Cordulecerus praecellens (Gerstaecker, 1885)

Ardila-Camacho, Adrian, Noriega, Jorge Ari & Acevedo-Ramos, Fernando, 2019, New genera records of split-eyed owlflies (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae: Ascalaphinae) from Colombia, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (Pap. Avulsos Zool., S. Paulo) 59, pp. 1-18 : 14-15

Cordulecerus praecellens (Gerstaecker, 1885) ( Fig. 10 )

Ulula praecellens Gerstaecker, 1885 [1884]: 3. Holotype female. Type locality: Panama: Chiriquí (EMAU).

Specimens examined: Colombia: Tolima: Icononzo, Cafrerías , 19-VII-2014, D. Gómez (1 ♂ - CAUD) ; Valle del Cauca: bajo Anchicayá , 400 m, 23-X-1987, Light trap, (1 ♂ - MUSENUV) ; mismos datos, III-1983, R. Astroza, (1 ♂ - MUSENUV) ; Valle, Yumbo, Dapa , 600 m, N. Márquez, on vegetation, (1 ♀ - MUSENUV) ; Darién, Reserva Nativa Yotocó [sic.Bosque de Yotoco], 1,200 -1,900 m, 07-VI-1995, D. Bay, on Ziparuna (1 ♀ - MUSENUV) .

Diagnosis: Antenna reaching laterally slightly beyond the level of forewing pterostigma, apical knob ellipsoid, dorsally white or light yellow,ventrally dark brown at base and apex, light brown on the middle. Wings are subequal in size and shape,area between CuP arch and posterior wing margin is narrower than in other species of Cordulecerus . Wing membrane infumate, sexually dimorphic, the males have membrane of both wings completely hyaline, while the females have three dark brown spots on hind wing, one between CuP and posterior wing margin at the level of RP origin, the other two are located at the distal portion of wing, with one larger and apical and one preapical and smaller and adjacent to posterior wing margin.

Remarks: Previously re-described and reported to Colombia from Cundinamarca, Quindío, and Risaralda ( Ardila-Camacho & García-García, 2012). In the present work we extended the distribution range in the country to Valle del Cauca and Tolima ( Fig. 10 ). This species is widely distributed in Colombia, since it can be found in the three mountainous ranges of Colombia (i.e., in the western slope of the eastern cordillera: Tolima and Cundinamarca, the western slope of the central cordillera, and in the foothills of the western cordillera of Colombia). Additionally, the species have a wide range of altitudinal distribution, ranging from 400 to 2,000 m.

Distribution: Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador.

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Figure 10. Collecting records of Ameropterus, Cordulecerus, and Fillus from Colombia.