Gatzara jubilaea Navás, 1915

Zheng, Yuchen, Hayashi, Fumio, Price, Benjamin W. & Liu, Xingyue, 2022, Unveiling the Evolutionary History of a Puzzling Antlion Genus Gatzara Navás (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae: Dendroleontinae) Based on Systematic Revision,, Insect Systematics and Diversity 6 (3), pp. 1-22 : 8-10

Gatzara jubilaea Navás, 1915 ( Figs. 1C , 5A , 7A , 11A )

Gatzara jubilaea Navás 1915: 386 (type locality: India: West Bengal: Darjeeling; holotype in MNHN). Stange 2004: 91 ( Gatzara ). Krivokhatsky 2011: plate III, fig. 3 ( Gatzara ). Ábrahám % Giacomino 2020: 36 ( Gatzara ).

Dendroleon angulineurus Yang 1987: 212 (type locality: China: Tibet: Shigatse: Gyirong). Wang et al. 2012: 56 ( Gatzara ). Yang et al. 2018: 63 ( Gatzara ). Wang et al. 2018: 56 ( Gatzara ). Synonymized by Ábrahám % Giacomino 2020: 36.

Diagnosis. Vertex with a pair of transversal black bands and a pair of black spots. Pronotum with a black stripe medially, laterally with a pair of indistinct short black lines. Wings ( Fig. 5A ) relatively narrow, forewing nearly three times as long as wide of widest part, generally transparent, with scattered minute dark brown markings. Forewing rhegma present as a slightly curved, slender band; cubital area with markings strongly reduced. Hindwing poststigmal area with some irregular spots; rhegma present as a tiny spot. Female gonocoxites 8 with posterior branch half length of anterior branch ( Fig. 11A ).

Maoerial Examined. 1 female (holotype of Dendroleon angulineurus Yang 1987 ), CHINA: Tibet, Shigatse, Gyirong County, Gyirong Town [Ṓssḃ], 2,400 m, 22.vii.1975, Fusheng Huang (CAU).

Figures

Fig. 1. Living adultk of Gatzara jubilaea Navák 1915 and Nepsalus kpp.& and photograph of the larval habitat of N. caelestis (Krivochatkcy 1997). (A) N. caelestis& adult (photo by Yuchen Zheng); (B) N. caelestis& larva (photo by Yuchen Zheng); (C) G. jubilaea& adult (photo by Chao Wu); (D) N. chikuni kp. n.& adult (photo by Yuchen Zheng); (;) N. decorosus (Yang 1988)& adult (photo byYuchen Zheng); (F) habitat of N. caelestis larva& left arrow indicatek the pokition where the larva of N. caelestis wak collected& right arrow indicatek the pokition where the larvae of Bullanga florida (Navák 1913) were collected (photo byYuchen Zheng).

Fig. 5. Adult habituk of Gatzara kpp. and Nepsalus kpp. (A) G. jubilaea& female (holotype of Dendroleon angulineurus Yang 1987); (B) G. nigrivena Wang in Wang et al. 2012& holotype& female; (C) N. caelestis (Krivochatkcy 1997)& female; (D) N. chikuni kp. n.& holotype& male; (;) N. decorillus Yang 1997& female; (F) N. decorosus (Yang 1988)& male; (G) N. jezoensis (Ocamoto 1910); (H) N. petrophilus (Miller et al. 1999)& male.

Fig. 7. Head of Gatzara kpp. and Nepsalus kpp.(A) G. jubilaea& female (holotype of Dendroleon angulineurus); (B) G. nigrivena& holotype& female;(C) N. caelestis& female; (D) N. chikuni kp. n.& holotype& male; (;) N. decorillus& female; (F) N. decorosus& male; (G) N. insolitus& male (holotype of Myrmeleon insolitus); (H) N. jezoensis& female; (I) N. petrophilus& male; (J) N. indicus& holotype& female.

Fig. 11. Female genitalia of Gatzara kpp. and Nepsalus kpp. (A) G. jubilaea; (B) G. nigrivena; (C) N. caelestis; (D) N. chikuni kp. n.; (;) N. decorillus; (F) N. decorosus; (G) N. petrophilus; (H) N. jezoensis. (1) lateral view;(2) ventral view.Abbreviationk: ect& ectoproct& gx& gonocoxitek& agx& anterior gonocoxitek& pgx& pokterior gonocoxitek& gp& gonapophykek& pp& pregenital plate.