Haematomantispa nubeculosa ( Navás, 1933 )

Ardila-Camacho, Adrian, Calle-Tobón, Arley, Wolff, Marta & Stange, Lionel A., 2018, New species and new distributional records of Neotropical Mantispidae (Insecta: Neuroptera), Zootaxa 4413 (2), pp. 295-324 : 314

Haematomantispa nubeculosa ( Navás, 1933)

Fig. 9

Mantispa nubeculosa Navás, 1933: 196 , sex not indicated. Holotype: sex unknown, Costa Rica ( ZMUH).

New record. Colombia: Antioquia: Puerto Berrío, Alto de las Águilas , Hacienda Manaos. 6°27’10.09’’ N ‒ 74°36’13.74’’W, 440 m, 5‒6.VII.2013, Wolff-INPA, white light trap (1 ♀ ‒ CEUA).

Diagnosis. Antenna dark brown to black except seven or eight preapical yellowish flagellomeres. Fore- and hindwing with a shaded area posterior to distal portion of CuA ( Fig. 9c ). Male abdomen with intersegmental membrane between tergites 4 and 5 with a membrane invaginated into a single lobed pocket, extended anteriorly 1/ 5 the length of the tergite 5. Hypomeres present as small paired circular sclerites. Pseudopenis three times as long as height of gonarcal median triangle. Female terminalia with sternite 8 posteromedially rounded.

Distribution. Colombia (Antioquia), Costa Rica, Panama ( Hoffman 2002).

Comments. This species is found in lowlands, below 1000 m.a.s.l. from Costa Rica to northern Colombia, probably including the Pacific region and inter-Andean valleys where tropical rain forest predominates. Temporal distribution of the adults has been recorded since January to August and November ( Hoffman 2002). Immature stages and hosts are unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 9. Haematomantispa nubeculosa: a, female habitus; b, forefemur, outer (left) and inner (right) surfaces; c, pterothorax and abdomen, lateral view; d, head, frontal view.