Mantidflies of Colombia (Neuroptera, Mantispidae)
Author
Ardila-Camacho, Adrian
Author
García, Alexander
text
Zootaxa
2015
3937
3
401
455
journal article
41721
10.11646/zootaxa.3937.3.1
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1175-5326
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Anchieta
Navás, 1909
It is easily recognized by their bright color patterns, mimicking some members of the
Hymenoptera
, especially
Vespidae
and
Meliponini
bees. This genus is composed of six valid species with a distribution apparently confined to the Amazon basin. Prior to this study,
Anchieta
was only known from
Brazil
and
French Guiana
(Penny & da
Costa 1983
;
Ohl 2004
). Two species,
A. eurydella
and
A. remipes
, are now known from
Colombia
.
Knowledge on the biology of this genus is quite poor. A single study in southeastern
Brazil
, reported an association between
A. fumosella
Westwood
and the solitary wasp
Tripoxilum (Tripargylum) aestivale
Richards (Crabronidae)
(
Buys 2008
).