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

By

Schuster, Phillip Alves
Machado, Renato José Pires

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021-6-30

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

17

Series / Issue

Issue: 3

Pages

993--1005

Subjects

Checklist , Lacewings , Neuropterida , Owlflies , Parana , PROFAUPAR

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/17.3.993

 

Abstract

The PROFAUPAR project (1986–1987) studied insect diversity in the Atlantic rainforest through collections made at eight different sites in the state of Paraná, Brazil. Here, we review and identify the collected neuropterans, carry out a bibliographic review, and compose a list of the Neuroptera species that occur in the state. This study includes 14 new records in Paraná, including the first records of Ascalaphinae (Myrmeleontidae) and a new record of Dilaridae for Brazil. It increases by 29.2% the number of species of Neuroptera known from Paraná. Forty-seven Neuroptera species are now known to occur in the state.