Subfamily Mantispinae

Currently the New World fauna of this subfamily is composed of approximately 58 species grouped into ten genera ( Buyda Navás, Climaciella Enderlein, Dicromantispa Hoffman, Entanoneura Enderlein, Haematomantispa Hoffman, Leptomantispa Hoffman, Mantispa Illiger, Paramantispa Williner & Kormilev, Xeromantispa Hoffman, and Zeugomantispa Hoffman). In the Americas, this group is found from Canada to Argentina but it is absent in Chile (Ohl 2004).