Mantispilla coorgensis ( Ohl, 2004a ) Kaur & Pandher & Chandra & Dubey, 2021

Kaur, Simarjit, Pandher, Manpreet Singh, Chandra, Kailash & Dubey, Anil Kumar, 2021, Subfamily Mantispinae Enderlein, 1910 (Insecta: Neuroptera) in India, Zootaxa 5068 (3), pp. 355-377 : 370

16. Mantispilla coorgensis ( Ohl, 2004a) Comb. nov.

Mantispa coorgensis Ohl, 2004a: 180 .

( Figs. 39–41 )

Material examined. Madhya Pradesh: Chhindwala, Totladoh Rest House , 11.ix.2001 (S.K. Mishra), ( NZSI), 1 female ; Seoni, Bodanala , 22.vii.2001 (M.L. Koshta), ( NZSI), 1 female ; 23.vii.2001, 1 male; Karmalhiri , 21.vi.2001 (K. Chandra), ( NZSI), 1 female ; 10.vii.2001 ( R.K. Singh), 1 female . Chhattisgarh: Bilaspur, Chhaparwa Rest House , 13.vii.2004 (A. Singh), ( NZSI), 1 male and 1 female ; 20.vii.2004, 1 female; 21.vii.2004, 1 male; Bamni forest , 20.vi.2004 (A.Singh), ( NZSI), 2 females ; 1.vii.2004, 1 male. West Bengal: 24- Parganas , 18.ii.1989 (S.K. Ghosh), ( NZSI), 3 males and 2 females .

Distribution. India (Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal).

Remarks. Mantispa femoralis Banks, 1933 , was described from Coorg in Karnataka. However, Navás (1914) had already described a species from North America with same name. Therefore, M. femoralis Banks was a junior primary homonym of M. femoralis Navás, 1914 , and was replaced by Ohl (2004a), with the replacement name based on the type locality, as M. coorgensis . It is very similar to Mantispilla indica Westwood , but can be differentiated by the dark pterostigma of each wing, the dark streak on each femur, and the dark bases of the tibiae. So, based on these characteristics, which are actually the diagnostic characteristics of Mantispilla , this species is placed in Mantispilla as Mantispilla coorgensis comb. nov.

Figures

FIGS. 34–41. Mantispidae spp. Eumantispa pseudoharmandi Yang and Liu: 34, habitus, dorsal view; 35, head and thorax, dorsal. Eumantispa rugicollis (Navás): 36, head and thorax, dorsal view. Eumantispa tibetana C.-k. Yang: 37, habitus, dorsal view; 38, head and thorax, dorsal view. Mantispilla coorgensis Ohl, 2004a: 39, habitus, dorsal view; 40, head and thorax, dorsal view; 41, foreleg, left lateral view.