Zeugomantispa minuta

Zeugomantispa minuta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Neuroptera
Family:	Mantispidae
Genus:	Zeugomantispa
Species:	Z. minuta
Binomial name
Zeugomantispa minuta (Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms [1]
Mantispa femoralis Navás, 1914 Mantispa flavescens (Navás, 1914) Mantispa flavicornis (Navás, 1930) Mantispa flavomaculata Latreille, 1807 Mantispa pallescens Navás, 1914 Mantispa rubricata (Navás, 1924) Mantispa trichostigma (Navás, 1921) Mantispa viridata (Navás, 1924) Mantispa viridis Walker, 1853 Mantispa viridula (Houttuyn in Stoll, 1813)

ventral view

Zeugomantispa minuta, the green mantisfly, ^[2] is a species of mantidfly in the family Mantispidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America. ^{[1] [3] [4]}

Description

Like praying mantises, these insects use their forelegs to capture prey. ^[5] These insects also have parasitoid larvae, which are deposited in spider egg sacs. ^[6]

References

1. "Zeugomantispa minuta Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. Abbott, John; Abbott, Kendra (2023). Insects of North America. 41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540: Princeton University Press. pp. 286–287. ISBN   9780691232850.
3. "Zeugomantispa minuta". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
4. "Zeugomantispa minuta species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
5. "Mantidflies (Mantis Flies)". Missouri Department of Conservation. Retrieved 2024-11-01.
6. Lu, Xiumei; Wang, Bo; Zhang, Weiwei; Ohl, Michael; Liu, Xingyue (2020). "Cretaceous diversity and disparity in a lacewing lineage of predators (Neuroptera: Mantispidae)". Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 287 (1928). doi:10.1098/rspb.2020.0629. PMC   7341918 . PMID   32486975.

Further reading

• Ardila-Camacho, Adrian; García, Alexander (2015). "Mantidflies of Colombia (Neuroptera, Mantispidae)". Zootaxa. 3937 (3): 401–455. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3937.3.1. PMID   25947479.
• Machado, Pires; José, Renato; Rafael, José Albertino (2010). "Taxonomy of the Brazilian species previously placed in Mantispa Illiger, 1798 (Neuroptera: Mantispidae), with the description of three new species" . Zootaxa. 2454 (1): 1–61. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2454.1.1.
• Ohl, Michael (2004). "Annotated catalog of the Mantispidae of the World (Neuroptera)" (PDF). Contributions on Entomology, International. 5: 131–262. ISSN   1084-0745.
• Penny, Norman D.; Adans, Phillip A.; Stange, Lionel A. (1997). "Species catalog of the Neuroptera, Megaloptera and Raphidioptera of America north of Mexico". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. Fourth Series. 50: 39–114.

External links

• Media related to Zeugomantispa minuta at Wikimedia Commons