Bubopsis McLachlan, 1898

Hassan, Muhammad Asghar & Liu, Xingyue, 2021, Taxonomic notes on owlflies from Pakistan (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae Ascalaphinae), Zootaxa 4970 (3), pp. 401-452 : 415

Genus Bubopsis McLachlan, 1898

Bubopsis McLachlan, 1898: 159 . Type species: Ascalaphus agrionoides Rambur, 1838 . Subsequent designation by van der Weele, 1909: 271.

Bubo Rambur, 1842: 353 . Type species: Ascalaphus agrionoides Rambur, 1838 . Subsequent designation.

Phyurus Navás , [1901] 1900–1901: 95. Type species: Ascalaphus agrionoides Rambur, 1838 . Monotypy.

Diagnosis. Bubopsis can be characterized by the presence of long male ectoprocts (equal to the length of last four abdominal segments taken together) with long median branch directed downward ( Yang et al. 2016: figs 10–13). Moreover, it differs from Deleproctophylla Lefèbvre by the hyaline, immaculate wings.

Note. In Asia, this genus is represented by five species and one subspecies ( Sziráki 1998, 2000). It currently includes a single species in Pakistan, Bubopsis tancrei van der Weele, 1909 , which was listed as present among the Neuropterida in the National Museums of Scotland ( Whittington 2002). Until now, there is no detailed information available about the exact locality of this species in Pakistan. No new specimens were recorded in this study.