Dendroleon obsoletus (Say)

Stange, Lionel A., 2008, A new species of the genus Dendroleon Brauer from Mexico (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae), Insecta Mundi 2008 (54), pp. 1-9 : 4-5

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scientific name	Dendroleon obsoletus (Say)
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Dendroleon obsoletus (Say) View in CoL

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Formicaleo obsoletus (Say) 1839: 44 . Types. United States (destroyed).

= Myrmeleon nigrocinctus Rambur 1842: 398 View in CoL (after Hagen 1866: 445). Holotype, no data (not located).

Taxonomy. Burmeister 1839: 995 (in Myrmecoleon = ocellatus Scriba View in CoL ); Hagen 1866: 405 (in Glenurus View in CoL ); Hagen 1888: 185 ( D. ocellatus View in CoL not = D. obsoletus View in CoL ), 187 (in Dendroleon View in CoL ).

Further description. LeConte 1859: 413 (reprint of Say 1839); Gosse 1859: 248 (drawing of adult); Hagen 1861: 225; 1888: 187; Glover 1878: plate v, figure 15; Packard 1885: 159, figure 232 (drawing); Howard 1905: plate 16, figure 9 (photo); Banks 1927: 7, plate 4, figure 101 (hind leg); Smith et al. 1943: 209, figure 139 (drawing); Borror and Delong 1954: 294, figure 21-13 (drawing); Westcott 1972: 60, figure (photo); Gillot 1999: figure 10.5a (adult).

Biology. Hagen 1873: 272; Redtenbacher 1884: 13, figure 2 (larval mandible); Lintner 1892: 319 (climbing larva); Smith 1925: 269 (overwinters in cocoon).

Distribution. Eastern U.S.A. ( Banks 1927: 7; Penny et al. 1997: 76); Iowa ( Penny et al. 1997: 76); Missouri (Froescher 1947: 128).

Diagnosis. Fore wing with anterior margin evenly curved, costal area at juncture of subcostal and radial veins somewhat less than to its width at middle of wings (Fig. 2); hind wing not falcate; mid femur nearly dark brown; east of 100 o Meridian.

Material studied (all east of 100 o Meridian). U.S.A. Florida: Gainesville , Alachua County, VI.25.1984, L. Stange (1f, FSCA) ; 8 km. northwest Starke , Bradford County, VI.23.1980, W. Wilkening (1m, FSCA) ; Juniper Springs , Marion County, VII.29.1954, H. Denmark (1f, FSCA) ; Fruitville , Sarasota County, IV.22.1978, H. King (1m, FSCA) . Illinois: Macon County, VII.19.1980, P. Skelley (1f, FSCA) ; Oregon, IV.3.1928 (l larva, FSCA) . Maryland: College Park, V. 17.1956, E. MacLeod, under bark of Pinus taeda (1 larva, FSCA) ; Silver Springs , Montgomery County, VII.31.1979, A. Menke (1f, FSCA) . Missouri: 1.5 miles southwest Patterson , Wayne County, IX.20.1989, W. Webber (1f, FSCA) ; Greenville , IX.1984, A. Webber (1f, FSCA) . Mississippi: 1 mile northwest Morgan Town , Oktibbeha County, IX.12.1976, L. Lambert (1f, FSCA) . North Carolina: Asheville , Buncombe County, VIII.1.1978, L. Lampert (1f, FSCA) . Oklahoma: Fairmont , Garfield County, VII.9.1998, J. Reinert (1m, FSCA) ; Latimer County, IX.1.1987 ,

Figure 4-5. Dendroleon porteri , 3 rd instar larva. 4) Ventral view. 5) Dorsal view.

K. Stephan (1m, FSCA). South Carolina: Pickens County, IX.10.1968, L. Roche (1f, FSCA). Texas: Laredo, Webb County, VI.15.1968 (1f, FSCA). West Virginia: Charleston, Kanawha County, VIII.11.1970, A. Miller (1f, FSCA)