Heteroconis terminalis (Banks, 1913)

Zhao, Yaru, Sziraki, Gyoergy & Liu, Zhiqi, 2022, Two new species of Heteroconis Enderlein, 1905 from China (Neuroptera, Coniopterygidae), ZooKeys 1081, pp. 89-98 : 89

Heteroconis terminalis (Banks, 1913)

Figures 3 , 4

Malacomyza terminalis Banks, 1913b: 220. Type locality: India (Maharashtra).

Material examined.

1 male, China, Guangxi Province, Baise City, Baise Revolt's Memorial Hall , 23.9072°N, 106.6327°E, 6.iv.2019, leg. Yaru Zhao ; 2 males, China: Guangxi Province, Pingxiang County, 22.1385°N, 106.8005°E, 12.v.1963, leg. Chikun Yang.

Remarks on the hitherto available descriptions of the species.

In the original description of Heteroconis terminalis , the male head is mentioned as having "a swollen cap or top piece" ( Banks 1913). Withycombe (1925) re-examined a paratype of this species and gave a rather detailed description of its morphology, pointing out that "The latero-dorsal portions of the frons grow out as curved, horn-like projections". Examination of the above Chinese specimens confirmed that there is a pair of latero-dorsal projections on the frons ( Liu 2003; Liu et al. 2004). Wing measurements of the Chinese specimens examined in the present study are as follows: forewing length 2.8-3.2 mm, width 1.0-1.3 mm; hindwing length 2.6-3.0 mm, width 0.8-1.1 mm. Male terminalia sclerotized. Stylus about 5-times as long as broad in lateral view, with short and thick spines on distal third.

Distribution.

China: Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan; India: Bombay; Malaysia: Selangor.

Figures

Figure 3. Heteroconis terminalis (Banks, 1913), male from Guangxi (China) a habitus, lateral view b head, dorsal view c forewing d hindwing. Scale bar: 1 mm.

Figure 4. Heteroconis terminalis (Banks, 1913), Guangxi male, genitalia a lateral view. b dorsal view. p, penis; s 10, tenth sternite; goc, gonocoxite; dl, dorso-lateral projection of penis; st, stylus; t 9, ninth tergite.