Plega Navás, 1928

Ardila-Camacho, Adrian, Cancino-López, Rodolfo J., Acevedo, Fernando & Contreras-Ramos, Atilano, 2019, Four new species of Plega Navás, 1928 (Neuroptera: Mantispidae) from Mexico, Zootaxa 4612 (3), pp. 351-372 : 352

Genus Plega Navás, 1928

Species of this genus are characterized by a mottled coloration pattern, a row of tubercles in the mid-line on distal half of fore femur that splits into two rows near the basal half ( Fig. 2b ); laterally to the tubercles there is a row of stout setae restricted to the distal half of the femur ( Fig. 2b ) ( Parker & Stange 1965); the sub-basal major spine is present ( Fig. 2b ); the foretrochanter lacks a medial dentiform process on inner surface ( Fig. 2b ), and the forewing has the rarp2 cell curved ( Fig. 1b ) ( Penny 1982b; Ardila-Camacho et al. 2018).

Included species. Plega banksi Rehn , P. beardi Penny , P. dactylota Rehn , P. duckei Penny , P. fratercula Rehn , P. fumosa Linsley & MacSwain , P. hagenella (Westwood) , P. mixteca sp. n., P. melitomae Linsley & MacSwain , P. paraensis Penny , P. signata (Hagen) , P. sonorae sp. n., P. spinosa sp. n., P. stangei sp. n., P. variegata Navás , P. yucatanae Parker & Stange , and P. zikani Navás.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Plega mixteca sp. n.: a, habitus of male holotype, lateral; b, wing venation.

FIGURE 2. Plega mixteca sp. n.: a, head and prothorax, lateral; b, forelegs; c, male terminalia, lateral; d, same, ventral.