Ábrahám Levente (szerk.): Válogatott tanulmányok III. - Natura Somogyiensis 12. (Kaposvár, 2008)

Ábrahám Levente: Ascalaphid Studies VII. On the ascalaphid fauna of Taiwan (Neuroptera: Ascalaphidae)

Fig. 17: Holotype female of Suphalomitus lutemaculatus Yang, 1992 syn. nov. László & G. László; 3d" Prov. Nantou; Uirsun Forest camping 17 km E of Kuoshing 560m 06-07.06.1997. 12rOO'E;24°05'N leg. Cs. Szabóky; 10" Prov. Taipei; Pi Hu 500m 122

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54'97"N 02.08.1999. leg. A. Kun & O. Juhász It does not seem to be a endemic species in Taiwan but occurs in the continent of Asia. Fly from May till mid of October. Suphalomitus formosanus Esben-Petersen, 1913 Suphalomitus lutemaculatus Yang, 1992 syn. nov. Suphalomitus formosanus - Esben-Petersen 1913 (Odescr); Banks 1937 (Dist); Stange & Wang H. 1997 (Chlist), 1998 (Mon); Sziráki 1998 (Chlist), 2000 (Dist); New 2003 (Mon) Material examined: Holotype: 9 Hunan Prov. Yiyang Co. 1981 -VII12. - Synonymisation is based on the description and the colour photo of holotype.; 1Q Prov. Taitung 2 km N of Tupau 500m 29.05.1995. 120°52'E;22°29'N leg. M. Hreblay & P. Stéger; lO" Prov. Taoyuan 14 km E of Fusing 800m 31.05.1995. 121

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23'E;24°30'N leg. M. Hreblay & P. Stéger; 19 Prov. Hualien 3 km W of Hua Juan 150m 02.07.1996. leg. G. Csorba & L. Németh; lO" Prov. Taitung 5 km W Chipen 350m 24.04.1997. leg. Gy. Fábián & S. Kovács; 20", Prov. Nantou 3 km E of Tili 120°58'E;23°47'N 555m 27-28.05.1997. leg. Cs. Szabóky; 2d" Prov. Nantou Huisun Forest Area 500m 15 km N of Puli 07-08.06.1997. leg. B. Herczig & L. Ronkay So far, it has been considered to be an endemic species to Taiwan. YANG (1992) described Suphalomitus lutemaculatus Yang, 1992 from China. In his diagnosis, the specific differences were based only on the colour of basal part of wings. According to him, Suphalomitus formosanus has reddish wing base (ESBEN-PETERSEN 1913) while Suphalomitus lutemaculatus has yellowish (YANG 1992). After examining of 8 Suphalomitus formosanus specimens from Taiwan (preserved in SCM, Kaposvár), I found that the color of wing base varies from reddish to yellow. Several intermediary form was found between the 2 color variation. There was not detected any morphological differences between the 2 species. For this reason, Suphalomitus lutemaculatus Yang, 1992 is a junior synonym of Suphalomitus formosanus Esben-Petersen, 1913. It flies from end of April till early July.