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
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2021-05-17
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Genus
Stylascalaphus
(
Sziráki, 1998
)
Stylonotus
Needham, 1909: 198
.
Type
species:
Ascalaphus obscurus
Westwood, 1847: 69
. Original designation. Junior homonym of
Stylonotus
Olfers, 1907
–– Collembola –– recognized by
Oswald & Penny (1991)
.
Stylascalaphus
Sziráki, 1998: 65
. New name for
Stylonotus
Needham, 1909
by
Sziráki (1998)
.
Diagnosis.
Stylascalaphus
can be easily distinguished by the anal area of forewing being without a triangular projection, the apical area beyond Sc+R with two rows of cells, the presence of a unique dorsal process at the distal margin of male abdominal tergum 3 and the antenna as long as the distance between base of forewing to pterostigma (
Needham 1909
: fig. 2;
Mészáros & Ábrahám 2005
: figs 1–2, 5).
Note.
Needham (1909)
erected
Stylonotus
based on a single species,
Stylascalaphus obscurus
(Westwood, 1848)
from East
India
that was previously described from a single female specimen. Latter
Sziráki (1998)
proposed a new name,
Stylascalaphus
Sziráki
for
Stylonotus
Needham
due to a junior homonym of
Stylonotus
Olfers, 1907
(Collembola)
noted by
Oswald and Penny (1991)
. Currently,
Stylascalaphus
includes two species, i.e.,
S. obscurus
(Westwood, 1848)
from East
India
, and
S. fabiani
Mészáros & Ábrahám, 2005
which is endemic to
Pakistan
(
Mészáros & Ábrahám 2005
).