Baliga Navás, 1912

Kim, Jiseung, Ahn, Neung-Ho & Kim, Sora, 2025, A taxonomic review of the family Myrmeleontidae Latreille (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontiformia) from the Korean peninsula, highlighting the conservation value of this family, ZooKeys 1262, pp. 97-174 : 97-174

Genus Baliga Navás, 1912

Baliga Navás, 1912 a: 110 . Type species: Myrmeleon asakurae Okamoto, 1910 . Type locality: Taiwan: Horisha.

Balaga Navás, 1912 a: 110 .

Baga Navás, 1930 a: 37 .

Diagnosis.

Adult. Medium to large sized antlions; wings without marking; forewing presectroal area usually with 5–10 crossveins; forewing vein 2 A fused with 3 A; forewing vein RP arising opposite or slightly beyond CuA fork; hindwing presectoral area usually with five crossveins; hindwing vein RP arising opposite or slightly beyond MP fork; male usually with pilula axillaris; tibial spurs approximately as long as tarsomere 1 ( Sekimoto 2014). Third instar larva. Head and mandibles elongated; abdominal sternite IX elongated, without or with few reduced digging setae; hind femur with a dark brown spot ( Hayashi et al. 2020; Lin et al. 2021).

Distribution.

Australia ( Queensland), Oriental ( Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Micronesia, Philippines), Palearctic ( China, Japan, Korea) ( Hassan et al. 2022).