Taxonomic notes on the antlion tribe Myrmeleontini Latreille (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae, Myrmeleontinae) from Pakistan, with description of a new species
Author
Hassan, Muhammad Asghar
75F6DE8B-B0AB-490A-8F3F-B6E2ED7A5BBD
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.
m.hassan93@cau.edu.cn
Author
Zheng, Yuchen
BF21BD87-76FF-48E0-A75C-29C7F473C79E
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.
s20193192649@cau.edu.cn
Author
Liu, Xingyue
9BA429B5-F2CB-44BF-BF8E-4D70D016B06B
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.
xingyue_liu@yahoo.com
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2022
2022-07-18
831
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.831.1867
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Myrmeleon clothilde
Banks, 1913
Myrmeleon clothilde
Banks, 1913: 223
.
Type
locality:
India
(
Bihar
: Samastipur, Pusa).
Diagnosis
Myrmeleon clothilde
can be characterized by wholly dark brown vertex with yellow markings at distal half in dorsal view; pronotum dark brown, laterally slightly narrow yellow at proximal half; medially with two narrow longitudinal yellow stripes at proximal to anterior transverse furrow (
Iqbal & Yousuf 1992
: fig. 1a).
Note
Since its original description, this species was rarely mentioned in literature (
Iqbal & Yousuf 1992
,
1997
;
Ghosh 2000
;
Stange 2004
). After reviewing the aforementioned literature from
Pakistan
and
India
, we found that the male genitalia of this species have not been described so far. However, further additional data on the male genitalia and distribution of this rarely known species in
Pakistan
need to be updated in further studies. No new specimens of this species were found in this study.
Distribution
Pakistan
:
Punjab Province
(District Faisalabad);
India
,
Sri Lanka
(
Iqbal & Yousuf 1992
,
1997
;
Ghosh 2000
;
Stange 2004
;
Hassan
et al.
2019
;
Oswald 2020
).