Dicromantispa lineaticollis (Enderlein)

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

Dicromantispa lineaticollis (Enderlein)

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Mantispa lineaticollis Enderlein, 1910: 348. Holotype: female ( MZPW). Type locality: Brazil: Pará: Faro.

Notes.

In the original description, Enderlein (1910) mentioned the holotype as a male, instead after analyzing the specimen herein it is clear that it is a female. The principal publication about this species after its original description is Penny (1982), who redescribed M. lineaticollis based on one male. However, Penny explicitly mentioned that he did not see the holotype, and that his conclusion could be erroneous. Penny’s interpretation was followed by some later studies on the Brazilian mantispids ( Penny and Costa 1983; Carvalho and Corseuil 1995). Machado and Rafael (2010) studied images of the holotype of M. lineaticollis and concluded that the species is a synonym of Dicromantispa debilis (Gerstaecker) . At that time D. debilis was considered to be a synonym of M. compellens Walker as proposed by Penny (1982), but later it was revalidated by Hoffman (2002, see also Ohl 2004). The synonymy of M. lineaticollis under D. debilis was accepted by all following publications ( Ardila-Camacho and García 2015; Ardila-Camacho et al. 2018). Herein, after analyzing the holotype, we agree with the conclusion by Machado and Rafael (2010) that M. lineaticollis is a junior synonym of D. debilis .

Figures

Figure 12. Mantispa lineaticollis Enderlein 1910, holotype, male. A. Habitus photo, dorsal view; B. Labels; C. Left fore and hind wings; D, E. Head, frontal and dorsal views; F. Forelegs; G. Prothorax, dorsal view; H, I. Pterothorax, dorsal and lateral views. J, K. Abdomen, lateral and ventral views. Scale bars: 5.0 mm (A, C); 2.0 mm (F, J, K); 1.0 mm (D, E, G – I).