Ankylopteryx (A.) doleschalii Brauer, 1864

Ma, Yunlong, Yang, Xingke & Liu, Xingyue, 2020, Notes on the green lacewing subgenus Ankylopteryx Brauer, 1864 (s. str.) (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae) from China, with description of a new species, ZooKeys 906, pp. 41-71 : 41

Ankylopteryx (A.) doleschalii Brauer, 1864 Figs 2 , 18-22 , 23-29 , 112

Ankylopteryx (A.) doleschalii : Brauer 1864: 901 (original: Ankylopteryx ; type locality: “Amboina” [Ambonia] (Indonesia, Maluku Prov.); holotype in NHMV); Brauer 1866: 37 ( Ankylopteryx ); van der Weele 1909: 60 ( Ankylopteryx ); Banks 1937: 280 ( Ankylopteryx ); Banks 1939: 473 (key to Chinese species); Kuwayama 1964: 42 ( Ankylopteryx ); Brooks and Barnard 1990: 265 ( Ankylopteryx (Ankylopteryx) ); New 2003: 163 ( Ankylopteryx (Ankylopteryx) ); Yang et al. 2005: 51 ( Ankylopteryx (Ankylopteryx) ).

Material examined.

Holotype ex, Indonesia, Amboina, 1950 (NHMV). Paratype 1 ♂, same data as holotype (NHMV).

Diagnosis.

Stripes below toruli absent; frontal markings not curved posteriorly, anteriorly contiguous with clypeal markings and genal markings. Protibia and mesotibia with median markings. Both wings with brownish marking patterns. First intramedian cell very long and narrow.

Distribution.

China (Hainan); Indonesia (Maluku).

Remarks.

This species was recorded from Hainan by Banks (1937). Unfortunately, we have not examined any specimen of this species from Hainan. Considering the greatly disjunct distribution records of this species (i.e. Ambonia and Hainan), there is a possibility that A. doleschalii , from Hainan was a misidentification of A. gracilis (a morphologically similar species widely distributed in eastern and southeastern Asia).

Figures

Figure 112. Known distribution of Ankylopteryx (s. str.) species from China and neighboring countries. Ankylopteryx (A.) delicatula Banks (white triangle); Ankylopteryx (A.) doleschalii Brauer (black triangle); Ankylopteryx (A.) ferruginea Tsukaguchi (circle); Ankylopteryx (A.) magnimaculata Yang (white square); Ankylopteryx (A.) yangi sp. n. (black square).

Figures 1 - 9. Habitus photos of the Ankylopteryx species. 1 Ankylopteryx (A.) delicatula Banks, 1937 (Yunnan, Jinghong, sex unknown, CAU) 2 Ankylopteryx (A.) doleschalii Brauer, 1864, paratype (Indonesia, Ambonia, paratype, male, provided by NHMV) 3 Ankylopteryx (A.) ferruginea Tsukaguchi, 1995 (Guangxi, Longzhou, female, CAU) 4 Ankylopteryx (A.) gracilis Nakahara, 1955 (Guangxi, Ningming, female, CAU) 5 Ankylopteryx (A.) lii Yang, 1987 (Xizang, Zaeyu, paratype, male, CAU) 6 Ankylopteryx (A.) magnimaculata Yang, 1987 (Xizang, Zaeyu, holotype, male, CAU) 7 Ankylopteryx (A.) octopunctata candida (Fabricius, 1798) (Guangxi, Ningming, female, CAU) 8 Ankylopteryx (A.) yangi sp. nov. (Taiwan, Pingtung, paratype, female, CAU) 9 Ankylopteryx (A.) tibetana Yang, 1987 (Xizang, Zaeyu, holotype, male, CAU). Scale bars: 5.0 mm.

Figures 18 - 22. Ankylopteryx (A.) doleschalii Brauer (Indonesia, Ambonia, holotype, ex, provided by NHMV). 18 head, frontal 19 head and thorax, dorsal 20 protibia and mesotibia 21 forewing 22 hind wing.

Figures 23 - 29. Ankylopteryx (A.) ferruginea Tsukaguchi. 23 head, frontal 24 head, lateral 25 thorax, dorsal 26 protibia 27 mesotibia and metatibia 28 forewing 29 hind wing (23 - 27: Yunnan, Lancang, male, CAU; 28, 29: Hainan, Yinggeling, female, CAU).