First record of a nemopterid (Neuroptera: Nemopteridae) from Maharashtra

Abstract

During the course of faunistic survey of Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve, Chandrapur District, Maharashtra in April 2000, we encountered altogether five specimens of Croce filipennis Westwood, a member of family Nemopteridae of order Neuroptera. Again one of us (SST) could collect a single specimen of the same species from Lakhani Village, Bhandara District, Maharashtra (approximately 150 km. away from Tadoba) on 27 April 2000. Earlier, in 1998 we had collected a single mutilated specimen of the same species from Pune. Though seldom seen, all these collections reveal the probability of wide distribution of this species in Maharashtra State.

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