Mantispa
Mantispa is the type genus of insects in the family Mantispidae and subfamily Mantispinae of the order Neuroptera. Species have a fairly worldwide distribution.
Etymology
The genus name Mantispa comes from "mantis" and "pagana", from the species name Mantis pagana..
Description
The defining characteristic of Mantispa is the presence of dark, short, thick setae on the mesothorax and occiput.
Species
The Catalogue of Life lists:Mantispa adelungi Navás, 1912Mantispa agapeta Mantispa alicante Banks, 1913Mantispa amabilis Gerstäcker, 1894Mantispa ambonensis Ohl, 2004Mantispa annulicornis Gerstäcker, 1894Mantispa aphavexelte U. Aspöck & H. Aspöck, 1994Mantispa ariasi Penny, 1983Mantispa axillaris Navás, 1908Mantispa azihuna Mantispa basalis Mantispa basilei Mantispa bella Kuwayama, 1925Mantispa bicolor Mantispa boliviana Mantispa brevistigma C.-k. Yang, 1999Mantispa capeneri Handschin, 1959Mantispa castaneipennis Esben-Petersen, 1917Mantispa celebensis Enderlein, 1910Mantispa centenaria Esben-Petersen, 1917Mantispa chlorodes Mantispa chlorotica Mantispa chrysops Stitz, 1913Mantispa completa Banks, 1920Mantispa confluens Navás, 1914Mantispa coomani Mantispa coorgensis Ohl, 2004Mantispa cora Newman, 1838Mantispa cordieri Mantispa crenata Navás, 1914Mantispa decepta Banks, 1920Mantispa delicata Mantispa deliciosa Mantispa dispersa Mantispa ellenbergeri Mantispa elpidica Mantispa enderleini Banks, 1914Mantispa fausta Mantispa femoralis Navás, 1914Mantispa fenestralis Navás, 1914Mantispa finoti Navás, 1909Mantispa flavicauda Mantispa flavinota Handschin, 1963Mantispa frontalis Mantispa fuliginosa Loew in Hagen, 1859Mantispa fulvicornis Navás, 1929Mantispa fuscipennis Erichson, 1839Mantispa gillavryna Mantispa gradata Mantispa greeni Banks, 1913Mantispa gulosa Taylor, 1862Mantispa guttula Fairmaire in Thomson, 1858Mantispa haematina Mantispa haugi Navás, 1909Mantispa indica Westwood, 1852Mantispa iridipennis Guérin-Méneville, 1844Mantispa japonica McLachlan, 1875Mantispa javanica Westwood, 1852Mantispa latifrons Enderlein, 1910Mantispa lineaticollis Enderlein, 1910Mantispa lineolata Westwood, 1852Mantispa lobata Navás, 1912Mantispa loveni Mantispa luederwaldti Enderlein, 1910Mantispa lurida Walker, 1860Mantispa lutea Mantispa luzonensis Navás, 1909Mantispa maindroni Navás, 1909Mantispa mandarina Navás, 1914Mantispa marshalli Mantispa meadewaldina Mantispa melanocera Mantispa militaris Mantispa moluccensis Banks, 1913Mantispa moucheti Mantispa moulti Navás, 1909Mantispa nana Mantispa nanyukina Mantispa navasi Handschin, 1960Mantispa negusa Navás, 1914Mantispa neotropica Navás, 1933Mantispa neptunica Navás, 1914Mantispa newmani Banks, 1920Mantispa nubila Mantispa obscurata Mantispa pallescens Stitz, 1913Mantispa paraguayana Ohl, 2004Mantispa parvula Penny, 1983Mantispa pasteuri Navás, 1909Mantispa pehlkei Enderlein, 1910Mantispa perla Mantispa phaeonota Navás, 1933Mantispa plicicollis Handschin, 1935Mantispa punctata Mantispa pygmaea Mantispa radialis Mantispa radiata Mantispa rimata Mantispa rufescens Latreille, 1807Mantispa salana Mantispa scabricollis McLachlan in Fedchenko, 1875Mantispa schoutedeni Mantispa scutellaris Westwood, 1852Mantispa similata Mantispa simplex Stitz, 1913Mantispa stenoptera Gerstäcker, 1888Mantispa stigmata Mantispa strigipes Westwood, 1852Mantispa styriaca Mantispa subcostalis Navás, 1929Mantispa taina Mantispa tenella Erichson, 1839Mantispa tenera Mantispa tessmanni Mantispa thomensis Viette, 1958Mantispa tonkinensis Navás, 1930Mantispa transversa Mantispa umbripennis Walker, 1860Mantispa uniformis Mantispa variolosa Navás, 1914Mantispa venulosa Mantispa verruculata Mantispa virescens Rambur, 1842Mantispa zayasi Mantispa zonaria Navás, 1925Mantispa zonata Navás, 1923