). As a new combination by
<bibRefCitation author="Handschin, E" journalOrPublisher="Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines" pageId="16" pageNumber="83" pagination="181 - 245" title="Beitraege zu einer Revision der Mantispiden (Neuroptera). II Teil. Mantispiden des &quot; Musee Royal du Congo Belge &quot;, Tervuren." volume="62" year="1960 a">Handschin 1960a</bibRefCitation>
: 200.syn. n.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">
vassei (
<normalizedToken originalValue="Navás">Navas</normalizedToken>
)
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Mantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mantispa vassei" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vassei">Mantispa vassei</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Navás">Navas</normalizedToken>
, 1909: 474.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Mantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mantispa (Mantispilla) lineatifrons" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lineatifrons" subGenus="Mantispilla">Mantispa (Mantispilla) lineatifrons</taxonomicName>
Enderlein, 1910: 346. Synonymized with
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Perlamantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Perlamantispa vassei" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vassei">Perlamantispa vassei</taxonomicName>
by Handschin, 1960a: 193.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Mantispilla" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mantispilla sankitana" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sankitana">Mantispilla sankitana</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Navás">Navas</normalizedToken>
, 1922: 395. Synonymized with
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Perlamantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Perlamantispa vassei" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vassei">Perlamantispa vassei</taxonomicName>
by Handschin, 1960a: 193.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Mantispilla" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mantispilla burgeoni" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="burgeoni">Mantispilla burgeoni</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Navás">Navas</normalizedToken>
, 1923: 77., Probable synonym of
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Perlamantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Perlamantispa vassei" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vassei">Perlamantispa vassei</taxonomicName>
according to Handschin, 1960a: 193.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Perlamantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Perlamantispa vassei" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vassei">Perlamantispa vassei</taxonomicName>
(
<normalizedToken originalValue="Navás">Navas</normalizedToken>
, 1909) As a new combination by Handschin, 1960a: 193. syn. n.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection lastPageId="9" lastPageNumber="76" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" type="remarks">
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="75">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph lastPageId="9" lastPageNumber="76" pageId="8" pageNumber="75">
Handschin seemed to confuse the female
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Cercomantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cercomantispa" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Cercomantispa</taxonomicName>
specimens and the genus he described as
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Sagittalata" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sagittalata" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Sagittalata</taxonomicName>
. In his revision (1960a) he mentioned that types of
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Sagittalata" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sagittalata tristis" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tristis">Sagittalata tristis</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Sagittalata" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sagittalata tristella" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tristella">Sagittalata tristella</taxonomicName>
are both female and that he is certain they are
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Sagittalata" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sagittalata" order="Neuroptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Sagittalata</taxonomicName>
sp
<pageBreakToken pageId="9" pageNumber="76" start="start">ecies</pageBreakToken>
. He mentions that the wing venation and prothorax corresponds with
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Sagittalata" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sagittalata" order="Neuroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Sagittalata</taxonomicName>
. However, the complete fusion between the Cua and Cup+Aa veins in the hind wing to form a rectangle (Fig. 2d) occurs in
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Sagittalata" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sagittalata tristis" order="Neuroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tristis">Sagittalata tristis</taxonomicName>
(=
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Cercomantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cercomantispa tristis" order="Neuroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tristis">Cercomantispa tristis</taxonomicName>
) and
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Sagittalata" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sagittalata tristella" order="Neuroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tristella">Sagittalata tristella</taxonomicName>
(=
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Cercomantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cercomantispa tristella" order="Neuroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tristella">Cercomantispa tristella</taxonomicName>
) corresponds with
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Cercomantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cercomantispa" order="Neuroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Cercomantispa</taxonomicName>
and not with the type species
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Sagittalata" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sagittalata hilaris" order="Neuroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hilaris">Sagittalata hilaris</taxonomicName>
or any of the other species (
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Sagittalata" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sagittalata lugubris" order="Neuroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lugubris">Sagittalata lugubris</taxonomicName>
<bibRefCitation author="Poivre, C" journalOrPublisher="Neuroptera International," pageId="17" pageNumber="84" pagination="77 - 89" title="[&quot; 1980 &quot;] Mantispides du Cameroun I. (Neuroptera, Planipennia)." volume="1" year="1981 a">Poivre 1981a</bibRefCitation>
,
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Sagittalata" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sagittalata jucunda" order="Neuroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="jucunda">Sagittalata jucunda</taxonomicName>
<bibRefCitation author="Poivre, C" journalOrPublisher="Neuroptera International," pageId="17" pageNumber="84" pagination="77 - 89" title="[&quot; 1980 &quot;] Mantispides du Cameroun I. (Neuroptera, Planipennia)." volume="1" year="1981 a">Poivre 1981a</bibRefCitation>
) that do conform to the genus
