Stylascalaphus ( Sziráki, 1998 ), Meszaros & Abraham, 2005

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Genus Stylascalaphus ( Sziráki, 1998)

Stylonotus Needham, 1909: 198 . Type species: Ascalaphus obscurus Westwood, 1847: 69 . Original designation. Junior homonym of Stylonotus Olfers, 1907 –– Collembola –– recognized by Oswald & Penny (1991).

Stylascalaphus Sziráki, 1998: 65 . New name for Stylonotus Needham, 1909 by Sziráki (1998).

Diagnosis. Stylascalaphus can be easily distinguished by the anal area of forewing being without a triangular projection, the apical area beyond Sc+R with two rows of cells, the presence of a unique dorsal process at the distal margin of male abdominal tergum 3 and the antenna as long as the distance between base of forewing to pterostigma ( Needham 1909: fig. 2; Mészáros & Ábrahám 2005: figs 1–2, 5).

Note. Needham (1909) erected Stylonotus based on a single species, Stylascalaphus obscurus (Westwood, 1848) from East India that was previously described from a single female specimen. Latter Sziráki (1998) proposed a new name, Stylascalaphus Sziráki for Stylonotus Needham due to a junior homonym of Stylonotus Olfers, 1907 (Collembola) noted by Oswald and Penny (1991). Currently, Stylascalaphus includes two species, i.e., S. obscurus (Westwood, 1848) from East India, and S. fabiani Mészáros & Ábrahám, 2005 which is endemic to Pakistan ( Mészáros & Ábrahám 2005).