Mantispa is the type genus of insects in the family Mantispidae and subfamily Mantispinae of the order Neuroptera. Species have a fairly worldwide distribution (but not Australia).
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 (rear head segment).
Species
The Catalogue of Life lists:
- Mantispa adelungi <small>Navás, 1912</small>
- Mantispa agapeta <small>(Navás, 1914)</small>
- Mantispa alicante <small>Banks, 1913</small>
- Mantispa amabilis <small>Gerstäcker, 1894</small>
- Mantispa ambonensis <small>Ohl, 2004</small>
- Mantispa annulicornis <small>Gerstäcker, 1894</small>
- Mantispa aphavexelte <small>U. Aspöck & H. Aspöck, 1994</small>
- Mantispa ariasi <small>Penny, 1983</small>
- Mantispa axillaris <small>Navás, 1908</small>
- Mantispa azihuna <small>(Stitz, 1913)</small>
- Mantispa basalis <small>(Navás, 1927)</small>
- Mantispa basilei <small>(Navás, 1930)</small>
- Mantispa bella <small>Kuwayama, 1925</small>
- Mantispa bicolor <small>(Stitz, 1913)</small>
- Mantispa boliviana <small>(Navás, 1927)</small>
- Mantispa brevistigma <small>C.-k. Yang, 1999</small>
- Mantispa capeneri <small>Handschin, 1959</small>
- Mantispa castaneipennis <small>Esben-Petersen, 1917</small>
- Mantispa celebensis <small>Enderlein, 1910</small>
- Mantispa centenaria <small>Esben-Petersen, 1917</small>
- Mantispa chlorodes <small>(Navás, 1914)</small>
- Mantispa chlorotica <small>(Navás, 1912)</small>
- Mantispa chrysops <small>Stitz, 1913</small>
- Mantispa completa <small>Banks, 1920</small>
- Mantispa confluens <small>Navás, 1914</small>
- Mantispa coomani <small>(Navás, 1930)</small>
- Mantispa coorgensis <small>Ohl, 2004</small>
- Mantispa cora <small>Newman, 1838</small>
- Mantispa cordieri <small>(Navás, 1933)</small>
- Mantispa crenata <small>Navás, 1914</small>
- Mantispa decepta <small>Banks, 1920</small>
- Mantispa delicata <small>(Navás, 1914)</small>
- Mantispa deliciosa <small>(Navás, 1927)</small>
- Mantispa dispersa <small>(Navás, 1914)</small>
- Mantispa ellenbergeri <small>(Navás, 1927)</small>
- Mantispa elpidica <small>(Navás, 1914)</small>
- Mantispa enderleini <small>Banks, 1914</small>
- Mantispa fausta <small>(Thunberg, 1784)</small>
- Mantispa femoralis <small>Navás, 1914</small>
- Mantispa fenestralis <small>Navás, 1914</small>
- Mantispa finoti <small>Navás, 1909</small>
- Mantispa flavicauda <small>(Navás, 1914)</small>
- Mantispa flavinota <small>Handschin, 1963</small>
- Mantispa frontalis <small>(Navás, 1914)</small>
- Mantispa fuliginosa <small>Loew in Hagen, 1859</small>
- Mantispa fulvicornis <small>Navás, 1929</small>
- Mantispa fuscipennis <small>Erichson, 1839</small>
- Mantispa gillavryna <small>(Navás, 1926)</small>
- Mantispa gradata <small>(Navás, 1926)</small>
- Mantispa greeni <small>Banks, 1913</small>
- Mantispa gulosa <small>Taylor, 1862</small>
- Mantispa guttula <small>Fairmaire in Thomson, 1858</small>
- Mantispa haematina <small>(Navás, 1914)</small>
- Mantispa haugi <small>Navás, 1909</small>
- Mantispa indica <small>Westwood, 1852</small>
- Mantispa iridipennis <small>Guérin-Méneville, 1844</small>
- Mantispa japonica <small>McLachlan, 1875</small>
- Mantispa javanica <small>Westwood, 1852</small>
- Mantispa latifrons <small>Enderlein, 1910</small>
- Mantispa lineaticollis <small>Enderlein, 1910</small>
