Brown-lacewings (Insecta: Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae) from Brazilian savannah in Central Brazil

Abstract

In this study were documented the species of brown-lacewings (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae) found at Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Veadeiros, in Alto Paraíso de Goiás, state of Goiás and at Parque Nacional Grande Sertão Veredas, in Chapada Gaúcha, state of Minas Gerais, both in Brazil, based on a survey carried out with Malaise traps between February 2018 and May 2019. During the samplings 60 specimens of hemerobiids were captured, being 26 of Nusalala tessellata (Gerstaecker, 1888), 13 of Nomerobius argentinensis González Olazo, 1990, eight of Sympherobius amazonicus Penny & Monserrat, 1985, six of Megalomus impudicus (Gerstaecker, 1888), five of Hemerobius hernandezi Monserrat, 1996, one Nomerobius cuspidatus Oswald, 1990 and one of Notiobiella sp. Nomerobius argentinensis and Nom. cuspidatus are reported by the first time to Brazil and H. hernandezi, M. impudicus, Notiobiella sp. and S. amazonicus to the state of Goiás, Brazil.

Keywords

• hemerobius
• megalomus
• nomerobius
• notiobiella
• sympherobius