Ameromyia protensis (Gerstaecker)

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

9. Ameromyia protensis (Gerstaecker)

Myrmeleon protensis ( Gerstaecker) 1893: 138 . Holotype female, São Paulo, Brazil (EMAU).

= Foya trapezia Navás 1914a: 54 , figure 4 (base hind wing) (after Stange 1967: 47). Holotype male, Brazil (NHMW).

= Ameromyia alterna Navás 1919: 296 (after Banks 1943: 163). Syntypes male, female, Banda Oriental, Uruguay (not located).

= Ameromyia decarloi Navás 1923a: 189 (after Stange 1967: 47). Holotype male, Corrientes, Argentina, I.1921, De Carlo (not located).

Taxonomy. Esben-Petersen 1920: 193 ( trapezia = pubiventris and tendinosus); Stange1967: 47 (in Ameromyia ).

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 Posterior area of fore wing higher than prefork area below radial sector with cells that are about 1.5 times higher than long; posterior area of hind wing narrow, subequal in height to costal area at radial sector; hind wing cross veins between CuA and hind margin delimit cells that are much longer than high. Coloration: Fore wing radial sector mostly dark colored in contrast to all pale brown subcostal vein. Larva: unknown.