Fillus sp.

Ardila-Camacho, Adrian, Noriega, Jorge Ari & Acevedo-Ramos, Fernando, 2019, New genera records of split-eyed owlflies (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae: Ascalaphinae) from Colombia, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (Pap. Avulsos Zool., S. Paulo) 59, pp. 1-18 : 4

Fillus sp.

( Fig. 1 , 10 )

Specimen examined: Colombia: Meta: San Martín, Rey Zamuro, II-2012, J. Noriega, trampa de luz (1 ♀ -CAUD).

Comments: After the finding of a female specimen collected in the Colombian department of Meta, we concluded that it can confidentially be assigned to the genus Fillus . The specimen perfectly matches to the description and illustrations of Machado & Rafael (2011), however because only a single female is available, we cannot assign this specimen to any of the known species.

The specimen reported herein presents short antennae with apical club piriform ( Fig. 1C ), similar to that of F. amazonicus ; compound eyes have a shallow median depression ( Fig. 1A ), wings are hyaline with dark brown pterostigma; CuA on the hind wing is present, and the female genital sclerites ( Figs. 1D, E ) are similar to those illustrated by Machado & Rafael (2011). It is probable that the Colombian specimen be the same described by Machado & Rafael (2011), or alternatively a new species.

Figures

Figure 1. Fillus sp.: (A) head and thorax, lateral; (B) same, dorsal; (C) antennal apical club; (D) female terminalia, lateral; (E) same, ventral. Abbreviations: sVII, seventh sternite;tVII-tIX, tergites of abdominal segments VII-IX;ep, ectoproct;dv, distivalva;vv, ventrovalva;lg, linguella.

Figure 10. Collecting records of Ameropterus, Cordulecerus, and Fillus from Colombia.