Ankylopteryx (A.) quadrimaculata ( Guerin-Meneville , 1844)

Ma, Yunlong, Yang, Xingke & Liu, Xingyue, 2020, Notes on the green lacewing subgenus Ankylopteryx Brauer, 1864 (s. str.) (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae) from China, with description of a new species, ZooKeys 906, pp. 41-71 : 41

Ankylopteryx (A.) quadrimaculata ( Guerin-Meneville, 1844)

Ankylopteryx (A.) quadrimaculata : Guérin-Méneville 1844: 388 (original: Hemerobius ; type locality: “Chine” [China]; type in MNHN); Schneider 1851: 162 ( Chrysopa ); Hagen 1866: 380 ( Ankylopteryx ); Brooks and Barnard 1990: 265 ( Ankylopteryx (Ankylopteryx) ); Yang et al. 2005: 56 ( Ankylopteryx (Ankylopteryx) ).

Distribution.

China.

Remarks.

The original description of this species ( Guérin-Méneville 1844) is too simple, and the only informative descriptions are the body length (= 12 mm), forewing span (= 36 mm), and the presence of stripes below toruli. Nevertheless, the stripes below toruli are also present in Ankylopteryx octopunctata (Fabricius, 1793), A. tesselata Needham, 1909, A. nonelli Navás, 1913, A. nepalensis Hölzel, 1973, and A. yangi sp. nov. Thus, the validity of A. quadrimaculata is doubtful and this species may be a synonym of those species mentioned above except A. yangi sp. nov. (differences between A. yangi sp. nov., and A. quadrimaculata are outlined below in the Remarks for A. yangi sp. nov.). This species is not included in the present key, but still treated as a valid species until the type is examined.