Dimares elegans (Perty) 1833

Stange, Lionel A. & uary, Jan, 2010, Preliminary report on the Myrmeleontidae (Neuroptera) of Paraguay, Insecta Mundi 2010 (114), pp. 1-14 : 1-3

1. Dimares elegans (Perty) 1833

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Dimares elegans ( Perty) 1833: 125 , Plate xxv, figure 5 (color drawing of female). Holotype female, Flumen S. Francisci ( Brazil) (ZSMC).

Further description. Walker 1853: 395; Navás 1923b: 768; Markl 1954: 196, 203, 204, 217, figure 10, 41, 44, 65 (venation); Riek 1976: 301, figure 5 (nota, base wings); Stange 1989: 453, figure 2, 4, 10 (hind tarsus, male genitalia), 6-7 (photo wings).

Biology. Stange 1989: 458, figure 15 (larva); Stange and Miller 1990: 153, figure 1 (photo larva).

Known distribution. Argentina; Bolivia; Brazil; Paraguay.

Diagnosis. Adult: Labial palpus elongate, thread-like, with palpimacula extending around the apex and nearly reaching opposite side; fore femoral and mid femoral sense hair absent; tarsal claws well developed, more than 3x longer than width of tarsomere; pretarsal claws of hind leg much longer than hind basitarsus; male paramere with long hook, tooth apically, no teeth along mesal margin; male pilula axillaris absent. Coloration: Sexual dichromatism present, males with essentially unmarked wings, females usually with numerous brown spots or bands. Larva: Mandible with three blunt-tipped teeth; sternite VIII with well-developed submedian tooth; sternite IX with two pairs of highly modified digging setae.

Figures

Figure 1-4. Habitus photographs. 1) Dimares elegans (Perty) [holotype female of Myrmeleon conicollis Walker]. 2) Dimarella riparia Navás lectotype male. 3) Dimarella praedator (Walker) holotype female. 4) Eremoleon pulchra (Esben-Petersen) holotype female. 5) Glenurus peculiaris (Walker) [holotype of Glenurus brasiliensis Navás]. 6) Ameromyia hirsuta Navás [holotype female of Ameromyia longiventris Navás].7) Argentoleon longitudinalis (Navás) holotype female. 8) Austroleon immitus (Walker) holotype female.