Description of the larva and updated distribution of Albardia furcata van der Weele (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae)

New records, extended and updated geographic distribution of the South American native antlion Dimares elegans (Perty, 1833) (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae)

“…Finally, after several new records along the distribution, northernmost Piauí, Maranhão (comprising Cerrado and Amazon Rainforest) and Minas Gerais, São Paulo and Paraná (comprising Caatinga, Cerrado, Atlantic Forest and Pampas) we believe that its distribution might be wider than previously expected as corresponding to the Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests. Recently, Machado et al (2021) reviewed distributional data of other Ascalaphinae species, Albardia furcata van der Welle, 1903, and founded a similar pattern of distribution on Brazilian biomes, mainly on Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests along with records on adjacent rainforests. Therefore, further investigations on adjacent rainforest might picture a better understanding about the distribution of Dimares elegans in South America.…”

Insights on the evolution of Ululodini (Insecta: Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae: Ascalaphinae), focusing on the systematics of the genus Ascalorphne Banks, 1915

“…Albardia furcata is one of the most striking species among Neotropical Neuroptera, due to the large number of autapomorphies exhibited by this species, which in the past led some authors to allocate it on its own subfamily (Albardiinae) (New, 1982;Penny, 1983). The study by Machado et al (2019) classified this species as a member of Ululodini, sister to the rest of the tribe and, in addition, characters of the recently described larvae also support this relationship (Machado et al, 2021); however, Jones (2019) classified this species as a distinct group.…”