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<mods:title>A revision and key to the genera of Afrotropical Mantispidae (Neuropterida, Neuroptera), with the description of a new genus</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Snyman, Louwtjie P.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Ohl, Michael</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Mansell, Mervyn W.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:date>2012</mods:date>
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<mods:number>184</mods:number>
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<mods:identifier type="DOI">http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.184.2489</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="Pensoft-Pub">1313-2970-184-67</mods:identifier>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="152034737" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:23AFF0D1-4D05-4E15-8B91-79F32AE4A9D0" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/4A09CDEB7E2F3ECABBC9F9F8D42E6CAB" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="74" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">
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Genus
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<taxonomicName LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:23AFF0D1-4D05-4E15-8B91-79F32AE4A9D0" authority="Snyman & Ohl" class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Afromantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Afromantispa" order="Neuroptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Afromantispa Snyman & Ohl</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="5" pageNumber="72">gen. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="72">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Afromantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Afromantispa" order="Neuroptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Afromantispa</taxonomicName>
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Snyman and Ohl gen. n. Type species:
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Afromantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Afromantispa tenella" order="Neuroptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tenella">Afromantispa tenella</taxonomicName>
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(Erichson, 1839: 169) comb. n., designated here.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="5" pageNumber="72" type="remarks">
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="72">Remarks.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="72">
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Both
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<bibRefCitation author="Handschin, E" journalOrPublisher="Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines" pageId="16" pageNumber="83" pagination="185 - 227" title="Beitraege zu einer Revision der Mantispiden (Neuroptera). I Teil. Mantispiden des Musee Royal du Congo Belge, Tervuren." volume="59" year="1959">Handschin (1959</bibRefCitation>
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,
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<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 " Musee Royal du Congo Belge ", Tervuren." volume="62" year="1960 a">1960a</bibRefCitation>
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) and
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<bibRefCitation author="Poivre, C" journalOrPublisher="Neuroptera International" pageId="17" pageNumber="84" pagination="77 - 89" title="Nouvelle description et morphologie externe comparee de Mantispa nana Erichson (Planipennia, Mantispidae)." volume="1" year="1980">Poivre (1980</bibRefCitation>
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,
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<bibRefCitation author="Poivre, C" journalOrPublisher="Neuroptera International" pageId="17" pageNumber="84" pagination="3 - 25" title="Mantispides nouveaux d'Afrique et d'Europe (Neuroptera, Planipennia) (seconde partie)." volume="2" year="1982 b">1982b</bibRefCitation>
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) considered the Afrotropical
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<taxonomicName family="Mantispidae" lsidName="" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" rank="family">Mantispidae</taxonomicName>
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to be part of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Mantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mantispa" order="Neuroptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Mantispa</taxonomicName>
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without comparing the Afrotropical species to the type species of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Mantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mantispa" order="Neuroptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Mantispa</taxonomicName>
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(
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantidae" genus="Mantis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mantis pagana" order="Mantodea" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pagana">Mantis pagana</taxonomicName>
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Fabricius, 1775 (=
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Mantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mantispa styriaca" order="Neuroptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="styriaca">Mantispa styriaca</taxonomicName>
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Poda, 1761)). The new genus
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Afromantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Afromantispa" order="Neuroptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Afromantispa</taxonomicName>
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can easily be identified and clearly differs morphologically from the Palaearctic
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Mantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mantispa" order="Neuroptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Mantispa</taxonomicName>
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although the two genera are possibly closely related. (see discussion below). Species complexes within this genus must be investigated, with at least one species with a distribution from South Africa to the Arabian Peninsula lacking morphological variation. Sexual dimorphism has not been formally investigated, but it appears to be absent in the genus.
