ASCALAPHIDAE

Makarkin, V. N. & Lastukhin, A. A., 2023, First record of the genus Fillus Navás, 1919 (Neuroptera: Ascalaphidae) from Venezuela, Far Eastern Entomologist 477, pp. 13-16 : 13

ASCALAPHIDAE ) FROM VENEZUELA

V. N. Makarkin 1*), A. A. Lastukhin 2)

1) Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, 960022, Russia. *Corresponding author, E-mail: [e-mail]

2) Chuvash National Academy of Sciences and Arts, 15 Lenin Ave., Cheboksary, Chuvash Republic, 428000, Russia. E-mail: [e-mail]

Summary. The genus Fillus Navás, 1919 ( Ascalaphidae : Ascalaphinae ) is recorded for the first time from Venezuela based on a female. This is the northern-most locality of the genus. It is preliminarily assigned to the Brazilian species F. amazonicus Machado et Rafael, 2011 .