Two new species of Thyridosmylus Krüger, 1913 from Madagascar (Neuroptera, Osmylidae)

Abstract

The lance lacewing genus Thyridosmylus Krüger (Osmylidae: Spilosmylinae) is found in Madagascar and Southeast Asia. Two new Malagasy species are described herein, Thyridosmylus fuscomarginatus Xu, Wang & Winterton, sp. n., and Thyridosmylus longiprocessus Xu, Wang & Winterton, sp. n. A key to differentiate the Malagasy species of Thyridosmylus is provided.

A contribution to knowledge of the genus Coniopteryx (Neuroptera: Coniopterygidae) in Madagascar, with descriptions of 18 new species

“…These species belong to the Plesiochrysa oceanica group, distributed otherwise from the Pacific Islands and Australia to Southern India (Ohm & Hölzel 2002). A more similar pattern is that of the osmylid genus Thyridosmylus, where 17 species are known from SE Asia (including East India) and four from Madagascar (Xu et al 2017).…”