Eumantispa pseudoharmandi Yang & Liu, 2010

Kaur, Simarjit, Pandher, Manpreet Singh & Chandra, Kailash, 2020, New records of family Mantispidae (Insecta: Neuroptera) from India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 120 (3), pp. 251-256 : 252-253

Eumantispa pseudoharmandi Yang & Liu, 2010 ( Fig. 1-4 )

2010. Eumantispa pseudoharmandi Yang & Liu, Zootaxa, 2669 (1): 58-60.

Material examined: India: Arunachal Pradesh; Dihang- Dibang Biosphere Reserve, Anini , 28°26’988’’N, 95°51.149’’E, 1968 m, 26.x.2017, leg. N. Singh & party, ( NZC), 1 ♂ .

Measurement: Body: 16mm, Forewing Length: 20.3 mm, Width: 3.9 mm.

Distribution: China (Fujian), India (Arunachal Pradesh).

Remarks: The pattern of prothorax and wings of this species looks similar to E. harmandi . But in E. pseudoharmandi the head bears one black transverse stripe between base of antennae; vertex with 2 brown longitudinal stripes and one light brown transverse stripe at posterior margin; fore leg with the median part of coxa black, one black stripe on inner side of femur and tibia entirely black; forewing with 4 RA cells. Whereas in E. harmandi the head bears one big black spot near base of antennae in case of males and one black transverse stripe in case of females; fore legs brown with basal part of coxa black and otherwise yellow.

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Figures 5-6. Female of Eumantispa tibetana C.-k.Yang, 1988. 5. Prothorax, dorsal view; 6. Prothorax, lateral view.

Further Yang & Liu (2010) in their description of E. pseudoharmandi mentioned presence of one short yellow median stripe on the broad anterior section of prothorax which is not visible in our specimen.

Figures

Figures 1-2. Male ofEumantispa pseudoharmandi Yang & Liu, 2010. 1. Prothorax, dorsal view; 2. Head, anterior view.

Figures 3-4. Male of Eumantispa pseudoharmandi Yang & Liu, 2010. 3. Fore leg, inner view; 4. Left forewing and hindwing, dorsal view.