Leptomantispa Explained

Leptomantispa is a genus of mantidflies in the family Mantispidae. There are about seven described species in Leptomantispa.

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Leptomantispa:

• Leptomantispa ariasi (Penny, 1983)
• Leptomantispa axillaris (Navás, 1908)
• Leptomantispa catarinae Pires Machado & Rafael, 2007
• Leptomantispa chaos Hoffman in Penny, 2002
• Leptomantispa hoffmani Ardila-Camacho in Ardila-Camacho & García, 2015
• Leptomantispa nymphe Hoffman in Penny, 2002
• Leptomantispa pulchella (Banks, 1912)

Further reading

• Systematics of the Mantispinae (Neuroptera: Mantispidae) of North, Central and South America. 1992. Hoffman . Kevin M.. Clemson University. Ph.D..
• Annotated catalog of the Mantispidae of the World (Neuroptera). 2004. Ohl . Michael. Contributions on Entomology, International. 5. 131–262. 1084-0745.
• Mantispidae (Neuroptera) of Mexico: Distribution and Key to Genera. 2008. Reynoso-Velasco . Daniel. Contreras-Ramos . Atilano. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 101. 4. 703–712. 10.1093/aesa/101.4.703. free.
• Species catalog of the Neuroptera, Megaloptera and Raphidioptera of America north of Mexico. 1997. Penny . Norman D.. Adans . Phillip A.. Stange . Lionel A.. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. Fourth Series. 50. 39–114.