Lance lacewings of the world (Neuroptera: Archeosmylidae, Osmylidae, Saucrosmylidae): review of living and fossil genera
Author
Winterton, Shaun L.
Author
Martins, Caleb Califre
Author
Makarkin, Vladimir
Author
Ardila-Camacho, Adrian
Author
Wang, Yongjie
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-04-09
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Kempynus
Navás, 1912
(
Figs 13–16
)
(=
Kalosmylus
Krüger, 1913a
.
Type
species:
Osmylus incisus
McLachlan, 1873
: 112
)
(=
Osmylinus
Banks, 1913
.
Type
species:
Osmylus longipennis
Walker, 1853
: 235
)
(=
Clydosmylus
New, 1983a
.
Type
species:
Clydosmylus montanus
New, 1983a
: 409
)
syn. nov.
Type
species.
Osmylus incisus
McLachlan, 1873
: 112
(by original designation).
FIGURE 13.
Kempyninae
.
Kempynus incisus
(McLachlan)
, dorsal view.
Diagnosis.
Ocelli present; wings elongate, relatively large, slightly to strongly falcate, wing apices acute or rounded; FW subcostal veinlets often forked, usually strongly sinuous, interlinking crossveins rarely present; both wings with RP with
ca
. 11–20 branches, crossveins irregular, outer gradate series distinct, elongate and sinuous; FW M fork near origin of RP1 or RP2 RP; MP branching at or beyond of the mid-length of wing, sometimes with posterior branch partially fused to CuA; HW MA and MP relatively divergent, crossveins slightly sinuous; FW CuA with few branches, HW CuA elongate pectinately branched; CuP in both wings greatly elongate, pectinate branched; FW A1 and A2 elongate pectinate branched.
Comments
. The largest genus in the subfamily, with species displaying a distinct austral distribution in
Australia
,
New Zealand
,
Chile
and
Argentina
. The typically falcate and strongly patterned wings, frequently sinuous crossveins throughout is typical for
Kempynus
.
New (1983a)
described the monotypic genus
Clydosmylus
New based on a large, sexually dimorphic species from eastern
Australia
. In their phylogenetic analyses
Winterton
et al.
(2017)
suggested that the differentiation of
Clydosmylus
from
Kempynus
is not supported and that
Clydosmylus
should be synonymised with
Kempynus
, which is done herewith. Lacewings with larger wings often develop additional vein branching and crossveins associated as a structural requirement to support the larger wing membrane area. The main features separating
Clydosmylus
from
Kempynus
described by
New (1983a)
include the large wing size, more reticulate venation and more basal forking of vein MP in the FW; all these features could easily be ascribed to the larger wing area. The distinctive
New Zealand
Kempynus incisus
(
Fig. 14
) was noted as also possibly being present in
Australia
by
New (1983a)
based on two specimens (lacking genitalia) collected in
Queensland
. No additional specimens have been collected so this record is yet to be confirmed.
FIGURE 14.
Kempyninae
.
Kempynus incisus
(McLachlan)
, courtship behaviour (photo: Gil Wizen).
Included species
.
K
.
acutus
New, 1986b
(
Australia
)
K
.
citrinus
(
McLachlan, 1873
)
(
New Zealand
)
K
.
crenatus
Adams, 1971
(
Argentina
;
Chile
)
K
.
digoniostigma
Oswald, 1994
(
Argentina
;
Chile
)
K
.
falcatus
Navás, 1912
(
Argentina
;
Chile
)
K
.
incisus
(
McLachlan, 1863
)
(
Australia
(?),
New Zealand
)
K
.
kimminsi
New, 1983a
(
Australia
)
K
.
latiusculus
(
McLachlan, 1894
)
(
New Zealand
)
K
.
longipennis
(
Walker, 1853
) (
Australia
)
K
.
maculatus
New, 1983a
(
Australia
)
K
.
millgrovensis
New, 1983a
(
Australia
)
K
.
montanus
(
New, 1983a
)
comb. nov.
(
Australia
)
K
.
striatus
New, 1983a
(
Australia
)
K
.
thecatus
New, 1983a
(
Australia
)
K
.
tjederi
Oswald, 1994
(
Chile
)