Necyla sacra Navás, 1914

Kaur, Simarjit, Pandher, Manpreet Singh & Chandra, Kailash, 2020, New records of family Mantispidae (Insecta: Neuroptera) from India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 120 (3), pp. 251-256 : 254-256

Necyla sacra Navás, 1914 ( Fig. 10 -15)

1914. Necyla sacra Navás, Boletín de la Sociedad Aragonesa de

Ciencias Naturales, 13: 63-64.

Specimen examined: Madhya Pradesh; Shivpuri; Rest House , 27.xi.2001, leg. Nema & Ahirwar; ( NZC), 1 ♀ ; 28.xi.2001, 1 ♂ and 1 ♀; 3.xii.2001, 2 ♂ and 2 ♀;

3.xii.2001, 1 ♂; 7.xii.2001, 1 ♂. Hoshangabad; PWD rest house; 1.xi.2002, leg. Y.N.Gupta; ( NZC), 2 ♂ . Damoh; Danital; Veerangana Durgavati Wildlife Sanctuary, Forest Rest House , 20.vi.2009, leg. J. Thilak; ( NZC), 1 ♀ ; Giri Darshan, 25.vi.2009, leg. J. Thilak; ( NZC), 1 ♂ ; 26.vi.2009, 1 ♀. Raisen; Bamhori; Wildlife National Park , Rest house ,

4.iv.2011, leg. Sambath & party); ( NZC), 2 ♂ and 1 ♀ ,

8.iv.2011, 1 ♂, 10.iv.2011, 1 ♂, 31.xi.2011, 1 ♂ and 1 ♀.

Description:Measurements. Body: 10.5-10.7mm,Forewing Length: 9.0- 9.2 mm, Width: 2.3- 2.5 mm.

Head: Generally brown, glabrous. Antennal flagellomeres 25-26, simple, flagellum slender, significantly shorter than prothorax, lacks pale band in distal third. Labrum, palpi and mandibles yellow except the outer margin dark brown.

Thorax: Anterior margin with anterodorsally directed cusp; pronotal mid- section cylindrical, pronotum in dorsal view lacks transverse ridges, surface granulated. Prothorax longer than pterothorax, Pterothorax: lacks setae but pubescent, light brown with a pair of dark brown to blackish longitudinal stripes. Mesonotum furrows conspicuous, meet at prominent central furrow, central furrow shaped as conical pit, pit slightly anteriorly directed; mesoscutellum triangular, terminates just posterior to central furrow.

Legs: Fore coxa and trochanter pale, granulated, femur and tibia black; tarsus brown. Mid and hind legs mostly yellow; meso and metatarsus with segment I more than double in length than segments II-IV combine; segment

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Figure 15. Male of Necyla sacra Navás, 1914 , part of right hindwing (arrow shows the fusion of Cu (A and A1), dorsal view.

IV shortest; segment V flat anterodorsally; meso and metatarsus claws comprising 3-4 teeth.

Wings: Hyaline - radial cells comparatively compressed into box- like shapes. Veins mostly brown except Sc and R yellowish brown in both wings. Pterostigma simple, reddish-brown, Forewing: costal space terminates just distal to commencement of Rs; 4 RA cells with 5 Rs branches; A2 simple and fused with A3 basally; CuP straight distal to CuP-A1. Hindwing: A 1 in hindwing forked and fused with CuA for significant distance distal to fork.

Abdomen: Ground color is yellow with black stripes. Anterior sternites with one black stripe at posterior margins, rest of sternites completely yellow.

Distribution: Israel, India (Madhya Pradesh).

Figures

Figures 10-12. Male of Necyla sacra Navás, 1914. 10. Habitus; 11. Head, anterior view; 12. Head, dorsal view.