New antlion records (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) from Paraguay

Authors

Olga Petko, Para La Tierra, Reserva Natural Laguna Blanca
Paul Smith, Fauna Paraguay, Encarnación, ParaguayFollow
Lionel Stange, Florida State Museum of ArthropodsFollow
Sergio D. Rios, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural del Paraguay

Date of this Version

2016

Citation

Olga Petko, Paul Smith, Lionel Stange. and Sergio D. Rios New antlion records (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) from Paraguay Insecta Mundi 0487: 1-8

Comments

Published in 2016 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. P. O. Box 141874 Gainesville, FL 32614-1874 USA http://www.centerforsystematicentomology.org/

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Abstract

New records of Myrmeleontidae from Paraguay are presented: Dimares elegans (Perty, 1833), Glenurus croesus Banks, 1922, Glenurus penningtoni (Navás, 1918a) and Vella fallax (Rambur, 1842). The total number of species now recorded from the country is fourteen among 11 genera. Specimens of Dimares elegans from east (Cerrado) and west (Chaco) of the Paraguay River are phenotypically distinct; those west of the Paraguay River are assigned to the form “lepida” Navás, 1912. More research is required to understand the taxonomic limits in this genus.