Climaciella cubana Enderlein, 1910

Hoffman, Kevin M., Oliver S. Flint, Jr. & Perez-Gelabert, Daniel E., 2017, The Mantispidae of the West Indies with special reference to the Dominican Republic (Neuroptera: Mantispidae), Insecta Mundi 2017 (559), pp. 1-15 : 3

Climaciella cubana Enderlein

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Climaciella cubana Enderlein 1910:362 . Alayo 1968:11.

This species is easily distinguished from its congeners by its coloration, especially that of the wings and body. Its distribution in the Dominican Republic is montane, from 800m to over 1000m, being recorded from the Sierra de Bahoruco and the Cordillera Central, but not yet taken from the Cordillera Septentrional.

Coloration. Head yellow, vertex reddish-brown except along ocular margin, frons with transverse dark blackish stripe beneath antennae, reddish brown to blackish at fronto-clypeal junction, clypeus brown, labrum pale brown. Antenna with scape and pedicel yellow brown to pale brown, flagellum with basal three-fourths reddish-brown, remainder yellow. Pronotum blackish-brown, posterior fifth yellow with blackish-brown trianguloid spot posteromesally, anterodorsal margin yellow, paired oval yellow spots angling upward and meeting at midline anterodorsally, yellow stripe along midline connecting anterodorsal yellow spots and posterior yellow region. Mesonotum blackish-brown with yellow V-shaped band along scutal furrow and often along midline to scutellum, scutellum yellow. Metanotum blackish-brown with scutellum yellow. Abdomen with tergites reddish to blackish-brown with posterior margins yellow.

Size. Length of forewing: male 13.5 – 15.0mm (n=5); female 12 – 16mm (n=4).

Distribution. Its known range is on the Greater Antillean islands of Cuba and Puerto Rico, and now from the Dominican Republic on Hispaniola. It was recorded from Puerto Rico as C. brunnea by Wolcott (1948) .

Material examined. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Barahona Prov., Eastern Sierra de Bahoruco, La Travesia, near Larimar mine, 850 m, 18°07.163’N, 71°08.505’W, 29.vii.2003, D. Perez, R. Bastardo, B. Hierro. (night), 1♀ ( NMNH) ; Barahona Prov., Las Auyamas, Polo , 854m, 18°06.821’N, 71°16.447’W, 27-28.viii.2014, wet forest, D. Perez, C. de Soto M., 1♂ ( NMNH) ; Barahona Prov., Masaco, S. of Polo , 812m, 18°02.495’N, 71°18.408’W, 28.viii.2014, D. Perez, C. de Soto M., 1♂ ( MNHNSD) ; La Vega Prov., Reserva Cientifica Ebano Verde, La Sal , 1010 m, 19º04.42’N, 70º34.18’, 28-30.i.2002, R. Bastardo, B. Hierro, D. Perez, RD-220, 1♀ ( NMNH) ; La Vega Prov., P. N. Armando Bermúdez, La Ciénaga – Los Tablones , 1,100 – 1,270 m, 19º04.044’N, 70º51.789’W, 29.vi.2004, D. Perez (d), RD250, 1♂ ( NMNH) ; La Vega Prov., P. N. Armando Bermúdez, trail La Cienaga de Manabao – Los Tablones , 20.viii.2006, D. Perez, R. Bastardo, B. Hierro, 2♀ ( MNHNSD, NMNH) ; La Vega Prov., P. N. Armando Bermudez, km 1-3 along trail W of La Cienaga , 900 – 1000 m, 19º01.753’N, 70º54.654’W, 2.vii.2010, S. W. Lingafelter, 2♂ ( MNHNSD, NMNH) ; La Vega Prov., La Cienaga, Finca Omar Rodriguez , 1232 m, 19º03’13.1”N 70º51’34.8”W, 20.vi.2010, S. W. Lingafelter, MV / UV light, 1♂ ( NMNH) ; La Vega Prov., Parque Nacional A. Bermudez, Los Tablones-Agüita Fria , 18.vii.2002, D. Perez, B. Hierro, R. Bastardo, 1♂ ( MNHNSD) . PUERTO RICO: Adjuntas, Bosque Estatal de Guilarte , 0.5 km ESE Monte Guilarte, 18-08-29N, 66- 45-55W, 990 m, 18.vi.1996, C. Young, J. Rawlins, R. Davidson, W. Zanol, M. Klingler, S. Thompson, 1♂ ( CMNH) ; Carite Forest , Cayey, Aug.25, 1969, R. Bonilla, black-light trap, 1♀ ( NMNH) ; El Yunque, Carib. Nat. For. , 600 m, 18º20’N, 65º30’W, 22-25.v.1987, M.S. Adams, 4♂, 10♀ ( CMNH) ; El Yunque , 17- 18 ii.1961, A.B. Gurney, 1♂ ( NMNH) ; Yauco, 7.viii.1933, R. G. Oakley, on leaf Inga vera , 1♂ ( NMNH) .

Figures

Figures 1-3. Adult habitus dorsal. 1) Climaciella cubana, Dominican Republic, La Vega Prov., La Cienaga. 2) Dicromantispa sayi, Dominican Republic, Independencia Prov., Parque Nacional Sierra de Bahoruco. 3) Zeugomantispa minuta, Venezuela, Sucre State, Las Piedras de Cocollar.