New data on Neuropterida from the southern part of the European Russia

Abstract

Seventeen species of Neuroptera and one species of Raphidioptera are reported from the southern part of the European Russia. Wesmaelius navasi (Andreu, 1911), W. vaillanti (Navás, 1927), Chrysopa phyllochroma Wesmael, 1841, Lopezus fedtschenkoi (McLachlan, 1875) and Xanthostigma xanthostigma (Schummel, 1832) are new for the Republic of Kalmykia; Chrysopa hummeli Tjeder, 1936 is new for Volgograd Region. A female of Chrysopa viridinervis Jakowleff, 1869 collected 12 km south-west of Khvalynsk in Saratov Region, i.e. within the type locality, is the first known specimen of the species, except the type series which is most probably lost. A.V. Zakharenko considered Chrysopa hungarica Klapálek, 1899 as a junior synonym of Ch. viridinervis. We confirm this synonymy based on examination of this female. Its morphology fully corresponds to the original description of Ch. viridinervis and characters of Ch. hungarica: in particular, black X-shaped spot between antennae; antennae with scapus (mostly) and pedicellus (entirely) black, and flagellum paler, reddish brown; tergites and sternites black; venation entirely green except for few black veins in the wing base. Such a unique combination of characters does not occur in other European Chrysopidae

Keywords

• neuroptera
• republic of kalmykia
• lower volga