Ptyngidricerus pakistanensis Ábrahám & Mészáros, 2002

Hassan, Muhammad Asghar & Liu, Xingyue, 2021, Taxonomic notes on owlflies from Pakistan (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae Ascalaphinae), Zootaxa 4970 (3), pp. 401-452 : 447

Ptyngidricerus pakistanensis Ábrahám & Mészáros, 2002

Ptyngidricerus pakistanensis Ábrahám & Mészáros, 2002: 394 . Type locality: Pakistan ( Gilgit-Baltistan Territory : Naltar Valley, Nomal Village).

Diagnosis. Ptyngidricerus pakistanensis can be easily distinguished from its congeneric species by the coloration of wing membrane, light brown in male, hyaline in female, and the elongated yellowish brown, rhomboid-shaped pterostigma in male, which is faintly yellow in female, the pterostigma is elongated toward the Sc+R vein to distal margin of wings and the apical area beyond Sc+R has some longitudinal forked veins in both male and female. Moreover, the female has a distinct large brown apical band, and the proximal to hind margin has a distinct brownish marking at the distal margin on the mediocubital area in both wings.

Distribution. Pakistan (Azad Kashmir Territory: Gilgit-Baltistan Territory: District Gilgit, Naltar Valley, Normal Village, District Nagar, Chalt Nagar, Hispar Valley, Karakorum Huru, Valley of Indus, District Shigar, Mts. Karakorum) ( Ábrahám & Mészáros 2002; Oswald 2020).