Dimares elegans (Perty, 1833)

Petko, Olga, Smith, Paul, Stange, Lionel & Rios, Sergio D., 2016, New antlion records (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) from Paraguay, Insecta Mundi 2016 (487), pp. 1-8 : 2

Dimares elegans form “ lepida” Navás, 1912 ( Fig. 1 )

Dimares elegans lepida Navás 1912: 41 . Fig. 3 . Syntypes, Catamarca and Mendoza, Argentina (Copenhagen).

Specimens examined. Boquerón (1): Cruce Loma Plata (estimated S22 o 34’38.1 '’ W059 o 50’11.1 '’) (MNHNP 9 I 1993, Col. C. Aguilar). No ecological data accompanies this specimen, but the habitat in this area is Dry Chaco scrub. Presidente Hayes (3): Laguna Capitán (S22 o 33' W059 o 42' ’), CZPLT 3382- 3384 (23-24 III 2015, Col. P. Smith). All Laguna Capitán specimens were collected at house lights in an area of Dry Chaco scrub surrounded by salt lagoons.

Figures

Fig. 1. Dimares elegans form “lepida” Navás, 1912, female; Laguna Capitán, Presidente Hayes Department. Photo by Gabor Pozsgai.

Fig. 3. Glenurus croesus Banks, 1922, Reserva Natural Laguna Blanca, San Pedro Department. Photo by Gabor Pozsgai.