Ascalaphid Studies I. New Genera and Species of Ascalaphid from Palaearctic Region (Neuroptera: Ascalaphidae)

Abstract

In this study the Ptyngidricerus Van der Weele, 1908 genus has been revised and in the course of this 2 new genera and 4 new species are described. The description of the new genus was made possible apart from the male samples, the females (P. albardanus) which were recorded and supplement of the description based on damaged specimens (P. iranensis) earlier enabling the evaluation of their taxonomic status.The following species belonging to Ptyngidricerus genus: Ptyngidricerus albardanus albardanus (McLachlan, 1891), Ptyngidricerus albardanus pterostigmatus Alexandrov Martynov, 1926, Ptyngidricerus pseudoalbardanus sp. n. Ptyngidricerus persepolisensis sp. n. and Ptyngidricerus sendanensis sp. n. from Iran and Ptyngidricerus pakistanensis sp. n. from Pakistan. Apart from describing the new species the authors present a description of the female Ptyngidricerus albardanus albardanus (McLachlan, 1891) which has so far not been known according to the literature on this species. The earlier described species were combinated on the basis of their genitalia and external morphological characteristics in new genus: Iranoidricerus iranensis (Kimmins, 1938) and Omanoidricerus venustus (Tjeder and Waterston, 1977). The illustration of the female and male genitalia of Iranoidricerus iranensis Kimmins, 1938 is also presented. On account of sexual dimorphism a key is given for identification of the female and male specimens with 25 figures.

Diversity of lacewing assemblages (Neuropterida:Neuroptera) in different forest habitats and agricultural areas in the East Mediterranean area of Turkey

“…Specimens were preserved in ethanol and deposited at Kırşehir Ahi Evran University where they were sorted and preserved in 70%–90% ethanol after their identification using standard taxonomic references including identification keys and photographs of genitalia (Abrahám & Mészáros ; Hölzel , , b; Meinander ; Mészáros & Abrahám ). The taxonomic methods and classification that were used are detailed in Aspöck et al .…”

Owlflies from Jordan (Neuroptera, Ascalaphidae)

“…G. Müller, SCMK. Distribution. Information on the general distribution of this species was published by Ábrahám and Mészáros (2002) and additional data were found in Kemal and Kocak (2006) and Kemal and Seven (2011) for Turkey and Zamani et al (2019) for Iran. A severely damaged specimen examined by Tjeder with a label "Palestine" considered as questionable referred most probably to this species (Tjeder and Waterston 1977).…”

“…They listed 41 owlfly taxa (Ascalaphinae: 32 species and 4 subspecies, Haplogleniinae: 4 species and 1 subspecies) in their monograph. In recent years, 13 species have been described in the border regions of the Western Palaearctic, namely in Iran (Ábrahám and Mészáros 2002: Ptyngidricerus pseudoalbardanus, P. persepolisensis, P. sendanensis and P. pakistanensis), in Pakistan (Mészáros and Ábrahám 2005: Stylascalaphus fabiani), on the Arabian Peninsula (Hölzel 2004: Tytomy-ia arabica, Mansellacsa longicornis, Disparomitus yemenicus, Dixonotus hackeri, Aspoeckiella gallagheri and A. hyalina) and in Morocco (Ábrahám 2010: Cirrops berbericus; Badano and Pantaleoni 2012: Agadirius trojani).…”

A new owlfly species of Iranoidricerus (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) from Jordan

“…Populations became known mainly from the Zagros Mountains. The species of the genus has many morphological similarities to the typically xeromontane species of Ptyngidricerus van der Weele, 1909 known in some mountainous areas from the Middle East in Iran, northern Oman and reaching the Karakoram Mountains in northern Pakistan (Ábrahám & Mészáros, 2002).…”

“…iranensis. The genus Iranoidricerus Ábrahám & Mészáros, 2002 was separated from the genus Ptyngidricerus van der Weele, 1909 based on significant differences in the genitalia and slight sexual dimorphism. After the publication of our paper, we further examined specimens of I. cf.…”