Haematomantispa sp.1

Haematomantispa sp. Figure 6 A���E Diagnosis. This specimen has the body predominantly dark-red, pronotum longer than broad, with setae covering its entire length, wings hyaline and foreleg with 2 pretarsal claws. Examined material. Brazil, Tocantins, Palmas, Fazenda Encantada, 10��15 �� 0 2.6 �� S, 048��07 �� 23.1 �� W, 9���10.xi. 2012, Krolow, T.K. & Lima, H.I.L. leg. (1♀ CEUFT). Distribution. The genus occurs from Costa Rica to Brazil: Amazonas and Rond��nia (Machado and Martins 2018). New records. Tocantins: Palmas municipality. Comments. Until now the only species of Haematomantispa known from Brazil is H. amazonica Machado & Rafael, 2010. The unique specimen studied here is a female and probably is a new species, as it does not present the main morphological characters of H. amazonica. We opted not to formally describe this new species because our specimen is a female; the male genitalia provide the most important characters to distinguish species of Haematomantispa. We made many attempts to collected more specimens but all were unsuccessful.
Published as part of Alvim, Breno Ganns Chaves, Machado, Renato Jose Pires & Krolow, Tiago K��tter, 2019, Mantidflies (Neuroptera, Mantispidae) from Tocantins state (Brazil): distribution and identification key, pp. 275-285 in Check List 15 (2) on page 282, DOI: 10.15560/15.2.275, http://zenodo.org/record/2617010
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