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Sagittalata" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sagittalata" order="Neuroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Sagittalata</taxonomicName>
. The pronotum them also differs between the genera:
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Sagittalata" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sagittalata tristis" order="Neuroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tristis">Sagittalata tristis</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Sagittalata" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sagittalata tristella" order="Neuroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tristella">Sagittalata tristella</taxonomicName>
have a smooth elongated pronotum with a thin metazona, again corresponding with
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Cercomantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cercomantispa" order="Neuroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Cercomantispa</taxonomicName>
and not
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Sagittalata" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sagittalata hilaris" order="Neuroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hilaris">Sagittalata hilaris</taxonomicName>
. In addition, the colour patterns of the prozona as well as the antennae also suggest these two species should be placed with
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Cercomantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cercomantispa" order="Neuroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Cercomantispa</taxonomicName>
and not
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Sagittalata" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sagittalata" order="Neuroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Sagittalata</taxonomicName>
. Furthermore, the wing venation and genitalia suggest that
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Perlamantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Perlamantispa" order="Neuroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Perlamantispa</taxonomicName>
species conform to all the characteristics of
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Sagittalata" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sagittalata hilaris" order="Neuroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hilaris">Sagittalata hilaris</taxonomicName>
. The only morphological difference is a subtle robustness of the pronotum. Some species of
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Perlamantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Perlamantispa" order="Neuroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Perlamantispa</taxonomicName>
seem to have a slightly more robust pronotum.
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Perlamantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Perlamantispa" order="Neuroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Perlamantispa</taxonomicName>
is consequently relegated as a synonym of
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Sagittalata" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sagittalata" order="Neuroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Sagittalata</taxonomicName>
. The difference between
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Mantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mantispa" order="Neuroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Mantispa</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Sagittalata" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sagittalata" order="Neuroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Sagittalata</taxonomicName>
is weak as well, as explained in the systematic account above. Finding an autapomorphy proved to be difficult. The only consistent character was a continuous median longitudinal line on the anterior surface of the coxae of
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Sagittalata" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sagittalata" order="Neuroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Sagittalata</taxonomicName>
species. In addition to the coxal line, the presence of setae on the pronotum of
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Mantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mantispa" order="Neuroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Mantispa</taxonomicName>
are lacking in the Afrotropical
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Sagittalata" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sagittalata" order="Neuroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Sagittalata</taxonomicName>
. However, two species did not conform to this character. The raptorial legs of
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Perlamantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Perlamantispa" order="Neuroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Perlamantispa</taxonomicName>
(=
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Sagittalata" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sagittalata" order="Neuroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Sagittalata</taxonomicName>
) dorsalis is completely black and therefore lacks the line. The second species,
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Mantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mantispa" order="Neuroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Mantispa</taxonomicName>
(=
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Sagittalata" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sagittalata" order="Neuroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Sagittalata</taxonomicName>
) nubila lacks the line. Both species, however, lack setae on their pronotum. The rest of the
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Sagittalata" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sagittalata" order="Neuroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Sagittalata</taxonomicName>
species studied conforms to the characteristics. Distribution therefore plays an extremely important role in the delimitation of the genera. The type species of
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Perlamantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Perlamantispa" order="Neuroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Perlamantispa</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Perlamantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Perlamantispa perla" order="Neuroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="perla">Perlamantispa perla</taxonomicName>
however, is well known in Europe and
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Mantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mantispa styriaca" order="Neuroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="styriaca">Mantispa styriaca</taxonomicName>
occurs in Morocco. C.-k. Yang (
<bibRefCitation author="Yang, C-k" journalOrPublisher="Fauna and Taxonomy of Insects in Henan" pageId="17" pageNumber="84" pagination="62 - 63" title="A new species of genus Sagittalata from Mt. Funiu (Neuroptera: Mantispidae)." volume="2" year="1998">Yang and Peng 1998</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation pageId="9" pageNumber="76">Yang 1999</bibRefCitation>
) described three
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Sagittalata" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sagittalata" order="Neuroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Sagittalata</taxonomicName>
species from China. The descriptions are unfortunately in Chinese that could not be translated and the specimens were not studied. These species probably belong to
