Ábrahám Levente (szerk.): Válogatott tanulmányok 13. - Natura Somogyiensis 28. / Miscellanea 13. (Kaposvár, 2016)

Ábrahám L.: Ascalaphid studies X. Maezous maezousi sp. n. –a new ascalphid species from the Philppines (Neuroptera: Ascalphidae)

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Natura Somogyiensis

Protacheron philippinensis (van der Weele, 1904) - It is widely known in the Philippines (van der Weele 1904) Laos, Thailand (coll. Kaposvár) and SE China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan, Hainan) (Sun and Wang 2006). Protacheron guangxiensis Sun et Wang, 2006 (syn. n.) is a new junior synonym of Protacheron philippinensis (van der Weele, 1904). The ectoproct of holotype female damaged otherwise it agrees with Protacheron philippinensis in all respect.

Helicomitus piacidus (Gerstaecker, 1894) - It was mentioned from the region as Helicomitus dicax (Walker, 1853) (van der Weele 1909, New 2003). Helicomitus dicax occurs in India, Pakistan and Nepal, its distribution does not reach SE Asia. Helicomitus piacidus is a valid and very frequent species in SE Asia, the taxonomical status was confirmed by Kimmins (1949). Known from Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, SE China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.

Maezous princeps (Gerstaecker, 1894) (Fig. 9) - It is not endemic for the Island of Java, it was also reported from Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines (Luzon - Banks 1913, 1916, 1931, 1939). Ábrahám (2008a, in Figs 2. 4, 5B) misidentified this species from Laos as Maezous princeps, those figures actually show Maezous fuscimarginata which was described also in 2008.

Maezous lugubris (Gerstaecker, 1894) - The description of Suhpalacsa lugubris Gerstaecker, 1894 is based on a single male specimen from East Java, van der Weele (1909) published data of two specimens preserved in Berlin and Stettiner Museum (Nationalmuseum in Stettin / Szczecin, today it is in Poland) which is transferred later to Museum and Zoological Institute Polish Academy of Sciences (MIZ), in Warsaw. This collection contains several Gerstaecker’s types, which was belived to had lost. Studying this collection the type of Maezous lugubris (Gerstaecker, 1894) was found and labeled as follows red label //Lectotype / Maezous lugubris / (Gerstaecker, 1894) / designated: L. Ábrahám //; white label // Java or.fiental] / Fr //; white label // Museum Polonicum Warsawa / 12/45 //. van der Weele (1909) also referred this specimen without type designation. Till this time only two males have been known. Additionally, new junior synonyms are Suhplacsa fumiala Wang, X.-L; Sun, M.-x.; Liang, A, 2008 (syn. n.) from China, type specimens preserved in the collection of the China Agricultural University (CAU), Beijing, China (white label with red upper band // Holotype [in capital letters] / S //; white label with narrow black frame // Guangxi Prov. Sihongqi forestry centre [with Chinese letters] / 350m / 1999.V.29 Li Wenzhu [with Chinese letters] / ?????? [with Chinese letters] //; white label with narrow black frame // ?????? [with Chinese letters] / Suhpalacsa / fumiala / Wang 2008 / det. Wan Xia //; white label with upper and bottom lines // CAUN / 200272 //) and Suhpalacsa ledrana Navás, 1913 (syn. n.) preserved in the collection of the Museo Nációnál de Ciencias Naturales (MNMS) Madrid, Spain (reddish label // Typus [with Navás's handwriting] //; white label with narrow black frame // Java. / Ledrú. 1894 / Lab. ent. Escalara //; white label // Suphalcsa [sic!] / ledrana Nav. [with Navás's handwriting] / Navás S.J. det. //; red label with narrow black frame // MNCN / Cat. Tipos N / 10604 //; white label with narrow black frame // MNCN_Ent/90141 If).

Both descriptions published by Gerstaecker (1894) and van der Weele (1909) are high quality, the female does not show considerable sexual dimorphism. The very short pterostigma and the weakly fumated wings are very characteristic for this species. The wings are transparent only the costal area is more or less pigmented. The older is an exemplar is the more pigmented its wings, this is why it shows wide range of varieties