Plega Navás, 1927

Ardila-Camacho, Adrian & García, Alexander, 2015, Mantidflies of Colombia (Neuroptera, Mantispidae), Zootaxa 3937 (3), pp. 401-455 : 410-413

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3937.3.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5622133
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scientific name	Plega Navás, 1927
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Plega Navás, 1927 View in CoL View at ENA

Plega View in CoL includes 14 species distributed from southeastern United States to southern Bolivia and Brazil ( Hoffman 2002; Ohl 2004). Penny (1982b) and Penny & da Costa (1983) respectively studied the fauna of the Amazon basin and Brazil, but no comprehensive review of this genus is currently available. The determination of Neotropical species is consequently often unreliable. In this work we record two species, P. fasciatella View in CoL and P. hagenella View in CoL .

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Species grοup Plega View in CoL spp. Hοst(s) Reference(s)

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Immature stages of Plega View in CoL develop mainly on larvae and pupae of Hymenoptera View in CoL ( Apidae View in CoL , Colletidae View in CoL , Crabronidae View in CoL , Megachilidae View in CoL and Pompilidae View in CoL ), albeit were also observed feeding on immature stages of other orders: Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) View in CoL , Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera) View in CoL and Asilidae (Diptera) View in CoL ( Woglum 1935; Linsley & MacSwain 1955; Parker & Stange 1965; Werner & Butler 1965; Penny 1982b; Cambra et al. 2004). In laboratory conditions, MacLeod & Redborg (1982) offered as food immature Coleoptera View in CoL , Hymenoptera View in CoL and Lepidoptera View in CoL and indicated that the feeding specificity of the larvae could be more extensive than the studies on this subject suggest. Biological data, distribution and systematics of Plega View in CoL species are summarized in Table 2 View TABLE 2 .

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TABLE 2. Biοlοgical, geοgraphical and taxοnοmic data οf knοwn species οf Plega.

melitomae View in CoL	beardi Penny View in CoL Brazil, Τrinidad	5	Trypoxylon albitarsis (Crabrοnidae) Penny (1982b)
melitomae View in CoL melitomae View in CoL melitomae View in CoL	hagenella View in CoL Bοlivia, Brazil, (Westwοοd) Cοlοmbia, Cοsta Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Τrinidad, venezuela melitomae Linsley View in CoL & Mexicο MacSwain paraensis Penny Brazil	3‾4 4?	Hylaeus (Hylaeopsis) View in CoL sp (Cοlletidae) in nest οf Penny (1982b); Hοοk et Trypoxylon manni View in CoL ; Melipona subnitida View in CoL al. (2010); Maia-Silva et ( Apidae View in CoL ) al. (2013) Melitoma segmentaria (Apidae) View in CoL Linsley & MacSwain (1955); Parker & Stange (1965) ‾ Penny (1982b)
melitomae View in CoL signata View in CoL signata View in CoL signata View in CoL	yucatanae Parker View in CoL & Mexicο Stange banksi Rehn U.S.A. View in CoL dactylota Rehn U.S.A. View in CoL duckei Penny Brazil	2 7 7 ̶̶15 4	Megachile (Holomegachile) exaltata Parker & Stange (1965) (Megachilidae) View in CoL Asilidae View in CoL ; Cyclocephala pasadenae Rehn (1939) ; Werner & ( Scarabaeidae View in CoL ) Butler (1965) Tribolium confusum (Curculiοnidae; in Rehn (1939); MacLeοd labοratοry); Scelephron, Trypoxylon View in CoL , Pison View in CoL & Redbοrg (1982); Rice ( Sphecidae View in CoL , in labοratοry); Ephestia kuehniella (1987) View in CoL ( Pyralidae View in CoL , in labοratοry) ‾ Penny(1982b)
signata View in CoL signata View in CoL signata View in CoL ?	fasciatella View in CoL Cοlοmbia, venezuela (Westwοοd) fumosa Linsley & Mexicο MacSwain signata (Hagen) View in CoL U.S.A., Mexicο, Cοsta Rica fratercula Rehn U.S.A.	10 8 3 5	‾ Linsley & MacSwain (1955); Parker & Stange (1965) ‾ Linsley&MacSwain (1955) Egira curialis View in CoL (Nοctuidae), E. kuehniella View in CoL (in Wοglum (1935); Rehn labοratοry) (1939); Ferris (1940); MacLeοd & Redbοrg (1982) ‾ Rehn (1939)
?	variegata Navas Mexicο	?	‾ Navas (1927)
?	zikani Navas Brazil	?	‾ Οhl (2004)