Abstract
Among the extant genera of the Evaniidae, Hyptia Illiger is the fourth richest in species (50), only behind Prosevania Kieffer (102), Evaniella Bradley (73) and Evania Fabricius (67). Its distribution is restricted to the New World, with greater representation in the Neotropics; as far as known their larvae are cockroaches egg predators, while inserted into the oothecae. Its species are d…