Mantispa scabricollis McLachlan

Khudhur, Farhad A. & Ábrahám, Levente, 2025, A report on the lacewing fauna of Iraqi Kurdistan (Neuroptera: Mantispidae, Nemopteridae, Myrmeleontidae, Ascalaphidae), Zootaxa 5665 (2), pp. 223-238 : 225-226

Mantispa scabricollis McLachlan in Fedchenko, 1875

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Mantispa scabricollis McLachlan in Fedchenko, 1875: 13 (Odescr), Aspöck et al. 2001: 203 (Mon).

Material examined: 1♀ IRAQ, Sulaymaniyah, Gapilon, Balkhé Village Qulla Chankh 35°46’59.9”N, 45°22’34.2”E, 18.IX.2023 leg: Farhad A. Khudhur ; 3♂ 4♀ IRAQ, Sulaymaniyah, Dukan, Zewe Village Piramagroon Mt. 35°45’45.0”N, 45°14’26.4”E, 19.IX.2023, leg: Farhad A. Khudhur & Aland Nwab .

Remarks: The species is distributed from southeastern Europe ( Greece) to Pakistan ( Hassan et al. 2019), and in the north, it extends from the southern foreland of the Caucasus to Inner Asia as far as Turkmenistan (Dobosz 2007). It has previously been documented in Iraq as part of the Expansive Pontomediterran faunal element ( Aspöck et al. 2001).

This species differs from the other Western Palaearctic species by its small size (length of forewing: 7.5-12 mm), and can be easily distinguished from them by the characters on the dorsal surface of the pronotum. There are warty protrusions on the surface of the pronotum, each bearing a short dark bristle ( Fig. 3B ).

Figures

FIGURE 3. A—Habitus of Mantispa scabricollis, B—Pronotum in dorsal view; C—Forewing of Dielocroce ephemera, magnified, D—Forewing of Dielocroce elegans, magnified E—Habitus of D. elegans; F—Habitus of D. elegans; G—Habitus of Palpares chrysopterus H—Abdomen in lateral view; I—Habitus of Palpares libelluloides; J—Abdomen in lateral view; K—Habitus of Parapalpares solidus. Abbreviations: Sc—Subcosta, Rs—Radius sector, B—Bulla, (Scale bar: 10 mm)