Eumantispa tibetana

Kaur, Simarjit, Pandher, Manpreet Singh & Chandra, Kailash, 2020, New records of family Mantispidae (Insecta: Neuroptera) from India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 120 (3), pp. 251-256 : 253

Eumantispa tibetana C.-k. Yang, 1988 (Figs. 5-9)

1988. Eumantispa tibetana C.-k. Yang, Insects of Mt. Namjagbarwa region of Xizang: 205

Specimen examined: India: Arunachal Pradesh; Dihang - DibangBiosphere Reserve,Anini,28°26’988’’N,95°51.149’’E,

26.x.2017,1968 m, leg. N. Singh & party, ( NZC), 1 ♀ .

Measurement: Body: 18.5mm, Forewing Length: 20.2 mm, Width: 4.7mm.

Distribution: China (Xizang), India (Arunachal Pradesh).

Remarks: The present species can be identified on the basis of following characters: vertex yellow without spot; prothorax entirely yellow; 7-8 RA cells in left forewing and hindwing. However, it varies from original description in having 10 RA cells in right forewing with 12 Rs branches. In the right hindwing 8 RA cells with 14 Rs branches and the median cell is also further divided into two cells.