New species, records, and a synonymy of African Sisyridae (Neuroptera)

Authors

Oliver S. Flint Jr, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.Follow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

4-6-2012

Comments

Insecta Mundi 0223: 1-6

Published in 2012 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. P. O. Box 141874 Gainesville, FL 32614-1874 USA. http://www.centerforsystematicentomology.org/

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Abstract

Two species of the genus Sisyra Burmeister (Neuroptera: Sisyridae), S. cameroonensis, n. sp., and S. gruwelli, n. sp., are described from the African Republic of Cameroon. Sisyra pallida Meinander is synonymized with Sisyra delicata Smithers, new synonymy, after comparison of the types of the former with topotypic paratypes of the latter. Type material of Sisyra nilotica Tjeder appears to be lost. Examples of Sisyra are recorded from Nigeria, Ethiopia and Uganda. A second species of the endemic African genus, Sisyborina, Monserrat, S. scitula, n. sp., is described from Cameroon, Guinea, and Zambia.