Glyptobasis, McLachlan, 1873

Suryanarayanan, Thangalazhi Balakrishnan, Ábrahám, Levente & Bijoy, Chenthamarakshan, 2024, Taxonomic revision of the owlfly genus Glyptobasis McLachlan, 1873 (Neuroptera: Ascalaphidae) from India and its adjacent countries, Zootaxa 5486 (3), pp. 388-418 : 414

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5486.3.4

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:724B0245-ACA0-41FF-A650-FA0943835EC8

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13755803

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C94887F3-FFE4-FFDE-CAE2-FB6C4BD1F953

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Plazi

scientific name

Glyptobasis
status

 

Key to species of the genus Glyptobasis View in CoL

G. fraseri is excluded from the key since the type specimen is too damaged to determine characters.

1. Only one yellow band on mesothorax in lateral view ( Figs. 1C View FIGURES 1 and 17D View FIGURES 17 )......................................... 2

- Two distinct yellow bands on meso and metathorax in lateral view ( Figs. 4C View FIGURES 4 ; 10C View FIGURES 10 ; 19C View FIGURES 19 )............................. 3

2. Labrum pale yellow with dark brown apical margin ( Fig. 2B View FIGURES 2 ), male antenna slightly curved with small teeth on inner surface ( Fig. 2A View FIGURES 2 )............................................................................ G. cornuta Kimmins View in CoL

- Labrum shiny dark brown to black ( Fig. 17B View FIGURES 17 ), male antenna strongly curved in S-shape with well-developed teeth on inner surface ( Fig. 17A View FIGURES 17 ).............................................................. G. spinicornis van der Weele View in CoL

3. Labrum and clypeus pale brown ( Figs. 15B View FIGURES 15 ; 19B View FIGURES 19 )............................................................ 4

- Labrum and clypeus dominantly dark brown to black......................................................... 5

4. Pterostigma and legs reddish brown ( Figs. 15A;C View FIGURES 15 ), male ectoproct with short and stout caudo-ventral processus, gx9+11 extensions at right angles curved with blunt-ended projection directed inwards at base in ventral view (as in Kimmins 1949:23, fig. 9)............................................................................... G. nugax (Walker) View in CoL

- Pterostigma and legs dark brown to black ( Figs. 19A;C View FIGURES 19 ), male ectoproct with small and thin caudo-ventral processus, gx9+11 extensions evenly curved without protuberance in ventral view (as in Kimmins 1949:23, fig. 9)......... G. weelei Kimmins View in CoL

5. Frons shiny black without any marks ( Figs. 10B View FIGURES 10 ; 12A View FIGURES 12 )...................................... G. nigrifrons Kimmins View in CoL

- Frons dominantly brown with lateral indistinct, yellowish spot below scapus ( Figs. 4B View FIGURES 4 ; 7A View FIGURES 7 )....... G. dentifera (Westwood) View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Neuroptera

Family

Ascalaphidae

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