Plega Navas 1928

Genus Plega Navás, 1928 Species of this genus are characterized by a mottled coloration pattern, a row of tubercles in the mid-line on distal half of fore femur that splits into two rows near the basal half (Fig. 2b); laterally to the tubercles there is a row of stout setae restricted to the distal...

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Main Authors: Ardila-Camacho, Adrian, Cancino-López, Rodolfo J., Acevedo, Fernando, Contreras-Ramos, Atilano
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Published: Zenodo 2019
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5935661
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Summary:Genus Plega Navás, 1928 Species of this genus are characterized by a mottled coloration pattern, a row of tubercles in the mid-line on distal half of fore femur that splits into two rows near the basal half (Fig. 2b); laterally to the tubercles there is a row of stout setae restricted to the distal half of the femur (Fig. 2b) (Parker & Stange 1965); the sub-basal major spine is present (Fig. 2b); the foretrochanter lacks a medial dentiform process on inner surface (Fig. 2b), and the forewing has the rarp2 cell curved (Fig. 1b) (Penny 1982b; Ardila-Camacho et al . 2018). Included species. Plega banksi Rehn, P. beardi Penny, P. dactylota Rehn, P. duckei Penny, P. fratercula Rehn, P. fumosa Linsley & MacSwain, P. hagenella (Westwood), P. mixteca sp. n. , P. melitomae Linsley & MacSwain, P. paraensis Penny, P. signata (Hagen), P. sonorae sp. n. , P. spinosa sp. n. , P. stangei sp. n. , P. variegata Navás, P. yucatanae Parker & Stange, and P. zikani Navás. : Published as part of Ardila-Camacho, Adrian, Cancino-López, Rodolfo J., Acevedo, Fernando & Contreras-Ramos, Atilano, 2019, Four new species of Plega Navás, 1928 (Neuroptera: Mantispidae) from Mexico, pp. 351-372 in Zootaxa 4612 (3) on page 352, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4612.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/3235144 : {"references": ["Parker, F. D. & Stange, L. A. (1965) Systematic and biological notes on the tribe Platymantispini (Neuroptera: Mantispidae) and the description of a new species of Plega from Mexico. Canadian Entomologist, 97, 604 - 612. https: // doi. org / 10.4039 / Ent 97604 - 6", "Penny, N. D. (1982 b) Review of the generic level classification of the New World Mantispidae (Neuroptera). Acta Amazonica, 12, 209 - 223. https: // doi. org / 10.1590 / 1809 - 43921982121209", "Ardila-Camacho, A., Calle Tobon, A., Wolff, M. & Stange, L. A. (2018) New species and new distributional records of Neotropical Mantispidae (Insecta: Neuroptera). Zootaxa, 4413 (2), 295 - 324. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4413.2.4"]}