Dicromantispa venulosa (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

Dicromantispa venulosa (Navás)

Fig. 19

Mantispilla venulosa Navás, 1914 c: 85 . Lectotype (here designated): female ( NHMUK). Type locality: Central America: Caldera .

Notes.

The status of this species is very similar to Mantispilla flavicauda as discussed above. It was described by Navás (1914 c) from an unprecise location in Central America, but the number of specimens used for the description was not clear. In this sense, we are herein designating the female from NHMUK, the sole specimen found here, as the lectotype. After the original description the species was treated in Mantispa by Penny (1977) and Ohl (2004), and more recently transferred to Dicromantispa without justification by Snyman et al. (2018). Herein after analyzing the lectotype we agree with Snyman et al. (2018) that the species belongs to Dicromantispa . However, the lectotype shows all the major characters of D. gracilis , like hyaline wings with some of the major veins being yellow (Fig. 19 F, G ). In this sense, we are herein synonymizing Mantispilla venulosa Navás, 1914 under Dicromantispa gracilis ( Erichson, 1839) (new synonym).

Figures

Figure 19. Mantispilla venulosa Navás 1914, lectotype, female. A, B. Habitus photo, dorsal and lateral views; C. Head, frontal view; D. Head and prothorax, lateral view; E. Foreleg, outer view; F, G. Right fore and hind wings; H. Labels.