Neuroptera of the Amazon Basin Part. 5, Coniopterygidae

Abstract

From the Amazon Basin 3 spp of Neoconis End., 4 spp of Semidalis and 15 spp of Coniopteryx are reported.

The extant fauna of Neuroptera (Insecta) from Brazil: diversity, distribution and history

“…The Brazilian dustywings were recently addressed by Martins and Amorim (2016), who described two new species, including the first record of the genus Incasemidalis Meinander to the country, and also provided a checklist & key to the species. The taxonomy of the family in Brazil was heavily influenced by the studies of Meinander, who over 18 years had described a total of 38 species, accounting for 82.6% of the current Brazilian fauna (Meinander, 1972(Meinander, , 1974(Meinander, , 1980(Meinander, , 1983(Meinander, , 1986(Meinander, , 1990Meinander and Penny, 1982). Despite ranking third in species diversity, coniopterygids are believed to be underrepresented in the country and future studies focusing on unsampled regions will certainly provide new taxa to Brazil.…”

Unknown diversity: survey of Neuroptera (Insecta) in Paraná, southern Brazil, reveals 14 species newly recorded from the state and country

“…In the past, studies focusing on Brazilian Neuroptera were mostly concentrated in the Amazon region, mainly due to the series of papers published by Dr. Norman D. Penny (e.g., Penny 1981;Meinander and Penny 1982;Adams and Penny 1985), but more recently a growing body of records of new species have been established in other regions of the country (e.g., Martins and Amorim 2015;Silva and Freire 2015;Assmar and Salles 2017;Alvim et al 2019;Machado and Tavares 2020). However, there have been no large-scale surveys of the Brazilian Neuroptera published to date.…”