Mantispidae, Leach, 1815

Marquez-López, Yesenia & Contreras-Ramos, Atilano, 2018, Description of the pupa of Climaciella brunnea (Say) (Mantispidae, Mantispinae) and a key to known pupae of mantispids from North America, Zootaxa 4444 (1) : -

Key to know pupae of Mantispidae of North America (modified from Hoffman & Brushwein 1992).

1. Head with coronal suture; mandible uniformly colored ( Fig. 2A )......... Symphrasinae ... Plega yucatanae Parker & Stange

- Head without coronal suture; mandible with inner margin brown distally ( Fig. 2B )...................... Mantispinae ...2

2. Abdominal tergites III–IV each with setae only as long as height of dorsal hooks in lateral view ( Fig. 2C )................................................................... Dicromantispa interrupta (Say) / Dicromantispa sayi (Banks) - Abdominal tergites III–IV each with setae 2–3 times as long as height of dorsal hooks in lateral view ( Fig. 2D )........... 3 3. Abdominal tergites IV–V each with a transverse band of red circular pores ( Fig. 1C )............ Climaciella brunnea (Say) - Abdominal tergites IV–V without a transverse band of red circular pores.......................................... 4 4. Abdominal tergite IX with setae in one transverse row laterally ( Fig. 2E )................ Leptomantispa pulchella (Banks) - Abdominal tergite IX with setae in two transverse rows laterally ( Fig. 2F ).............. Zeugomantispa minuta (Fabricius)

Figures

FIGURE 1. Male pupa of Climaciella brunnea (Say). A) Habitus, lateral view; B) Habitus, dorsal view; C) Band of red circular pores on abdomen (bcp); D) Abdominal tergite III with close up of dorsal hooks.

FIGURE 2. A) Head of pupa of Plega yucatanae Parker & Stange, front view (redrawn from Parker & Stange 1965, original illustration lacked scale), cs = coronal suture; B) Head of pupa of Leptomantispa pulchella (Banks), front view (redrawn from Hoffman & Brushwein 1992); C) Hooks of abdominal tergite III of male pupa of Dicromantispa interrupta (Say), lateral view (redrawn from Hoffman & Brushwein 1992); D) Hooks of abdominal tergite III of male pupa of Zeugomantispa minuta (Fabricius), lateral view (redrawn from Hoffman & Brushwein 1992); E) Abdominal segments VIII–X of female pupa of Leptomantispa pulchella (Banks), lateral view (redrawn from Hoffman & Brushwein 1992); F) Abdominal segments VIII–X of female pupa of Zeugomantispa minuta (Fabricius), lateral view (redrawn from Hoffman & Brushwein 1992).