Afromantispa nana (Erichson, 1839)

Insom, Emilio & Terzani, Fabio, 2024, Some Neuroptera of the Horn of Africa from the Museum of Zoology of the University of Rome “ La Sapienza ” (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae, Mantispidae, Ascalaphidae, Myrmeleontidae), Fragmenta entomologica 56 (1), pp. 39-52 : 42

Afromantispa nana : Snyman et al., 2015: 95 (Tax).

Specimens examined ‒ Somalia: 1♂, (SO.07) Lower Shabelle Reg. , Shabelle swamps, Abarey, Joware Lake, 13-14.V.1988, at light, M. Bologna leg. ; 1♂, 1♀ idem, 14- 15.V.1988, at light, A. Vigna Taglianti leg.

Distribution. Burkina Faso, Djibouti, Eritrea, Republic of the Congo, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sudan, Unit- ed Arab Emirates, Yemen. These new records also extend the species to Somalia.