Heteroconis terminalis (Banks, 1913), 2002

Liu, Zhi-Qi, Yang, Chi-Kun & Shen, Zuo-Rui, 2004, A Study Of The Genus Heteroconis Enderlein (Insecta: Neuroptera: Coniopterygidae) With Four New Species From Mainland China, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (2), pp. 365-372 : 366

Heteroconis terminalis (Banks, 1913)

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Malacomyza terminalis Banks, 1913: 220 .

Niphadicera terminanlis (Banks) - Withycombe 1925: 6. Heteroconis terminalis (Banks) - Meinander 1972: 90.

Material examined. – 18 males, 35 females (16 males, 33 females CAU, 2 males, 2 females ZRC), Nada , Hainan Province, South China, coll. C.-K. Yang, F.-S. Li & Z.-M Ping, 7~ 12 Dec.1974 ; 2 males, 3 females ( CAU), Xinglong , Hainan Province, South China, coll. C.-K. Yang & F.-S. Li, 20-21 Dec.1974 ; 3 males ( CAU), Jianfengling , Hainan Province, South China, coll. C.-K. Yang, 16 Dec.1974 ; 1 females ( CAU), Menghai , Yunnan Province, South China, coll. C.-K. Yang, 19 Apr.1981 ; 2 males ( CAU), Pingxiang , Guangxi Province, South China, coll. C.-K. Yang, 12 May.1963 . Remarks. – According to the original description (Banks, 1913), there is one projection on the frons between the antennae, but according to Whithycombe (1925) there are two on the latero-dorsal portions of the frons. This species is recorded for the first time from China by Liu & Yang (2002). In the Chinese specimens, there are two projections on the latero-dorsal portions of the frons ( Fig. 1 ). It can be easily distinguished from other species of the genus by the following features: Antennae bicolorous, six or eight basal and the last apical segments whitish, the others dark brown. Scape of male with dorsal depression bearing short hairs. Ninth sternite of male genitalia very narrow ( Figs. 2, 3 ). Styli more than twice as long as broad in lateral view, with short and thick hairs, but long hairs present distally. Hypandrium absent, or probably fused with styli. Ductus receptaculi of female genitalia sclerotized and running from caudal part of abdomen forewards to fourth segment and then ending in a simple unpaired structure.

Distribution. – Hainan, Yunnan and Guangxi, South China; India.

Figures

Figs. 1-3. Heteroconis terminalis (Banks). Male. 1. head, lateral view, 2. terminalia, lateral view, 3. genitalia, ventral view. Scales 0.1mm.