Coniopteryx Curtis, 1834

Sarmiento-Cordero, Mariza Araceli & Contreras-Ramos, Atilano, 2019, Two new species and a key to the dustywings of Mexico (Neuroptera, Coniopterygidae), Zootaxa 4671 (1), pp. 551-563 : 554

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scientific name	Coniopteryx Curtis, 1834
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Genus Coniopteryx Curtis, 1834

Type species: Coniopteryx (Coniopteryx) tineiformis Curtis, 1834

Coniopteryx has a worldwide distribution. Considering the new species herein described, this genus includes 222 species in six subgenera ( Coniopteryx s. str., Holoconiopteryx , Metaconiopteryx , Protoconiopteryx , Scotoconiopteryx, and Xeroconiopteryx ), with sixteen species recorded in Mexico (cf., Sziráki 2011, 2015; Martins & Amorim 2016).

References

Martins, C. C. & Amorim, D. S. (2016) Brazilian dustywings (Neuroptera: Coniopterygidae): new species of Incasemidalis Meinander, 1972 and Coniopteryx Curtis, 1834, checklist and key for the Brazilian species. Zootaxa, 4083 (2), 257 - 289. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4083.2.6

Sziraki, G. (2011) Coniopterygidae of the world: Annotated check-list and identification keys for living species, species groups and supra specific taxa of the family. Lap Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbrucken, 249 pp.

Sziraki, G. (2015) Identity of Coniopteryx madagascariensis Meinander, 1974 (Neuroptera: Coniopterygidae), with description of three new species. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarium Hungaricae, 61, 135 - 146. https: // doi. org / 10.17109 / AZH. 61.2.135.2015