Nolima infensa Navas , 1924

Reynoso-Velasco, Daniel & Contreras-Ramos, Atilano, 2019, Taxonomic review of the mantidfly genus Nolima Navas (Neuroptera, Mantispidae, Calomantispinae), ZooKeys 853, pp. 131-158 : 131

Nolima infensa Navas, 1924 Figs 3A, 7, 8

Nolima infensus Navás, 1924: 61-62 (original description); Penny 1977: 36 (species list); Penny 1982: 213 (illustration); Henry et al. 1992: 449 (species list); Penny 1998: 212 (species list); Hoffman 2002: 252, 420-423 (species list, diagnosis, illustrations); Reynoso-Velasco and Contreras-Ramos 2010: 271-272 (species list, distribution).

Nolima infensa Navás: Ohl 2004: 158 (species list, correction of specific epithet original misspelling); Cancino-López et al. 2015: 202-203, 207-208 (species list, distribution, photo, systematics).

Diagnosis.

It differs from other Nolima species as follows: a) male sterna I–VIII with circular structures only laterally (Fig. 8E), b) male ectoprocts with membrane between apices sclerotized, c) male ectoprocts with dorsal margin strongly convex (Fig. 8E, F), d) male ectoprocts each with cluster of long bristles anteromedially (Fig. 8 E–G), e) gonarcus narrowly rounded (Fig. 8H), and f) pseudopenis slender apically (Fig. 8I).

Note.

This species was described based on a single female specimen collected in Costa Rica; Navás (1924) stated this species was similar to N. victor .

Description.

Male. Head. Vertex with M-shaped mark not bifurcated behind antennal sockets (Fig. 8A); vertex irregular marks that originate posteromedially converging with upper part of M-shaped mark (Fig. 8A). Frons with a pair of small irregular marks (Fig. 8A). Antennae 39 to 46-segmented; scape with longitudinal ovoid mark on posterior surface, pigmentation on distal margin; pedicel with pigmentation on posterior surface.

Thorax. Prothorax with pigmentation on pronotum, except anterolateral pale yellow mark on each side of midline (Fig. 8B). Forecoxa with bristle-bearing chalazae only on ventral surface, fine pale yellow setae on most of remaining surface (Fig. 8C). Forefemur with four marks on lateral surface (Fig. 8C), mesal and dorsal surfaces without marks. Foretibia with small dorsolateral mark medially (Fig. 8C). Mesopleuron generally pale yellow. Metapleuron with pigmentation on anepimeron, katepimeron, and meron. Middle and hind legs with fine pale yellow setae.

Abdomen. Terga and lateral surface of sterna I–VIII with circular structures, not in contact to each other (Fig. 8D), microsetae in space between circular structures. Sternum IX with setae on entire surface, apex broadly rounded in lateral view (Fig. 8E). Ectoprocts with dorsal margin strongly convex in lateral view; long bristles arranged in two clusters anteromedially (Fig. 8F, G); membrane between apexes of ectoprocts sclerotized, posteriorly produced (Fig. 8F), narrowly rounded in dorsal view (Fig. 8G); basal apodeme of ectoprocts broad, strongly sclerotized (Fig. 8G). Callus cerci obsolete. Gonarcus robust, narrowly rounded (Fig. 8H). Gonocoxite IX with base almost straight (Fig. 8I). Pseudopenis conspicuously slender apically (Fig. 8I).

Female. Pigmentation and setation generally same as for male.

Variation.

In both sexes, the pair of marks on the frons may be absent. An irregular mark may be present on the clypeus. The pigmentation on the forefemur may be absent. Specimens may also present pigmentation on the mesopleural katepisternum and anepimeron, on the metapleural anepisternum and katepisternum, or lack pigmentation on the pteropleural area. The dorsal margin of male ectoprocts may be only slightly convex in lateral view.

Biology and natural history.

Based on collecting data, adults of this species may be found active from May through August.

Etymology.