- Mantispa lineolata <small>Westwood, 1852</small>
- Mantispa lobata <small>Navás, 1912</small>
- Mantispa loveni <small>(Navás, 1928)</small>
- Mantispa luederwaldti <small>Enderlein, 1910</small>
- Mantispa lurida <small>Walker, 1860</small>
- Mantispa lutea <small>(Stitz, 1913)</small>
- Mantispa luzonensis <small>Navás, 1909</small>
- Mantispa maindroni <small>Navás, 1909</small>
- Mantispa mandarina <small>Navás, 1914</small>
- Mantispa marshalli <small>(Navás, 1914)</small>
- Mantispa meadewaldina <small>(Navás, 1914)</small>
- Mantispa melanocera <small>(Navás, 1913)</small>
- Mantispa militaris <small>(Navás, 1914)</small>
- Mantispa moluccensis <small>Banks, 1913</small>
- Mantispa moucheti <small>(Navás, 1925)</small>
- Mantispa moulti <small>Navás, 1909</small>
- Mantispa nana <small>(Lichtenstein, 1802)</small>
- Mantispa nanyukina <small>(Navás, 1933)</small>
- Mantispa navasi <small>Handschin, 1960</small>
- Mantispa negusa <small>Navás, 1914</small>
- Mantispa neotropica <small>Navás, 1933</small>
- Mantispa neptunica <small>Navás, 1914</small>
- Mantispa newmani <small>Banks, 1920</small>
- Mantispa nubila <small>(Stitz, 1913)</small>
- Mantispa obscurata <small>(Navás, 1914)</small>
- Mantispa pallescens <small>Stitz, 1913</small>
- Mantispa paraguayana <small>Ohl, 2004</small>
- Mantispa parvula <small>Penny, 1983</small>
- Mantispa pasteuri <small>Navás, 1909</small>
- Mantispa pehlkei <small>Enderlein, 1910</small>
- Mantispa perla <small>(Pallas, 1772)</small>
- Mantispa phaeonota <small>Navás, 1933</small>
- Mantispa plicicollis <small>Handschin, 1935</small>
- Mantispa punctata <small>(Stitz, 1913)</small>
- Mantispa pygmaea <small>(Stitz, 1913)</small>
- Mantispa radialis <small>(Navás, 1929)</small>
- Mantispa radiata <small>(Navás, 1914)</small>
- Mantispa rimata <small>(Navás, 1929)</small>
- Mantispa rufescens <small>Latreille, 1807</small>
- Mantispa salana <small>(Navás, 1931)</small>
- Mantispa scabricollis <small>McLachlan in Fedchenko, 1875</small>
- Mantispa schoutedeni <small>(Navás, 1929)</small>
- Mantispa scutellaris <small>Westwood, 1852</small>
- Mantispa similata <small>(Navás, 1922)</small>
- Mantispa simplex <small>Stitz, 1913</small>
- Mantispa stenoptera <small>Gerstäcker, 1888</small>
- Mantispa stigmata <small>(Stitz, 1913)</small>
- Mantispa strigipes <small>Westwood, 1852</small>
- Mantispa styriaca <small>(Poda, 1761)</small>
- Mantispa subcostalis <small>Navás, 1929</small>
- Mantispa taina <small>(Alayo, 1968)</small>
- Mantispa tenella <small>Erichson, 1839</small>
- Mantispa tenera <small>(Navás, 1914)</small>
- Mantispa tessmanni <small>(Stitz, 1913)</small>
- Mantispa thomensis <small>Viette, 1958</small>
- Mantispa tonkinensis <small>Navás, 1930</small>
- Mantispa transversa <small>(Stitz, 1913)</small>
- Mantispa umbripennis <small>Walker, 1860</small>
- Mantispa uniformis <small>(Navás, 1927)</small>
- Mantispa variolosa <small>Navás, 1914</small>
- Mantispa venulosa <small>(Navás, 1914)</small>
- Mantispa verruculata <small>(Navás, 1914)</small>
- Mantispa virescens <small>Rambur, 1842</small>
- Mantispa zayasi <small>(Alayo, 1968)</small>
- Mantispa zonaria <small>Navás, 1925</small>
- Mantispa zonata <small>Navás, 1923</small>
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