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Mantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mantispa" order="Neuroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Mantispa</taxonomicName>
instead of
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Sagittalata" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sagittalata" order="Neuroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Sagittalata</taxonomicName>
. Except for these species the distribution patterns of the genera are quite clear with
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Sagittalata" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sagittalata" order="Neuroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Sagittalata</taxonomicName>
an Afrotropical genus and
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Mantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mantispa" order="Neuroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Mantispa</taxonomicName>
a Palaearctic genus. Unfortunately it might be a genus that one will identify by eliminating other genera. Ongoing studies are in progress to find the relationship between
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Sagittalata" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sagittalata" order="Neuroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Sagittalata</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Mantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mantispa" order="Neuroptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Mantispa</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="9" pageNumber="76" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="76">Distribution.</paragraph>
<subSection pageId="9" pageNumber="76" type="">
<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="76">Widespread in the Afrotropical Region. Also occur in the Palaearctic and Oriental Regions</paragraph>
</subSection>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="9" pageNumber="76" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="76">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="76">An Afrotropical genus with four species currently known from the Palaearctic Region. Ectoprocts of males sligtly swollen (Fig. 4g), pseudopenis visible in dorsal view. Pterostigma elongated and dark red or black. Prothorax transversly rugulose; lacks setae (Fig. 3b). Fore coxae with continuous median line on anterior surface (Fig. 4b).</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="77" pageId="9" pageNumber="76" type="description">
<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="76">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="76">Head: Antennae moniliform. Flagellum dark, may end in two or three yellow flagellomeres. Anterior scape and pedicel either yellow or black; vertex flat, not visible in lateral view; frons and mouthparts vary in colour; eye margin yellow in dark species and black/dark brown in light species.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="77">
<pageBreakToken pageId="10" pageNumber="77" start="start">Thorax</pageBreakToken>
: Maculae inconspicuous, never pigmented in a different colour from the surrounding pronotum; pronotum lacks setae, transversely rugulose; prothorax longer than pterothorax.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="77">Wings (Fig. 2c): Wings usually hyaline, may be partly or completely pigmented, pterostigma elongated and robust, always reddish or black; crossvein between radial cells 1 and 2 perpendicular to R; a single crossvein from third radial cell to anterior margin (C); Hind wings: Crossvein between Cua and Cup+Aa attenuated, rarely absent; Cua with sharp angle to and from attenuated crossvein to form inverted triangle shape.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="77">Legs: Raptorial legs differ in colour, coxal sulcus conspicuous, surrounding patterns never visible on sulcus; continuous line on anterior surface of fore coxae; fore tarsal claw reduced to a single claw lacking an arolium. Mid- and hind pretarsal claws pectinate (5-6 teeth); median tooth longer than surrounding teeth; pointed appearance; arolium present on mid and hind tarsi.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="77">
Abdomen/Genitalia: EEG present. Ectoprocts of male slightly swollen; slightly smaller than ectoprocts of members of
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Afromantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Afromantispa" order="Neuroptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="77" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Afromantispa</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Mantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mantispa" order="Neuroptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="77" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Mantispa</taxonomicName>
; pseudopenis visible in dorsal view.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="10" pageNumber="77" type="discussion">
<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="77">Discussion.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="77">
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Afromantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Afromantispa" order="Neuroptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="77" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Afromantispa</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Mantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mantispa" order="Neuroptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="77" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Mantispa</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Sagittalata" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sagittalata" order="Neuroptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="77" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Sagittalata</taxonomicName>
seem to form a group with several similar aspects regarding their morphology. All three genera seem to have similar genitalic structures. In addition to the genitalia, the general wing venation is extremely similar with only the pterostigma of
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Afromantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Afromantispa" order="Neuroptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="77" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Afromantispa</taxonomicName>
slightly different with a reddish, roundish and truncate appearance. In the hind wing, the inverted
<normalizedToken originalValue="“V”">&quot;V&quot;</normalizedToken>
shape made by the Cua when descending towards the attenuated or absent crossvein extending to Cup+Aa and again ascending after the crossvein is prominent and easily identified in this group (Figs 2b, c). The median coxal line is not a strong autapomorphy since some of the
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Mantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mantispa" order="Neuroptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="77" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Mantispa</taxonomicName>
specimens studied had a discontinuous line on the anterior coxa, but the geographic distribution of the genera does support separate genera. A decision to keep the genera separate has consequently been made, thereby ensuring that relevant morphological information is not lost before a conclusive result is achieved. Of significant importance is the presence of the EEG that manifests in this group only.
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