Myrmeleon (Myrmeleon) argentinus Banks, 1910

Stange, Lionel A. & uary, Jan, 2010, Preliminary report on the Myrmeleontidae (Neuroptera) of Paraguay, Insecta Mundi 2010 (114), pp. 1-14 : 9

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.10108359
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5475007
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scientific name	Myrmeleon (Myrmeleon) argentinus Banks
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15. Myrmeleon (Myrmeleon) argentinus Banks View in CoL

Myrmeleon argentinus Banks 1910: 147 View in CoL . Holotype, Mendoza, Argentina, Jensen-Haarup (MCZC).

Known distribution. Argentina; Bolivia; Brazil; Paraguay; Uruguay.

Diagnosis. Adult: Tergite IX ventrally produced into lobe; secondary sclerotized Adult under sternite IX; fore wing with radial cells not especially lengthened, at most twice as long as high; basal radial cell not much longer (at most) than longest presectoral cell; male ectoproct produced ventrally; ventral process bifurcate. Coloration: legs dark brown and pale brown. Larva: Mandible with three sharp pointed teeth, with some setae on exterior margin as long or longer than greatest mandibular width; labial palpus shorter than basal width of mandible; mesothoracic spiracle not borne on tubercle; head without dolichasters; sternite VIII with pair of inconspicuous submedian teeth near posterior margin; sternite IX without fossoria; fast backward movement only; make pitfall traps.

Material studied. PARAGUAY. Caazapá: Golondrina, 660' 25 o, 32’S, 55 o 29' W, 14-19.III.2009, U. Dreschel (1m, FSCA). Hayes: Puerto Galileo, 230,’ 25 o 04’S 57 o 52’W., 5.III.2008, U. Dreschel, 1m, FSCA). Kanindeyu: Carapa, 230' 24 o 22’S, 54 o 23’W, 1-10.XII.2007, U. Dreschel (1f, FSCA).