The genus Climaciella Enderlein, 1910 (Neuroptera, Mantispidae) in French Guiana

By

Ardila-Camacho, Adrian
Winterton, Shaun L. (Shaun Leslie)
Contreras-Ramos, Atilano

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1153

Pages

37--64

Subjects

Lacewings , Neotropics , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1153.95960

 

Abstract

The genus Climaciella Enderlein, 1910 is a remarkable group of mantidflies (Neuroptera: Mantispidae: Mantispinae) distributed from Canada to Argentina, including parts of the Caribbean. This genus comprises nine valid extant species plus an extinct species from the late Oligocene of France. Species exhibit Batesian mimicry with vespid wasps (Vespidae). Herein, six species of Climaciella from French Guiana are documented. Before this study only C. semihyalina (Le Peletier de Saint Fargeau & Audinet-Serville in Latreille et al. 1825) was known from this territory. Two new species, C. elektroptera Ardila-Camacho, Winterton & Contreras-Ramos, sp. nov. and C. nigriflava Ardila-Camacho, Winterton & Contreras-Ramos, sp. nov., are described as well as the first records of C. amapaensis Penny, 1982, and C. tincta (Navás, 1914) provided from French Guiana. An unknown species recorded from a single female specimen is also presented. Based on the examination of material of C. amapaensis recorded here, a specimen previously recorded from Colombia as belonging to this species is herein proposed as a new species, C. risaraldensis Ardila-Camacho, sp. nov. A taxonomic key and high-resolution images of the species from French Guiana are provided.