Zeugomantispa 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 : 51

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2454.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10537503
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FE87CD-5C7B-FFA8-FF38-FDC8FD44FC38
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Zeugomantispa Hoffman, 2002
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Zeugomantispa Hoffman, 2002 View in CoL View at ENA

Zeugomantispa Hoffman, 2002: 271 View in CoL ; Ohl 2004: 206 (cat.). Type species: Mantis minuta Fabricius, 1775: 278 View in CoL .

Diagnosis: Pronotum completely covered by setae arising from dorsal bumps (best seen in lateral view). Male ectoproct with ventromedial lobe not sclerotized. Gonarcal membrane without scales. Male with pores in membranes between tergites III–V. Hypomere irregular in shape and with granules. Spermatheca widen distally. Female sternite VIII, extremely reduced in ventral and lateral view.

Three species comprise the genus occuring in the New World ( Ohl 2004). Zeugomantispa minuta (Fabricius, 1775) occurs from USA to Argentina, but not registered in Brazil. The other two species are exclusively Neotropical and have been reported in Brazil.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Neuroptera
Family	Mantispidae