Buyda confluens (Navás)

Pires Machado, Renato Jose, Li, Hongyu & Ohl, Michael, 2025, Solving taxonomic and nomenclatural problems among the Neotropical species of the family Mantispidae (Insecta, Neuroptera), Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 72 (1), pp. 57-83 : 57-83

Buyda confluens (Navás)

Fig. 3

Mantispa confluens Navás, 1914 a: 19 . Lectotype: male ( NHMUK) (here designated). Type locality: Panama: Chiriqui: Bugaba .

Notes.

The original description is not clear about the number of specimens used for the description, as evidenced by Ohl (2004), who stated “ holotype (or syntypes) ” when treating this species. In this sense, we are herein designating the male specimen from NHMUK, the sole specimens found here, as the lectotype. After the description, the name was listed by Penny (1977) and included in the catalogue by Ohl (2004). Later, Ardila-Camacho et al. (2018) synonymized the species under B. phthisica (Gerstaecker) , based on the original description and two illustrations provided by Navás (1914 a), but without studying the type. After analyzing the lectotype, we herein confirm the synonymy proposed by Ardila-Camacho et al. (2018). The lectotype of M. confluens has all major characters of B. phthisica , and the description and illustrations presented by Navás (1914 a) also matches with B. phthisica .

Figures

Figure 3. Mantispa confluens Navás 1914, lectotype, male. A, B. Head and thorax, dorsal and lateral views; C. Head, frontal view; D. Foreleg, outer surface; E. Right forewing; F. Right hind wing; G. Abdomen, lateral view; H. Genitalia, dorsal view; I. Labels.