Periclystus, Gerstaecker-Stange, 1888

Machado, Renato Jose Pires & Oswald, John David, 2020, Morphological phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the former antlion subtribe Periclystina (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae: Dendroleontinae), Zootaxa 4796 (1), pp. 1-322 : 270

Key to species of Periclystus (modified from New 1985b)

1 Hind wing apex mostly brown ( Figs. 145c , 149b )............................................................ 2

- Hind wing apex mostly hyaline (with a few brown marks) ( Figs. 143c , 147c )...................................... 3

2 (1) Forewing strongly falcate apically ( Fig. 145c ); Australia.............................................. P. circuiter

- Forewing weakly falcate apically ( Fig. 149b ); Papua New Guinea........................................ P. vicinus

3 (1’) Body mostly pale; forewing weakly falcate, tornus obtuse ( Fig. 143d ); pterothorax with tufts of elongate setae (especially on scutella) ( Fig. 143b ).......................................................................... P. aureolatus

- Body mostly dark; forewing strongly falcate, tornus acute ( Fig. 147c ); pterothorax without tufts of elongate setae..................................................................................................... P. laceratus

Figures

FIGURE 143. Periclystus aureolatus: a) head, anterior; b) head and thorax, lateral; c) head and thorax, dorsal; d) wings, dorsal.

FIGURE 145. Periclystus circuiter: a) head, anterior; b) head and thorax, dorsal; c) wings, dorsal.

FIGURE 147. Periclystus laceratus: a) head, anterior; b) head and thorax, dorsal; c) wings, dorsal.

FIGURE 149. Periclystus vicinus: a) habitus, lateral; b) wings, dorsal.