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
4970
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4970.3.1
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Stylascalaphus fabiani
Mészáros & Ábrahám, 2005
Stylascalaphus fabiani
Mészáros & Ábrahám, 2005: 103
.
Type
locality:
Pakistan
(Islamabad).
Diagnosis.
Based on original description by
Needham (1909)
for
Stylascalaphus obscurus
and by
Mészáros & Ábrahám (2005)
for
Stylascalaphus fabiani
,
the following combination of characters have been assigned for distinguishing these two morphologically similar species at the present time: a medium sized species with forewing length 28.0–29.0 mm; legs dark brown; pterostigma light ochreous, with three dark brown crossveins; abdominal terga dark brown with a median longitudinal yellow stripe, tergum 1 with long black setae. However, in
S. obscurus
the forewing length is about 23.0 mm; the legs are yellowish; the wings have a reddish pterostigma, with four crossveins; and the abdominal terga is brown, with tergum 1 covered with long white setae.
Distribution.
Pakistan
(
Islamabad Capital Territory
: Gilgit-Baltistan Territory: District Gilgit, Bagroth Valley, Karakoram Mts., South Himalaya Mts.; Khyber Pakhtunkhawa province: District Mansehra, Kaghan Valley);
Iran
,
Turkey
(
Adiyaman
) (
Mészáros & Ábrahám 2005
;
Dobosz & Ábrahám 2007
;
Oswald 2020
).