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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Suphalomitus
van der Weele, 1909
Suphalomitus
van der Weele, 1909: 181
.
Type
species:
Suhpalacsa difformis
McLachlan, 1871: 257
. Original designation.
Diagnosis.
Suphalomitus
is similar to
Suhpalacsa
in general darker body coloration, the weak triangular projection on the anal area of forewing and the apical area beyond Sc+R with two rows of cells. It can be distinguished from
Suhpalacsa
in having a longer pterostigma, which is about twice as long as wide (
Figs 20E–H
), the width of the hind wing slightly shorter or equal to width of forewing, and the length of hind wing relatively short, not extending beyond pterostigma in forewing (
Figs 19A–B
) (
Ghosh 1988
;
New 2003
;
Ábrahám 2008a
).
Note.
Suphalomitus
currently includes 19 described species, distributed in the Palearctic, Afrotropical, Oriental and Australian realms (
Machado
et al.
2019
). It currently includes a single species,
S. brevis
Kimmins
in
Pakistan
.