Navás (1924) did not specify the etymology of the species name. The specific epithet infensus is a Latin adjective meaning hostile or annoyed.

Repository.

The holotype is housed at the MNHN.

Type locality.

Costa Rica.

Distribution.

This species is distributed from central Mexico (Chiapas, Morelos, Oaxaca, Veracruz) south to Costa Rica (Puntarenas), including Guatemala (Zacapa) and Honduras (Comayagua, Yoro) (Fig. 7). Based on the material examined, elevation records (n = 4) range from 396 to 1,500 meters. Reported here are the first records of the species from Guatemala and Honduras. A male specimen of N. infensa from FSCA indicates it was collected in Florida (United States). As Nolima is distributed in the southwestern United States and considering that N. pinal is the sole species present in that area, the record from Florida is considered erroneous. Also, a female specimen at the NHMUK indicates it was collected in Guyana, South America. The specimen exhibits similar features to those of N. infensa , yet male specimens are required to confirm the species identification. This record is considered dubious based on the fact that no other Nolima specimens have been reported from nearby countries such as Colombia, where the fauna of Mantispidae has been recently studied ( Ardila-Camacho and García 2015, Ardila-Camacho et al. 2018).

Published records.

Costa Rica; México: Morelos, Oaxaca ( Navás 1924, Penny 1977, Henry et al. 1992, Ohl 2014, Reynoso-Velasco and Contreras-Ramos 2010, Cancino-López et al. 2015).

Type material examined.

HOLOTYPE ♀ (by monotypy): COSTA RICA: Nolima infensus Nav. P. Navás S.J. det [1st label], TYPE [2nd label], Museum Paris, Costa Rica, Paul Serre 192 [3rd label]. Microvial with last abdominal segments of the holotype in glycerine, pinned next to specimen: HOLOTYPE Nolima infensus Navás ♀, Genitalia in Glycerin BEARD [single label] (MNHN).

Additional material examined.

COSTA RICA: Puntarenas: Las Alturas, 1500 m, 22-V-1992, F. Andrews & A. Gilbert, Nolima infensus det. N. Penny (1♀, 1 adult without abdomen CAS). GUATEMALA: Zacapa: 12-14 km S San Lorenzo, 3-VI-1989, J. Wappes (1♂, 2♀ TAMU). [GUYANA: East Berbice-Corentyne]: British Guiana, New River, boundary mark 82, 1300 ft, 12-V-1938, C.[A.] Hudson (1♀ NHMUK). HONDURAS: Comayagua: Rancho Chiquito, Km 62, 2800 ft, 7-VI-1964, Blanton et al., blacklight trap (1♂ FSCA); Yoro: Pico Pijol, 22-VII-2001, R. Turnbow, mercury vapor light (1♂, 1♀ FSCA). MEXICO: Chiapas: [Ocozocoautla de Espinosa], Parque Laguna Bélgica, 2-VI-1991, B. Ratcliffe et al. (1♂ CASC); Morelos: [Mpio. Amacuzac], Huajintlán, carr. Amacuzac, 18°36'06"N, 99°25'19"W, 925 m, 4-VII-2005, H. Brailovsky & E. Barrera (1♀ CNIN); Oaxaca: [Mpio. Candelaria Loxicha], Portillo del Rayo, 3-4-VI-1987, L. Cervantes (1♂, 1♀ CNIN); [Mpio. Asunción Ixtaltepec], 12 mi S Chivela, 18-VIII-1959, L. Stange & A. Menke (1♀ FSCA); same but / ♂ genitalia close to my specimen ex [from] Oakland Park, Fla., leg. C.F. Dowling / not Nolima pinal E. MacLeod, 7-X-1979 (1♂ FSCA); Veracruz: [Mpio. Catemaco], Coyame, Lake Catemaco, 2-VII-1963, R.E. Woodruff, blacklight trap (1♀ FSCA). UNITED STATES: Florida: Broward Co., Oakland Park, [no day]-IV-1964, C.F. Dowling, at light (1♂ FSCA) [probably erroneous locality data].