Palparini Banks, 1911

Hassan, Muhammad Asghar, Akhtar, Saleem, Zheng, Yuchen & Liu, Xingyue, 2023, Taxonomic notes on the antlion tribe Palparini Banks (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) from Pakistan, Zootaxa 5256 (6), pp. 565-588 : 567

Tribe Palparini Banks, 1911

Notes. Despite debatable generic status, the following genera: Indopalpares , Palpares , and Parapalpares can be distinguished by characters proposed by Insom & Carfi (1988) and present examination: 1) Size of labial palp smaller in Indopalpares , larger in Palpares and Parapalpares ; 2) Prothoracic markings wholly brownish yellow, without distinct median longitudinal stripe in Parapalpares , with a distinct median stripe in Indopalpares and Palpares ; 3) Abdominal markings on lateral margins and posterior margin of tergites 6–8 narrowly yellow in Indopalpares , uniformly pale brown in Palpares and Parapalpares ; 4) Shape of male ectoprocts cylindrical, distinctly curved at base in Indopalpares , moderately curved at base in Parapalpares and Palpares ; 5) Shape of male sternite 9: Acutely tapering at apex in Indopalpares , round in Palpares and Parapalpares ; 6) Gonocoxites 9 paired and widely separated from each other, with acute apex and acutely tapering basal projection in Parapalpares , closely spaced, with obtuse apex and basal projection absent or obtuse in Indopalpares and Palpares ; 7) Gonocoxites 9 with median sensory bulla present in Indopalpares , indistinct in Palpares and Parapalpares ; and 8) Gonarcal bulla feebly developed in Indopalpares , distinct in Palpares and Parapalpares .