Taxonomic notes on the antlion genus Distoleon Banks (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) from Pakistan
Author
Hassan, Muhammad Asghar
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Author
Zheng, Yuchen
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
2020
2020-11-03
4869
3
347
368
journal article
8869
10.11646/zootaxa.4869.3.3
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1175-5326
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Genus
Distoleon
Banks, 1910
Distoleon
Banks, 1910: 42
.
Type
species:
Distoleon verticalis
Banks, 1910: 42
(original designation).
Formicaleon
Banks, 1911: 16
.
Type
species:
Myrmeleon tetragrammicum
Fabricius, 1798: 205
(a new name for
Formicaleo
Leach, 1815
by
Banks, 1911: 16
). Synonymized by
Banks, 1916: 210
.
Salvaza
Navás, 1917: 12
.
Type
species:
Salvaza cornutus
Navás, 1917: 12
(monotypy). Synonymized by
Stange, 2004: 148
.
Eidoleon
Esben-Petersen, 1918: 15
.
Type
species:
Myrmeleon bistrigatus
Rambur, 1842: 391
(original designation). Synonymized by Markl, 1954: 237.
Feinerus
Navás, 1919: 190
.
Type
species:
Feinerus umbratus
Navás, 1919: 191
(monotypy). Synonymized by
Stange, 2004: 148
.
Nefeirus
Navás, 1926: 103
.
Type
species:
Nefeirus maesi
Navás, 1926: 104
(monotypy). Synonymized by
Stange, 2004: 148
.
Dolicholeon
Navás, 1929: 190
.
Type
species:
Formicaleo substigmalis
Navás, 1917: 10
(original designation). Synonymized by
Stange, 2004: 148
.
Hyloleon
Navás, 1929: 188
.
Type
species:
Hyloleon rhodocerus
Navás, 1929: 189
(original designation). Synonymized by Banks, 1939: 463.
Nasma
Navás, 1930: 409
.
Type
species:
Nasma coreana
Navás, 1930: 410
(monotypy). Synonymized by
Aspöck
et al.,
2001: 285
.
Feina
Navás, 1931: 263
.
Type
species:
Feina languida
Navás, 1931: 264
(monotypy). Synonymized by
Stange, 2004: 148
.
Vessa
Navás, 1931: 265
.
Type
species:
Vessa guttata
Navás, 1931: 266
(monotypy). Synonymized by
Stange, 2004: 148
.
Formileo
Navás, 1933: 312
.
Type
species:
Formileo collartinus
Navás, 1933: 312
(monotypy). Synonymized by
Stange, 2004: 148
.
Nima
Navás, 1935: 53
.
Type
species:
Nima somalica
Navás, 1935: 54
(monotypy). Synonymized by
Stange, 2004: 148
.
Diagnosis.
Distoleon
is readily separated from the other genera of
Nemoleontini
by the presence of only one presectoral crossvein in hind wing, with forks of CuA divergent and CuP+1A not parallel to the anterior but to the posterior branch of CuA only and that even for a short distance in forewing. The femoral sensory hair is longer than the femur, and the tibial spurs that are always curved and longer than first two tarsal segments taken together (
Stange 2004
;
Kaur
et al.
2019
).