Idricerus McLachlan, 1873, 1871

Hassan, Muhammad Asghar & Liu, Xingyue, 2021, Taxonomic notes on owlflies from Pakistan (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae Ascalaphinae), Zootaxa 4970 (3), pp. 401-452 : 440-441

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4970.3.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4766627

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Idricerus McLachlan, 1873
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Genus Idricerus McLachlan, 1873 View in CoL View at ENA

Idricerus McLachlan, 1873 a: 240 View in CoL . Type species: Ascalaphus decrepitus Walker, 1860: 197 View in CoL . Monotypy.

Diagnosis. Idricerus can be easily distinguished from other genera in the tribe Haplogleniini by the hyaline wing membrane or dark brown to yellowish brown specklings along the crossveins and the apical area beyond Sc+R having two rows of cells. Furthermore, the forewing with anal area has a weakly or distinctly produced triangular projection and the length of tibial spurs in fore- and mid leg is as long as the combined length of Ta1–Ta2.

Note. Idricerus currently includes five described species distributed in the Palearctic and Oriental realms ( Zhang et al. 2015; Machado et al. 2019). Two species, I. decrepitus (Walker) and I. sogdianus McLachlan are known from Pakistan. Zhang et al. (2015) provided the distribution of I. decrepitus in Pakistan (unknown location). Herein, we confirm the distribution of I. decrepitus in the northeastern part of Pakistan, Rawalakot valley, Azad Kashmir.

Key to known species of the genus Idricerus from Pakistan

1. Wings transparent, without speckling along the crossveins ( Zhang et al. 2015: fig.7).............. I. sogdianus McLachlan View in CoL

-. Wings with yellowish brown or dark brown specklings along the crossveins ( Fig. 22 View FIGURE 22 )............... I. decrepitus (Walker) View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Neuroptera

Family

Ascalaphidae

Loc

Idricerus McLachlan, 1873

Hassan, Muhammad Asghar & Liu, Xingyue 2021
2021
Loc

Idricerus

McLachlan, R. 1873: 240
Walker, F. 1860: 197
1873
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