Epacanthaclisis continentalis Esben-Petersen, 1935

Ao, Weiguang, Wan, Xia & Wang, Xinli, 2010, Review of the genus Epacanthaclisis Okamoto, 1910 in China (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae), Zootaxa 2545, pp. 47-57 : 49-50

Epacanthaclisis continentalis Esben-Petersen, 1935

Epacanthaclisis continentalis Esben-Petersen, 1935: 233 ; Luppova, 1961: 208; Hölzel, 1972: 10; Stange, 1976: 297; Krivokhatsky, 1998: 42 –43; Yang, 1987: 212; 1988: 206; 1992: 447.

Diagnosis. Venation color alternating between pale and dark; forewing maculation of rhegma and anastomosis of CuA and CuP+1A linear, shorter than hypostigmal cell, other maculation indistinct. Pronotum with a pair of dark brown wide medial stripes connected posteriorly, a pair of dark brown lateral stripes thin and bent ( Figure 3 : D). Spurs extending to apex of the 3rd tarsomere in fore- and midleg, and extending to apex of the 2nd tarsomere in hindleg. Male abdomen with a pair of hair-pencils. Female posterior gonapophysis shorter than 1/4 of anterior gonapophysis ( Figure 4 : B).

Material examined. 1Ƥ, Xiao longmen, Beijing. 12.VII.1990, Chen Meng leg (CAU-N100009); 13, Xiao longmen, Beijing. 1.VIII.1992, Zhang Wuyou leg (CAU-N100005); 1Ƥ, Qiliyu, Huo County, Prov. Shanxi. 1550m, 28.VII.1972, Wang Shuyong leg (CAU-N100011)?1Ƥ, Ningshan County, Prov. Shaanxi. 14.VIII.1984, Northwest Agricultural College leg (CAU-N100008); 1Ƥ, Mt. Yawushan, Lingbao County, Prov. Henan. 1200m, 21.VIII.1996, Shen Xiaocheng leg (CAU-N100013); 1Ƥ, Zaigen, Xi Xiao County, Prov. Henan. 700m, 26.VIII.1996, Shen Xiaocheng leg (CAU-N100007); 2Ƥ, Mt. Baiyunshan, Song County, Prov.

Henan. 25.VII.2002, Bao Rong leg (CAU-N100010, CAU-N100012); 13, Prov. Hainan. VIII.1998, Collector unknown (CAU-N100006). 1Ƥ13, baotianman, neixiang, Prov. Henan. 1350m, 23.VII.2004, Wang Zhiliang leg (CAU-N 100186, CAU-N 100187); 13, Mt. tianchishan, Song County, Prov. Henan. 1000m, 13.VII.2004, Wang Zhiliang leg (CAU-N 100188); 13, Mt. Baiyunshan, Song County, Prov. Henan. 1500m, 14.VII.2004, Wang Zhiliang leg (CAU-N 100192).

Distribution. China (Beijing, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Hainan, Tibet, Yunnan, Sichuan); Afghanistan; India; Tadzhikistan.

Figures

FIGURE 3. A – F. Pronotum, dorsal view. A. E. banksi; B. E. maculosa; C. E. maculata; D. E. continentalis; E. E. moiwana; F. E. minana.

FIGURE 4. A – D. Female genitalia, ventral view. A. E. banksi; B. E. continentalis; C. E. moiwana; D. E. minana.