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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Neuroptera |
| Family: | Mantispidae |
| Genus: | Zeugomantispa |
| Species: | Z. minuta
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| Zeugomantispa minuta (Fabricius, 1775)
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Zeugomantispa minuta, the green mantisfly[2], is a species of mantidfly in the family Mantispidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America.[1][3][4]
Description
[edit]Like praying mantises, these insects use their forelegs to capture prey.[5] These insects also have parasitoid larvae, which are deposited in spider egg sacs [6].
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Zeugomantispa minuta Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ Abbott, John; Abbott, Kendra (2023). Insects of North America. 41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540: Princeton University Press. pp. 286–287. ISBN 9780691232850.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ "Zeugomantispa minuta". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Zeugomantispa minuta species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Mantidflies (Mantis Flies)". Missouri Department of Conservation. Retrieved 2024-11-01.
- ^ Lu, Xiumei; Wang, Bo; Zhang, Weiwei; Ohl, Michael; Liu, Xingyue (2020). "Cretaceous diversity and disparity in a lacewing lineage of predators (Neuroptera: Mantispidae)". The Royal Society Publishing (287).
Further reading
[edit]- Ardila-Camacho, Adrian; García, Alexander (2015). "Mantidflies of Colombia (Neuroptera, Mantispidae)". Zootaxa. 3937 (3): 401–455. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3937.3.1. PMID 25947479.
- Machado, Pires; José, Renato; Rafael, José Albertino (2010). "Taxonomy of the Brazilian species previously placed in Mantispa Illiger, 1798 (Neuroptera: Mantispidae), with the description of three new species". Zootaxa. 2454 (1): 1–61. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2454.1.1.
- Ohl, Michael (2004). "Annotated catalog of the Mantispidae of the World (Neuroptera)" (PDF). Contributions on Entomology, International. 5: 131–262. ISSN 1084-0745.
- Penny, Norman D.; Adans, Phillip A.; Stange, Lionel A. (1997). "Species catalog of the Neuroptera, Megaloptera and Raphidioptera of America north of Mexico". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. Fourth Series. 50: 39–114.
External links
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