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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, is a species of mantidfly in the family Mantispidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America.
Description
Like praying mantises, these insects use their forelegs to capture prey. These insects also have parasitoid larvae, which are deposited in spider egg sacs .
References
- ^ "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
- 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
Media related to Zeugomantispa minuta at Wikimedia Commons
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