Dicromantispa Hoffman, 2002

MACHADO, RENATO JOSÉ PIRES & RAFAEL, JOSÉ ALBERTINO, 2010, Taxonomy of the Brazilian species previously placed in Mantispa Illiger, 1798 (Neuroptera: Mantispidae), with the description of three new species, Zootaxa 2454 (1), pp. 1-61 : 10

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2454.1.1
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scientific name	Dicromantispa Hoffman, 2002
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Dicromantispa Hoffman, 2002 View in CoL View at ENA

Dicromantispa Hoffman, 2002: 258 View in CoL ; Ohl 2004: 168 (cat.). Type species: Mantispa sayi Banks, 1897: 23 View in CoL .

Diagnosis: Pronotum setae restricted to anterior and posterior regions (best seen in lateral view); setae arising directly from it surface. Male ectoproct with ventromedial lobe completely sclerotized. Gonarcal membrane with a group of spinules medially. Male with pores at tergites IV to VI. Spermatheca widen distally.

Hoffman (2002) stated that there were eight species in this genus but listed only five: Dicromantispa sayi (Banks, 1897) recorded from south Canada to Panama ( Cannings & Cannings 2006); D. interrupta (Say, 1825) in USA and Canada ( Ohl 2004; Cannings & Cannings 2006); the remaining three species ( D. debilis (Gerstaecker, 1888) , D. gracilis (Erichson, 1839) , D. synapsis Hoffman, 2002 ) are Neotropical and found in