Mantispa

{{Short description|Genus of insects}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Mantispa styriaca.jpg

| image_caption = Mantispa styriaca

| taxon = Mantispa

| authority = Illiger, 1798

| synonyms = Amycla Rafinesque, 1815


Mantispilla Enderlein, 1910

}}

MantispaIlliger JKW (1798) Verzeichniss der Käfer Preussens. Johann Jacob Gebauer, Halle.: i-xlii; 1-510. is the type genus of insects in the family Mantispidae and subfamily Mantispinae (order Neuroptera). Species have a fairly worldwide distribution (but not Australia).[https://www.gbif.org/species/2007011 GBIF: Mantispa Illiger, 1798]

Description

The defining characteristic of Mantispa is the presence of dark, short, thick setae on the mesothorax and occiput (rear head segment).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). [https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/download/zootaxa.4450.5.1/34232 Zootaxa 4450(5): 501–549].

Mantispa asphavexelte.jpg|M. asphavexelte showing characteristic occiput and thorax

Mantispa spp. 0014250.jpg|Mantispa sp.

Mantispa styriaca (Mantispidae) - (imago), Narbolia (comuni), Italy - 3.jpg|Mantispa styriaca

Species

The Catalogue of Life lists:{{cite web |url= http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2011/browse/tree/id/2412959 |title=Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist |access-date=27 October 2020 |veditors=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 |date=2011}}

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