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Issue: Vol. 4425 No. 1: 29 May 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-05-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4425.1.12
Page range: 185–192
Abstract views: 43
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Trichoscelia Westwood (Neuroptera: Mantispidae) from northern South America

Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso—UFMT, Instituto de Biociências, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Neuroptera mantisfly lacewings Symphrasinae Brazil French Guyana identification key

Abstract

A new species of Trichoscelia Westwood (Mantispidae: Symphrasinae) is described herein, T. geraldoi n. sp. This is the 16th species classified within the genus and presents a quite unusual body color pattern for the group. A key for the South American species of Trichoscelia and a checklist of the Symphrasinae species are presented.

 

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