Ameromyia hirsuta Navás, 1914

Stange, Lionel A. & uary, Jan, 2010, Preliminary report on the Myrmeleontidae (Neuroptera) of Paraguay, Insecta Mundi 2010 (114), pp. 1-14 : 6

8. Ameromyia hirsuta Navás

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Ameromyia hirsuta Navás 1914a:50 . Holotype female, Río Grande do Sul, Brazil, Sieglmayr (ZSMC).

= Moza longiventris ( Navás) 1917: 194 , figure 4 (vertex, pronotum). Holotype male, Tehuel Malal , Río Negro, Argentina, 3.II.1915, R. Lehmann-Nitsche (La Plata). New Synonym.

= Ameromyia stevensi striolata Navás 1922: 360 (after Stange 1967: 46). Holotype female, no data given (type not located).

Known distribution. Argentina; Brazil; Uruguay.

Diagnosis. Adult: Fore wing vein 2A runs in a fairly even curve toward 3A;. fore wing vein CuP+1A parallels posterior branch of CuA for a distance, about equal to that between hind wing CuA and posterior branch of MP2; frons with numerous dark brown setae; tarsal claws as long as distal tarsomere. Greatest ocular width less than interocular distance; hind wing not abruptly narrowed apically. Coloration: Fore wing radial and subcostal veins with alternating dark brown and light brown areas; fore wing mediocubital area with dark brown spots covering only about one-half cell area; female hind wing with irregular dark brown streak through middle of narrowed apex (Figure 6); fore wing with prominent dark brown spots along radial vein. Larva: unknown.