Argentoleon longitudinalis (Navás)

Stange, Lionel A. & uary, Jan, 2010, Preliminary report on the Myrmeleontidae (Neuroptera) of Paraguay, Insecta Mundi 2010 (114), pp. 1-14 : 7-8

11. Argentoleon longitudinalis (Navás)

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Moza longitudinalis Navás 1914b:206 . Holotype female, Chaco de Santa Fe, Las Garzas, Bords du Río Las Garzas , 25 km. d’Ocampo, Argentina, 1903, E. Wagner (MNHN).

Known distribution. Argentina; Paraguay; Uruguay.

Diagnosis. Adult: Frons without setae; antenna short, same length in both sexes, about 30 flagellomeres; antennal fossae separated by about width of pedicel; fore femur without clavate setae; ocular rim without setae; fore femoral sense hair as long as fore femur and mid femoral sense hair; mesonotum without blade-like setae; tibial spurs present; pretarsal claws large, longer than one-half length of distal tarsomere; pilula axillaris large; hind wing shorter than fore wing, in repose apices of wings nearly coincide; costal area of fore wing with one series of cells; posterior area of hind wing narrower than presectoral area, CuA bends to hind margin at or before origin of medial fork; anterior banksian line weakly developed; postventral lobe of male ectoproct more than eight times longer than middle diameter, without secondary lobes; male paramere plate-like, without hinge; genital sac with lateral lobe-like sclerite; mediuncus smooth; female terminalia with pregenital plate membranous, without median tooth; gonapophyseal plate narrow, short, not transverse; lateral gonapophyses separated, with strong digging setae; ectoproct with digging setae; posterior gonapophyses without scrapping setae. Coloration: Fore wing with prominent dark brown stripe in mediocubital area extending well beyond cubital fork (Figure 7). Larva: unknown.

Material studied. PARAGUAY. San Pedro: San Estanislao, I. 1943 Bridarolli (1m, FSCA)