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Bullanga florida Navas 1913

Description

Bullanga florida (Navás) 1913

(Figs. 2 A–D)

Glenurus floridus Navás 1913:11. synonymized by Stange 2004: 78.

Dendroleon parabolicus Navás 1933:2. synonymized by Banks 1940: 194.

Redescription. Male: forewing 34–42 mm, hind wing 36–44 mm, abdomen 21–24 mm; female: forewing 36–43 mm, hind wing 38–45 mm, abdomen 22–24 mm

Head: vertex inflated, dark brown with black setae; compound eye dark with black spots; forehead yellowish with sparse setae; clypeus and labium yellowish, labial palpi white and yellow. antenna clavate. thorax (Fig. 1 E): pronotum trapezoidal, longer than wide; yellow with dense black and white setae; a black stripe in the middle; a brown band in each side; mesothorax and metathorax dark with several yellow stripes; mesothorax with sparse black setae, 2 white setae tuft; wings: hyaline with several distinct stripes; forewing costal area simple, widened towards apex, Rs arises before CuA fork; 3 presectoral crossveins before original of Rs; 29–33 veins from origin of Rs to hypostigmatic cell; anterior Banksian line distinct, posterior Banksian line absent; 19–21 cross-veins in prefork area; anastomosis place of CuP+1A and CuA with an arch-shaped black stripe; a linear stripe in rhegma area; 2A with several branches running in a fairly even curve toward to 3A vein; hind wing costal area simple, Rs arises before CuA fork, a single presectoral cross-vein before origin of Rs; anterior Banksian line distinct, posterior Banksian line absent; a black spot in rhegma area; 14–15 cross-veins in prefork area; legs (fig. 2D): long and slender, with sparse long hair and dense short seate; foreleg: femur and titbia mostly black, 1st tarsomere and base of femur yellowish. 2 nd to 5 th tarsomere black. 1st tarsomere equals to 5 th tarsomere, the 2nd to 4th tarsomere shorter; tibial spurs yellowish-brown, straight, curved at apex, extending to 1st tarsomere; claw brown, curves to 5 th tarsomere; midleg and hindleg similar to foreleg; base of midleg tibia yellowish-rown; femur of hindleg yellow with some brown spots. abdomen: shorter than hind wings, dark brown; a longitudinal dark stripe in the middle. male genitalia (fig. 2B): gonarcus strongly bended, ossification weak; basal part of parameres combined, distal part fork-like; mediuncus ossification strong, developed; female terminalia (Fig. 2 C): ectoproct narrow with dense long setae; 8-interior gonapophysis short and small with dense long setae. 8-external gonapophysis finger-like, developed with dense long setae; 9-interior gonapophysis developed with dense digging setae; 9-external gonapophysis small and short.

Material examined. 1♀, Emeishan mountain, Sichuan Province, 1961. VIII. 23, Jikun Yang, CAU-N100069; 1♂, Fanjingshan mountain, 1340 m, Guizhou Province, 2001. VII. 27, Xia Wan, CAU-N100064; 1♀, Baizushan Mountain, Zhejiang Province, 1993. VIII.1, Hong Wu, CAU-N100067; 1♂, Sangang, Fujian Province, 1980. X. 11, Fan Jiang, CAU-N100063; 1♀, Xingshan, Hubei Province, 1300 mm, 1980. VII.20, Jikun Yang, CAU-N100060; 1♀, Baiyunshan Mountain, 1300m, Henan Province, 2002. VII.22, Rong Bao, CAU-N100058. 1♀, Guizhou Sinan, 1974. VIII.25, Guiqing Wang, CAU-N100062; 1♀, Sichuan Wanxian, 1200m, 1993. VIII.10, Xingke Yang, CAU- N100068.

Type material examined. Holotype 1 , Ningpo(Ninghsien) Mts., China, 1900.VI, Haberer Distribution. China: Zhejiang, Fujian, Henan, Hubei, and Shaanxi Provinces

Notes

Published as part of Zhan, Qingbin & Wang, Xinli, 2014, A review of the genus Bullanga Navás, 1917 (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae), pp. 195-200 in Zootaxa 3872 (2) on pages 198-199, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3872.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/229978

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Myrmeleontidae
Genus
Bullanga
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Neuroptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Navas
Species
florida
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Bullanga florida Navas, 1913 sec. Zhan & Wang, 2014

References

  • Navas, L. (1913) Bemerkungen uber die Neuropteren der Zoologischen Staatssammlung in Munchen. V. Mitteilungen der Munchener Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 4, 9 - 15.
  • Stange, L. A. (2004) A systematic catalog, bibliography and classification of the world antlions (Insecta: Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 74, 1 - 565.
  • Navas, L. (1933) Nevropteres et insectes voisins. Chine et pays environnants. Cinquieme [V] serie. Notes d'Entomologie Chinoise, 1 (13), 1 - 10.
  • Banks, N. (1940) Report on certain groups of Neuropteroid insects from Szechwan, China. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 88, 173 - 220. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.88 - 3079.173