Dicromantispa Hoffman, 2002

Hoffman, Kevin M., Oliver S. Flint, Jr. & Perez-Gelabert, Daniel E., 2017, The Mantispidae of the West Indies with special reference to the Dominican Republic (Neuroptera: Mantispidae), Insecta Mundi 2017 (559), pp. 1-15 : 4

Genus Dicromantispa Hoffman

This is an exclusively New World genus of 8 species, 2 of which are still undescribed (Hoffman 1992), found from southern Canada south to Argentina and Chile including the Bahamas Islands and the Greater Antilles. They are mostly brown, the pronotum has only scattered setae mostly at the anterior and posterior ends, the meso- and metanota have longitudinal yellow stripes laterally, and the wings are mostly transparent. The immatures of two species are associated with many species of primarily hunting spiders and their first instars are facultative boarders/penetrators ( Redborg and MacLeod 1985, Hoffman and Brushwein 1992).