Heteroconis picticornis (Banks, 1939)

Liu, Zhi-Qi, Yang, Chi-Kun & Shen, Zuo-Rui, 2004, A Study Of The Genus Heteroconis Enderlein (Insecta: Neuroptera: Coniopterygidae) With Four New Species From Mainland China, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (2), pp. 365-372 : 371-372

Heteroconis picticornis (Banks, 1939)

( Figs. 18, 19 )

Spiloconis picticornis Banks, 1939: 473 .

Heteroconis picticornis (Banks) - Meinander, 1972: 88.

Material examined. – 1 male ( CAU), Qinglangang , Hainan Province, South China, coll. S.-K. Liu, 8 Jul.1965 ; 1female ( CAU), Nada , Hainan Province, South China, coll. Y. Zhou, 27 Apr.1963 ; 1 male ( ZRC) , 1 female ( CAU), Jianfengling , Hannan Province, South China, coll. C.-K. Yang and F.-S. Li, 15 Dec.1974 ; 2 females (1 female, CAU, 1 female, ZRC), Maling , Hainan Province, South China, coll. C.-K. Yang, 18 Dec.1974 ; 1 male ( CAU), Baise , Guangxi Province, South China, coll. F.-S. Li, 1 Jun.1982 ; 1 female ( CAU), Pingxiang , Guangxi Province, South China, coll. C.-K. Yang, 12 May.1963 ; 1 male ( CAU), Guanpin , Yunnan Province, South China, coll. C.-K. Yang, 9 Apr.1981 .

Remarks. – This species was reported for the first time by Banks (1939) on the basis of specimens from Hannan, China, and was introduced from Hong Kong into USA for biological control of scale insects on citrus orchard. It can be easily identified by the following characters: No corniform structure on frons. Antennal segments 1-8 and 11-12 light, the others dark. Male genitalia ( Figs. 18, 19 ), ninth sternite broad and forming a pair of lateral hooks, ventral process on the ninth sternite and stylis absent. Female genitalia: Gonapophyses lateralis fused into a single plate and ductus receptaculi strongly scletotized.

Distribution. – Hainan, Yunnan, Guangxi, Hong Kong, South China.

Figures

Figs. 18-19. Heteroconis picticornis (Banks). Male. 18. terminalia, lateral view, 19. genitalia, lateral view. Scales 0.1mm.