Taxonomic notes on owlflies from Pakistan (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae Ascalaphinae)
Author
Hassan, Muhammad Asghar
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Author
Liu, Xingyue
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-05-17
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Ogcogaster segmentator
Westwood, 1847
Ascalaphus (Ogcogaster) segmentator
Westwood, 1847: 69
. Type locality: Unknown.
Ascalaphus segmentator
Westwood, 1847
. After
Walker, 1853: 421
.
Ogcogaster segmentator
Westwood, 1847
. After
Hagen, 1866: 386
.
Helicomitus salvatoris
Návas, 1924: 220
. Type locality: India. After
Sala de Castellarnau (1946: 120)
.
Perissoschema evae
Mészáros & Ábrahám, 2003: 346
. Type locality: Pakistan (Punjab: Margall Hills, Pir Sohawa). syn. nov.
Diagnosis. This species is unique among its congeners by the presence of bright ochre-yellow pterostigma and distinct brown speckles of crossveins along the costal area, presectoral area, proximal 1/4 of mediocubital area and first row of crossveins between R and Rs in both wings. Moreover, it differs from its congeners by having yellow Sc and R veins and the hind wing with heavily brownish speckles below the pterostigma.
Distribution.
Pakistan (Azad Kashmir Territory: District Muzaffarabad; Gilgit-Baltistan Territory: Himalaya; Islamabad Capital Territory: Margalla Hills, Pir Sohava); India (Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh) (
Ghosh & Sen 1977
;
Mészáros & Ábrahám 2003
;
Oswald 2020
).