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="72">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="72">Widespread throughout Africa. A few species have been collected in the Palaearctic Region sharing borders with Africa such as Spain and the Arabian Peninsula.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="72">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Prothorax granulated; granules dark (Fig. 3e). Antennae with distinct yellowish white band in the apical third (Fig. 4a). Even species with pale antennae have a few darker flagellomeres two-thirds apically from the base of the antennae and on the apex to form a yellowish-white band. The crossvein between Cua and Cup+Aa in hind
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<pageBreakToken pageId="6" pageNumber="73" start="start">wing</pageBreakToken>
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attenuated or absent (Fig. 2b). These characteristics combined are unique to this genus and can be used to distinguish
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Afromantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Afromantispa" order="Neuroptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Afromantispa</taxonomicName>
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species from all other genera.
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Figure 2. Wing variation in the Afrotropical
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<taxonomicName lsidName="" pageId="6" pageNumber="73" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Mantispinae">Mantispinae</taxonomicName>
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. a
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Pseudoclimaciella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pseudoclimaciella apicipennis" order="Neuroptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="apicipennis">Pseudoclimaciella apicipennis</taxonomicName>
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(Kolbe) b
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Afromantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Afromantispa" order="Neuroptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Afromantispa</taxonomicName>
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sp. c
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Sagittalata" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sagittalata" order="Neuroptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Sagittalata</taxonomicName>
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sp. d
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Cercomantispa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cercomantispa" order="Neuroptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Cercomantispa</taxonomicName>
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sp. e
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Nampista" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nampista ragazziana" order="Neuroptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ragazziana">Nampista ragazziana</taxonomicName>
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Navás">Navas</normalizedToken>
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) f
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mantispidae" genus="Rectinerva" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Rectinerva braconidiformis" order="Neuroptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="braconidiformis">Rectinerva braconidiformis</taxonomicName>
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Handschin.
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="73">Description.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="73">Head: Antennae moniliform; colour variable but all with conspicuous yellowish-white band in apical third; scape and pedicel yellow. Posterior vertex concave except for slight convex elevation directly posterior to and between antennal bases; median tubercle projection at posterior margin of vertex, vertex not visible in lateral view. Compound eyes large, each eye slightly broader medially at epistomal suture. Labrum circular. Mandible with dark apices; inner margins dark.</paragraph>
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Thorax: Pronotum narrow and elongated; prothorax longer than pterothorax; granulated; granules dark; pronotum transversely slightly wrinkled or rugulose; setae
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. Maculae slightly raised and inconspicuous; not pigmented in lighter coloured species, pigmented and shiny in darker species. Prozona slightly broader than base. Meso- and metathorax of similar size and distinctly separated by a deep cleft.
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<paragraph pageId="7" pageNumber="74">Wings (Fig. 2b): Wings always hyaline, lacking pigment except for the pterostigma. Pterostigma slightly concave in dorsal view; semi-circular and truncate appearance; pterostigma of most species with reddish appearance. Radial cell 1 and 2 of similar size with radial cell 3 smaller and narrower; a single crossvein from third radial cell to anterior margin (C). Hind wings: Crossvein between Cua and Cup+Aa attenuated or absent; Cua with sharp angle to and from attenuated crossvein to form inverted triangle.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="7" pageNumber="74">Legs: Median line on the anterior surface of the forecoxae never continuous from thorax to femur (Fig. 4a). Mid- and hind legs differ considerably between species. Fore tarsal claw reduced to a single claw lacking arolium; Mid- and hind pretarsal claws pectinate (5 -6 teeth) with the middle tooth elongated giving the claw a sharp triangular appearance; arolium present on mid and hind tarsi.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="7" pageNumber="74">Abdomen/Genitalia: Males with ectoprocts slightly enlarged (Fig. 4j). Pseudopenis visible in lateral and dorsal view. EEG present. No morphological significance regarding the female genitalia.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="7" pageNumber="74" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="7" pageNumber="74">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="7" pageNumber="74">The new genus name is a combination of Afro- and Mantispa, which emphasises the African distribution of this Mantispa-like taxon.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="7" pageNumber="74">Included species.</paragraph>
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Besides the type species, 18 confirmed and 7 unconfirmed species names will be added in the future. These numbers are, however, certain to change. Synonyms need to be identified and new species described. A subsequent full revision of
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is currently in progress. The genus for the time being will therefore be based on the type species only.
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