Dicromantispa Hoffman, 2002

Dicromantispa comprises ten species (Hoffman, 2002; Machado & Rafael, 2010) distributed from southern Canada to Argentina, including the Bahamas, Cuba and Puerto Rico (Hoffman, 2002). In this paper we registered three species D. debilis, D. gracilis, and D. moulti .

Concerning the biology of this group, the first larval instar of D. interrupta (Say) has been founded in association with 13 species of spiders in five different families namely Salticidae, Ctenidae, Pisauridae, Lycosidae and Clubionidae (Hoffman & Brushwein 1990) . Redborg & MacLeod (1985) reported D. sayi (Banks) a facultative boarder-penetrator associated with 31 species in 21 genera of spiders. Rice (1986) and Rice & Peck (1991) listed 13 species belonging to six spider families ( Araneidae, Gnaphosidae, Mimetidae, Salticidae, Scytodidae and Tetragnathidae) as hosts of this species.