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Mantispa

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Mantispa
Mantispa styriaca
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Neuroptera
Family: Mantispidae
Subfamily: Mantispinae
Genus: Mantispa
Illiger, 1798
Synonyms

Amycla Rafinesque, 1815
Mantispilla Enderlein, 1910

Mantispa[1] is the type genus of insects in the family Mantispidae[2] and subfamily Mantispinae (order Neuroptera). Species have a fairly worldwide distribution (but not Australia).[3]

Description

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The defining characteristic of Mantispa is the presence of dark, short, thick setae on the mesothorax and occiput (rear head segment).[4]

Species

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The Catalogue of Life lists:[2]

References

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  1. ^ Illiger JKW (1798) Verzeichniss der Käfer Preussens. Johann Jacob Gebauer, Halle.: i-xlii; 1-510.
  2. ^ a b Roskov Y, Kunze T, Orrell T, Abucay L, Paglinawan L, Culham A, Bailly N, Kirk P, Bourgoin T, Baillargeon G, Decock W, De Wever A, Didžiulis V, eds. (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  3. ^ GBIF: Mantispa Illiger, 1798
  4. ^ Snyman LP, Sole CL, Ohl M (2018) A revision of and keys to the genera of the Mantispinae of the Oriental and Palearctic regions (Neuroptera: Mantispidae). Zootaxa 4450(5): 501–549.
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