Snyman, Louwrens P.;Sole, Catherine L.;Ohl, Michael
Mantispa
Sign in to saveMantispa is the type genus of insects in the family Mantispidae and subfamily Mantispinae of the order Neuroptera. Species have a fairly worldwide distribution (but not Australia).
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderNeuroptera
- FamilyMantispidae
Observations5,095
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 23
- Family
- Mantispidae
- Collections
- IIZD-UASLP, NMMNHS, UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA COLLECTION OF ARTHOPODS (UCFC), TAMU, NRM, USNM
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Ecuador, Trinidad And Tobago, Panama, Spain, Indonesia, Gambia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Mantispidae
- Image
- Mantispa styriaca.jpg
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- taxon name
- Mantispa
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Mantispa
- topic's main category
- Category:Mantispa
- diel cycle
- diurnality
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Description
- Species
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Mantispa is the type genus of insects in the family Mantispidae and subfamily Mantispinae of the order Neuroptera. Species have a fairly worldwide distribution (but not Australia).
== Etymology == The genus name Mantispa comes from "mantis" and "pagana", from the species name Mantis pagana..
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