Ameropterus selysi ( Van der Weele, 1909 )

Ardila-Camacho, Adrian, Noriega, Jorge Ari & Acevedo-Ramos, Fernando, 2019, New genera records of split-eyed owlflies (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae: Ascalaphinae) from Colombia, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (Pap. Avulsos Zool., S. Paulo) 59, pp. 1-18 : 12-13

Ameropterus selysi ( Van der Weele, 1909) ( Figs. 7 , 8 , 10 )

Colobopterus selysi Van der Weele, 1909: 134 . Syntypes in multiple collections (Type locality: syntypes from Brazil, Honduras, and Venezuela).

Ameropterus selysi ( Van der Weele, 1909) . Penny, 1977:10.

Specimens examined: Colombia: Guainía: Inírida , comunidad la ceiba, 03°37’58.7”N, 67°53’22.1”W, 103 m, 25-III-2000, G. Galvis, (1 ♂ - ICN) ; Magdalena: PNN Tayrona , 11°20’N, 74°02’W, 30 m, 17-29-IX-2001, R. Henriquez, Malaise trap M.2135, (1 ♂ - IAvH) ; Meta: San Martín, Finca Santa Rosa , 03°33’27”N, 73°38’13”W, 350 m, 11-XII-2006, A. Hurtado, N. Umaña, I. Medina, (1 ♀ - ANDES-E) ; Tolima, Prado , vda. El Tafurito, Reserva ,

Las Guacamayas, 04°10’19.23”N, 74°37’36.58”W, 519 m, 04-V-2013, D. Rivera (1 ♀ -CAUD).

Diagnosis: Antennal club narrow, light brown ( Fig. 7D ); head and thorax mainly light brown ( Figs. 7B, C ); wings elongated and narrow,forewing with axillary angle moderately developed and followed by a strong concavity; hind wing basally constricted with a concavity, anal lobe moderately developed ( Fig. 7A ). Ectoproct ovoid in lateral view, posteroventrally with abundant thick and long setae ( Fig. 8A ); sternite IX narrow, spoon-shaped in lateral view ( Fig. 8A ), in ventral view with distal half view nearly subpentagonal with angles rounded ( Fig. 8B ); lateral lobes of gonarcus rounded, posterior apex slightly curved ventrally ( Fig. 8E ).

Remarks: Morphologically A. selysi resembles A. subripiens and A. versicolor , however hind wing is narrower with the anal lobe less developed. This species is report- ed to Colombia for the first time. The new records are from Tayrona Natural Park, Magdalena, locality found in the Caribbean coast of the country, and Guainía, a locality found near the eastern boundary with Venezuela in the Amazonian region of Colombia. Other records are from San Martín, Meta in the plains of the Colombian Orinoquia, contiguous to the eastern slope of the eastern cordillera, and from Tolima, which is found in the Magdalena river basin.

Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil.

Figures

Figure 7. Ameropterus selysi: (A) wing venation;(B) head and thorax,lateral;(C) head,frontal;(D) antennal apical club.

Figure 8. Ameropterus selysi: (A) male terminalia,lateral;(B) same,ventral;(C) male genitalia,dorsal;(D) same,ventral;(E) same,lateral.

Figure 10. Collecting records of Ameropterus, Cordulecerus, and Fillus from Colombia.