Dicromantispa gracilis (Erichson, 1839)

Ardila-Camacho, Adrian, Calle-Tobón, Arley, Wolff, Marta & Stange, Lionel A., 2018, New species and new distributional records of Neotropical Mantispidae (Insecta: Neuroptera), Zootaxa 4413 (2), pp. 295-324 : 313-314

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4413.2.4
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5993075
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scientific name	Dicromantispa gracilis (Erichson, 1839)
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Dicromantispa gracilis (Erichson, 1839) View in CoL

Mantispa gracilis Erichson, 1839: 169 View in CoL . Holotype: female, Brazil (ZMB).

Mantispilla debilis var. nigricornis Stitz, 1913: 19 View in CoL . Holotype: female, Venezuela (ZMB). Mantispilla debilis var. rugicollis Stitz, 1913: 19 View in CoL . Holotype: female, Venezuela (ZMB).

Mantispa trilineata Navás, 1914: 230 View in CoL . Holotype: sex unknown, Brazil (BMNH).

Mantispa bruchi Navás, 1915: 134 View in CoL . Holotype: female, Argentina (type depository dubious). Mantispa calceata Navás, 1917: 401 View in CoL . Holotype (or syntypes): male, Argentina (CN). Mantispa mista Navás, 1923: 196 View in CoL . Holotype: sex unknown, Argentina (MACN).

Mantispa gounellei Navás, 1934: 16 View in CoL . Holotype: female, Brazil (MNHN).

Specimens examined. Colombia: Tolima: Icononzo, Cafrerias, 5.II.2016, attracted to light, D. Gómez (1 ♀ ‒ CAUD) ; Espinal , 332 m, 21.VI.1961, L. Orozco, shrubbery vegetation (1♂ ‒ CTNI) ; Chicoral , 400 m, 5.VII.1961, M.A. Arévalo, light trap (1♂ ‒ CTNI) . Colombia: Santander: Lebrija, P.B.M., 4.VII.1968 (1♀ ‒ CTNI) . New locality records. Colombia: Bolívar: Cartagena de Indias , Ciénaga de la Virgen y Juan Polo, La Boquilla , Isla del Pescador , 10°25’32’’N ‒ 75°30’31’’W, 0 m, 23.VII.2016, A. García and J. Arias (14 ♂, 5 ♀ ‒ CAUD) GoogleMaps .

Distribution. Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia (Antioquia, Bolívar, Caldas, Casanare, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Nariño, Santander, Tolima, Valle del Cauca), Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guyana, Panama, Uruguay, Venezuela (Hoffman 1992; Ohl 2004; Ardila-Camacho & García 2015).

Comments. During a field trip to the Colombian Caribbean coast, at Ciénaga de la Virgen y Juan Polo (La Boquilla, Cartagena) A. García-García and J. Arias-Pineda carried out a collection of insects with a led light trap between 19:00 and 21:00 hours (pers. comm.). The collecting trip was made in a mangrove swamp, at 200 to 500 m from the water on July 26 2016. Shortly after the trap was set, an aggregation of around 80 specimens (males and females) of D. gracilis was observed. The specimens were seen performing erratic flights and walking on the leaves of red mangrove trees ( Rhizophora mangle ). Numerous clusters of stalked eggs were seen on the adaxial side of the leaves of the same plant species. Since several males and females were collected at that event, it is presumed that the aggregation was related to mating and oviposition behaviors. The specimens were collected during the rainy season.