Distribusieng
Indian distribution: Karnataka: Raichur Dist.: Jawalagera [Jawalagiri] (village); Maharashtra: Satara Dist.: Khandala (hill station); Uttarakhand: Uttarkashi Dist.: Osla (village); West Bengal: Nadia Dist.: Chapra (town) (McLachlan 1869 b: 26; Banks 1913 b: 221; Navás 1929 a: 194; Banks 1933: 3; Chatterjee 1933: 5; Sala de Castellarnau 1946: 123; Ghosh & Sen 1977: 297; Debnath et al. 1988: 138; Sharma & Chandra 2013: 164). World distribution: China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines (McLachlan 1869 b: 26; van der Weele 1909 b: 76; Banks 1913 a: 174; Navás 1927 a: 4; Kimmins 1938: 311; New 2003: 165; Hassan & Liu 2022: 11; Oswald 2024 a).
Sumber: Catalog of the Neuropterida of India (Insecta: Neuroptera, Megaloptera, Raphidioptera)
Deskripsieng
Redescription Measurements (2 ♂, 4 ♀). Forewing: length ♂ 19.5 – 20.0 mm, ♀ 19.5 – 20.7 mm, width ♂ 5.5 mm, ♀ 5.7 – 6.0 mm; hindwing: length ♂ 19.0 mm, ♀ 17.2 – 18.2 mm, width ♂ 5.0 mm, ♀ 5.0 – 5.5 mm; body length: ♂ 11.6 mm, ♀ 10.0 – 11.0 mm. Head (Figs 6 A – C). Vertex moderately raised, unmarked, proximal 1 / 2 brownish orange, distal 1 / 2 pale yellow, rounded in frontal view. Postorbital sclerite unmarked. Frons yellow, with distinct epistomal suture. Clypeus yellow, with short yellow setae. Labrum brownish yellow, with short yellow setae. Genae yellow, unmarked. Maxillary and labial palpi brownish yellow, with short yellow setae. Antennae shorter than forewing length; scape unmarked, orange, slightly longer than width; pedicel unmarked, orange; flagellum dark brown, each flagellomere with five rings, with short dark brown setae. Thorax (Figs 6 C – D). Pronotum slightly wider than long (length 0.90 – 1.00 mm, width 1.60 – 2.00 mm), reddish brown with light yellow markings, proximally concave-shaped in dorsal view. Mesonotum dark brown with median yellow stripe; prescutum yellow, narrowly dark stripe around margins; mesoscutum yellow, laterally dark brown with a narrow yellow spot at wing base; metascutellum yellow, proximal 1 / 4 with dark brown stripe. Metanotum dark brown, medially with pale yellow stripe. Pleurite yellow, with dark brown stripes, covered with short yellow setae (Fig. 6 F). Legs (Fig. 6 F). Pale yellow, except femora with a median dark spot, covered with short pale yellow setae. Foreleg: Coxae and trochanter dark brown; femur with a narrow dark spot at extreme base, and subdistally with a larger dark spot; tibia pale yellow, anterolaterally at proximal 2 / 3 with a narrow dark spot; tarsomeres brownish. Mid leg: Coxae and trochanter dark brown, slightly pale yellow at apex; femur pale yellow, subdistally with a larger dark spot; tibia pale yellow, anterolaterally at proximal 1 / 3 with brownish spot; tarsomeres brownish. Hind leg: Coxae dark brown, slightly pale yellow at apex; trochanter dark brown; femur with a large median dark brown spot; tibia pale yellow; tarsomeres brownish. Pretarsal claws with basal dilation, arcuated laterally (Fig. 6 E). Wings (Figs 5 A – B). Veins brownish yellow, covered with short yellow setae. Forewing: Costal area relatively narrow at both ends, slightly wider at the longest subcostal veinlets (4 – 12). Subcostal area with seven to nine crossveins below pterostigma. Pterostigma pale brown. 18 – 20 radial cells (r cell). Six Banksian cells (b cell); six lower Banksian cells (b’ cell). Basal crossvein between Rs and M (r-m 1) oblique, meets after middle of im cell. Median arculus (m-cu 2), Pseudomedia (Psm), and pseudocubitus (Psc) brownish yellow. Two series of gradates, both meeting psm; 11 inner gradates (ig) and 11 – 12 outer gradates (og). Two intramedian cells; first intramedian cell (im 1) quadrate (length 0.90 – 2.00 mm). Second median cell (m 2) is slightly longer than third median cell (m 3). Three intracubital cells (two closed); first (icu 1) is longer than second (icu 2). Hindwing: Costal area relatively narrow at both ends. Subcostal area with eight crossveins below pterostigma. Pterostigma pale brown. 17 radial cells (r cell). Six Banksian cells (b cell); six lower Banksian cells (b’ cell). Pseudomedia (Psm) and pseudocubitus (Psc) brownish yellow. Two series of gradates; nine inner gradates and nine outer gradates. Abdomen (Figs 6 C – D, F). Tergum and sternum dark brown, covered with short yellow setae. Tergum and sternum of each pregenital segment distally with a narrow yellow stripe. Male genitalia (Figs 7 A – B, E – I). Tergum 8 (T 8) quadrate in lateral view. T 9 + ectoproct reniform in lateral view, covered with brownish setae. Dorsal arm of apodeme (da) on T 9 + ectoproct transverse, pointed at apex; submarginal apodeme (sa) of S 8 + 9 straight. Callus cerci (cc) oblong, with 39 trichobothria. S 8 + 9 fused, without suture, quadrate in lateral view, distally with a dark protrusion of penguin-shaped; S 8 + 9 shorter than T 9 + ectoproct in lateral view. Gonarcus (gon) short and broad, with lateral projections. A pair of long horn-shaped parameres (pa), distal portion slightly diverged and pointed. Arcessus (arc) quadrate. Hypandrium internum (hi) V-shaped. Comes (c) slender in dorsal view. Female genitalia (Figs 7 C – D, J). Tergum 8 (T 8) quadrate in lateral view. T 9 + ectoproct rounded in lateral view. Sternum 7 (S 7) trapezoidal in lateral view. Gonaphophyses lateralis (gl) oblong in lateral view. Callus cerci (cc) oblong, with 60 trichobothria. Subgenitale (sg) quadrate, bilobed distally, distinctly visible in lateral view. Spermatheca (sm) narrow, rounded, doughnut-shaped, with distinct median rounded invagination (inv).
