Preliminary revision on the antlion genus Myrmeleon Linnaeus, 1767 (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae) known from India

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Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity Pub Date : 2025-02-27 DOI:10.1016/j.japb.2025.01.009

Thangalazhi Balakrishnan Suryanarayanan , Levente Ábrahám , Chenthamarakshan Bijoy

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A taxonomic revision and re-examination of 21 species and one subspecies in Myrmeleon (Linnaeus, 1767) recorded from India was done by comparing it with the type specimens from various museums. Taxonomic changes including Grocus fulvescens Navás, 1934 (syn. n.), Myrmeleon assamensis Ghosh, 1984 (syn. n.), and Tafanerus indicus Navás, 1919 (syn. n.), are new junior synonyms of Myrmeleon tenuipennis Rambur, 1842. Myrmeleon oberthuri (Navás, 1923) (syn. n.), and Myrmeleon marginicollis (Gerstaecker, 1894) (syn. n.), are new junior synonyms of Myrmeleon trivialis (Gerstaecker, 1885). Myrmeleon inanis (Gerstaecker, 1894) is moved to new combination as Baliga inanis (Gerstaecker, 1894) (comb. n.). Meanwhile, Baliga kashmirensis (Hassan, Zheng & Liu, 2022) (syn. n.) is a new junior synonym of Baliga inanis (Gerstaecker, 1894). Myrmeleon ermineus (Fabricius, 1798) is moved to new combination as Creoleon ermineus (Fabricius, 1798) (comb. n.). Creoleon griseus (Klug in Ehrenberg, 1834) (syn. n.) is conspecific with Creoleon ermineus (Fabricius, 1798), still, the name Creoleon griseus is recommended because it is a widespread and well-known name in the literature. The status of Myrmeleon mediatus (Navás, 1931), Myrmeleon periculosus (Walker, 1853), Myrmeleon punctatus (Fabricius, 1787) and Myrmeleon ursinus (Fabricius, 1798) remains uncertain because their type specimens are missing or in bad condition. After this revision, Myrmeleon has only five valid species that occur in India. Moreover, the diagnosis, redescription, and key to the valid Myrmeleon species from India are provided.

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标题印度蚁属初编，1767（神经翅目，蚁科）

通过与各博物馆的模式标本比较，对印度记录的mymyeleon （Linnaeus, 1767）中的21个种和1个亚种进行了分类修订和重新鉴定。分类上的变化包括Grocus fulvescens Navás， 1934 (syn. n.), Myrmeleon assamensis Ghosh, 1984 （syn. n.）和Tafanerus indicus Navás， 1919 (syn. n.)，是Myrmeleon tenuipennis Rambur， 1842的新初级同义词。mymeleon oberthuri (Navás, 1923) （syn. n.）和mymeleon marginicollis (Gerstaecker, 1894) （syn. n.）是mymeleon trivialis （Gerstaecker, 1885）的新同义词。Myrmeleon inanis （Gerstaecker, 1894）被移动到新的组合Baliga inanis (Gerstaecker, 1894)（梳子）。n)。同时，Baliga kashmirensis (Hassan, Zheng &；Liu, 2022) （syn. n.）是Baliga inanis （Gerstaecker, 1894）的一个新的初级同义词。mymeleon ermineus （Fabricius, 1798）被移动到新的组合Creoleon ermineus (Fabricius, 1798)（梳子）。n)。Creoleon griseus (Klug in Ehrenberg, 1834)（同义）与Creoleon ermineus （Fabricius, 1798）同义，但仍推荐使用Creoleon griseus，因为它在文献中是一个广泛且知名的名称。由于它们的模式标本缺失或保存状况不佳，因此，目前仍不确定中位密尔龙（Navás, 1931）、细腹密尔龙（Walker, 1853）、点状密尔龙（Fabricius, 1787）和熊窦密尔龙（Fabricius, 1798）的状态。经过这次修订，mymyeleon在印度只有五个有效的物种。此外，还提供了来自印度的mymyelon有效种的诊断、重新描述和检索。

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Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Insect Science

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