Gatzara

Wang, Xinli, Ao, Weiguang, Wang, Zhiliang & Wan, Xia, 2012, Review of the genus Gatzara Navás, 1915 from China (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae), Zootaxa 3408, pp. 34-46 : 36

Key to the species of Gatzara from China

1. Wings with large brown spots........................................................................... 2

- Wings without obvious markings, only venation and some area surrounding veins alternate between dark and light........ 5

2. The spot on the area of rhegma of hindwings is twice as large as that of forewings, away from the outer margin ( Fig. 5-A ).............................................................................................. G. qiongana

- The spot on the area of rhegma of hindwings is three time larger than that of forewings, near or extending to the outer margin.................................................................................................... 3

3. Head vertex with a pair of transverse stripes near the eyes and a pair of longitudinal black spots near middle ( Fig. 2-B )................................................................................................ G. decorilla

- Head vertex with complex pattern........................................................................ 4

4. Head vertex with dense small brown spots ( Fig. 3-B ), forewing longer than 38 mm ........................ G. decorosa

- Head vertex with five pale brown and five dark brown transverse stripes, forewing shorter than 35 mm ........ G. petrophila

5. Wings long and narrow, outer margin smooth, apex of hindwing without dark stripe ( Fig. 1-A )............ G. angulineura

- Wings wide, outer margin somewhat concave, apex of hindwings with a distinct dark stripe ( Fig. 4-A )......... G. nigrivena

Figures

FIGURE 5. A – D. Gatzara qiongana (Yang, 2002), n. comb. A. female habitus; B. head and pronotum, dorsal view; C. female genitalia, ventral view. D. female genitalia, ventral view.

FIGURE 2. A – D. Gatzara decorilla (Yang, 1997), n. comb. A. female habitus; B. head and pronotum, dorsal view; C. female genitalia, ventral view. D. female genitalia, ventral view.

FIGURE 3. A – D. Gatzara decorosa (Yang, 1988), n. comb. A. female habitus; B. head and pronotum, dorsal view; C. female genitalia, ventral view. D. female genitalia, ventral view.

FIGURE 1. A – D. Gatzara angulineura (Yang, 1987), n. comb. A. female habitus; B. head and pronotum, dorsal view; C. female genitalia, ventral view; D. female genitalia, ventral view.

FIGURE 4. A – E. Gatzara nigrivena Wang, n. sp. A. female habitus; B. head, anterior view; C. head and pronotum, dorsal view; D. female genitalia, ventral view. E. female genitalia, ventral view.