Dicromantispa gracilis ( Erichson, 1839 )

Ardila-Camacho, Adrian & García, Alexander, 2015, Mantidflies of Colombia (Neuroptera, Mantispidae), Zootaxa 3937 (3), pp. 401-455 : 440-441

Dicromantispa gracilis ( Erichson, 1839)

( Fig. 26 , Map 5)

Mantispa gracilis Erichson, 1839: 169 . Holotype: female, Brazil (ZMB), not studied. Mantispilla debilis var. nigricornis Stitz, 1913 ; Ohl 2004: 168 (syn.).

Mantispilla debilis var. rugicollis Stitz, 1913 ; Ohl 2004: 168 (syn.).

Mantispilla trilineata Navás, 1914 ; Penny 1982b: 439 (syn.).

Mantispa bruchi Navás, 1915 ; Williner & Kormilev 1958: 6 (syn.).

Mantispa calceata Navás, 1917 ; Williner & Kormilev 1958: 6 (syn.).

Mantispa mista Navás, 1923 ; Williner & Kormilev 1958: 6 (syn.).

Mantispilla gounellei Navás, 1934 ; Penny 1982b: 439 (syn.).

Dicromantispa gracilis ; Hoffman 2002: 260 (diag.); Ohl 2004: 168 (cat.); Machado & Rafael 2010: 16 (redesc.).

Specimens examined. Colombia: Antioquia: Puerto Triunfo, 05°52’N – 74°38’W, 115 m, XII.1970, A. Madrigal, over Carica papaya (1 ♂ —MEFLG); Caldas: Victoria, Cuchilla de Buenavista, VI.2012, F. Gaviria (1 ♀—CEH- 085); Samaná, Cgto. Norcasia, 5°34’N – 74°53’W, 600 m, 11.X.2003, D. Quintana, manual capture (1 ♀—UNAB); Casanare: Monterrey, Vda. La orqueta, finca el pencil, 18.VII.2008, D. Castañeda, light trap (1 ♂, 1 ♀—MUD); Chocó: Centro Administrativo Sautatá, NNP los Katíos, 7°51’N – 77°08’W, 30 m, 13~ 28.I.2004, P. López, Malaise trap m-4253 (1 ♀—IAvH); Cundinamarca: Guaduas, vda. La campeona, 05°04’N – 74°34’W, 1000 m, 05.VI.1999, H. Tenjo and J. Muñoz (1 ♀‒UNAB); Tábio, 04°55’N – 74°06’W, 2500 m, 05.VII.1997, M. Bustos (1 ♂ —UNAB); Magdalena: Pivijay, 25.VI.1997, H. Moreno (1 ♂ —CEFUDFJC); Pivijay, 30.IX.1997, H. Moreno (1 ♂ —CEFUDFJC); Nariño: Iscuandé, II.1976 (1 ♀—MUSENUV‒2978); Santander: VI.1947 (3 ♂ ‒MEFLG); Bucaramanga, Gualillo, Lat: 7.144062-Long: -73.093691, 29.V.2007, D. Silva-Tavera, entomological net (1 ♂ —UIS); Tolima: Armero, Ciudad Antigua, 04°57’N – 74°54’W, 330 m, 12.IV.2012, U. Suarez, manual collection in arbustive vegetation (1 ♂ ‒UNAB); Fresno, fca. las perlas, 05°12’N – 75°02’W, 1500 m, 23~ 26.XII.2002, T. Arias, entomological net, m‒113 (1 ♂ —IAvH); Melgar, centro cafam, 450 m, 0 4.III.1991, M. Martínez, over grass (1 ♂ —MPUJ-14231); Melgar, Alto del Boquerón, 43 Km de Melgar, Río Sumapaz, 17.IV.1993, A. Saenz (1 ♀—UNAB); Saldaña, Vda. Santa Martha, Qbda. Doyare, 03°52’21’’N – 75°02’15’’W, 350 m, F. Serna (1 ♂ —UNAB); Valle del Cauca: Caicedonia, 04°18’53,8’’N – 75°52’42,2’’W, 1300 m, I-2007, D. Canacuan, manual collection (1 ♂ —MUSENUV-22886); Caicedonia, 04°18’53,8’’N – 75°52’42,2’’W, 1480 m, 14.IV.2006, C. Santamaría, (1 ♂ —MUSENUV-22795).

Diagnosis. Pronotum ochreous, often variably speckle with small brown spots. Forefemur dark reddish brown on the anterior surface, ochreous on posterior surface. Both wings hyaline. Ectoproct with ventromedial lobe completely sclerotized, bilobed, densely covered with short and thick setae.

Remarks. According to Hoffman (2002), D. gracilis has been reared from egg-sacs of Trechalea amazonica F.O. Pickard-Cambridge (Trechaleidae) . Adults can be collected throughout the year ( Machado & Rafael 2010). This species has an altitudinal distribution range in Colombia between 30 and 1500 m. Previously reported for Colombia, in this paper D. gracilis extends its known distribution range to Antioquia, Caldas, Casanare, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Nariño, Santander, Tolima and Valle del Cauca, making it the most common species of this genus in the country.

Distribution. Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guyana, Panama, Uruguay, Venezuela.

Figures

FIGURE 26. Distribution of mantispids in Colombia. 5, Dicromantispa species; 6, E. batesella; 7, L. hoffmani; 8, Zeugomantispa species. Elevation in meters.