Updated checklist of Hemerobiidae (Neuroptera) from Brazil and new distributional records in the Neotropical Region

Abstract

Hemerobiidae (Insecta, Neuroptera) is a cosmopolitan clade that comprises about 600 described species distributed into 26 genera. Since the publication of revisions to Hemerobius, Megalomus, Nusalala and Nomerobius, new records have been added in literature and taxonomic modifications have occurred at the genus level. The aim of this study was to update a checklist of Hemerobiidae species from Brazil and of specimens deposited at Coleção de Invertebrados do Instituto Nacional de Pesquisa da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil; in order to summarize the geographical data of species in Brazilian states and in the Neotropical Region and to present new distributional data. The INPA collection holds 19 nominal species (55.2% of the all specimens identified at species level) of hemerobiids into eight genera and six subfamilies, mainly from the Neotropical Region; the remaining studied specimens were identified to the genus level. Checklist dos Hemerobiidae (Neuroptera) do Brasil e novos registros de distribuição para a Região Neotropical RESUMOHemerobiidae (Insecta, Neuroptera) é um clado cosmopolita com cerca de 600 espécies descritas e distribuídas em 26 gêneros. Eles são predadores de afídeos, coccídeos e outros insetos de corpo macio. Após a publicação das revisões de Hemerobius, Megalomus, Nusalala e Nomerobius ocorreram modificações taxonômicas em nível de gênero e novos registros de distribuição geográfica. O objetivo deste estudo é produzir uma lista das espécies de Hemerobiidae do Brasil e dos espécimes depositados na Coleção de Invertebrados do Instituto Nacional de Pesquisa da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brasil, de forma a sumarizar os dados geográficos das espécies em estados brasileiros e na Região Neotropical e, apresentar novos dados de distribuição geográfica. No INPA existem 19 espécies nominais de Hemerobiidae (55,2% dos exemplares estudados) de oito gêneros e seis subfamílias; o restante dos espécimes estudados foi identificado em nível genérico. Megalomus marginatus é relatada pela primeira vez para o Brasil e Nusalala dispar para o Equador (Celica). Além disso, dez novos registros para os estados brasileiros são apresentados: dois para Nusalala tessellata e Hemerobius, um para Megalomus impudicus, Notiobiella maculata, Sympherobius ariasi, Megalomus, Nusalala e Sympherobius.

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

“…Hemerobiidae (Neuroptera), commonly know as brown lacewings, include about 590 species described in 28 genera, and are found on all continents, except Antartica (Oswald 1993;Engel et al 2018). For Brazil are known 24 species of hemerobiids distributed in six genera (Lara and Perioto 2016;Machado and Martins 2021).…”

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

“…Hemerobiidae was represented by three genera in our study; in Brazil, the family has six genera and 23 species (Lara and Perioto 2016). Despite being relatively common in collections, the information on these insects is scarce and further study should be encouraged, especially in connection to the importance of hemerobiids as biological control agents in other countries (Lara et al 2008) and still unexplored in Brazil.…”

“…Comments. Four species of Sympherobius occur in Brazil, and only one species from southern Brazil was reported prior to this study: Sympherobius gayi Navás, 1910 from Rio Grande do Sul state(Lara and Perioto 2016).…”

Anchored between heaven and earth – a new flightless brown lacewing from Peru (Neuroptera, Hemerobiidae)

“…Nusalala Navás, 1913, is a Neotropical genus known from southern Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean Islands (where it is especially rich in species) and South America with about 20 described species (Oswald 2020). It replaces the genus Micromus Rambur, 1842, in South America (Monserrat 2000;Lara and Perioto 2016).…”

“…The question, which of the many Nusalala species with normal wings known from Central and South America (Monserrat 2000(Monserrat , 2004Lara and Perioto 2016;Martins 2019;Oswald 2020) might have a common stem species with N. peruana sp. nov., cannot be answered yet.…”