Ecualeon ovispargus Stange, 1994

Machado, Renato Jose Pires, Zheng, Yuchen & Liu, Xingyue, 2025, A new species of the antlion genus Ecualeon Stange (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae: Myrmeleontinae) from Peru, Revista Brasileira de Entomologia (e 20240136) 69 (1), pp. 1-7 : 3

Ecualeon ovispargus Stange, 1994

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Ecualeon ovispargus Stange, 1994: 95 (type locality: Ecuador, El Oro,

7 km. south of Piñas ; holotype in FSCA) ( Fig. 4 ). Stange, 2004: 252 ( Ecualeon ) .

Diagnosis. Body generally dark brown with some pale yellowish markings. Diameter of eye smaller than frons. Pronotum medially with a longitudinal pale yellowish line, laterally with four pairs of pale yellowish spots. Mesonotum with a pair of pale yellowish spots. Forewing redial and cubital area with some dark brown spots. Abdomen dark brown with some pale yellowish spots.

Type material. Holotype: ♂, ECUADOR: El Oro Province, 7 km S Piñas ; 7.vii.1989; R. Miller & L. Stange ( FSCA). In great condition, left antenna missing.

Figures

Figure 3. Ecualeon spp.(A) E. peruvianus sp. nov., head and thorax, lateral view; (B) E.ovispargus Stange, 1994, thorax, lateral view (photo by Jonathan Bremer); (C) E. peruvianus sp nov., male abdominal sternite IV in ventral view, blue arrow indicates the scale-like setae.

Figure 4. Distribution map for Ecualeon Stange, 1994.

Figure 5. Ecualeon ovispargus Stange, 1994, male, holotype in FSCA. (A) Habitus, dorsal view; (B) habitus, lateral view; (C) thorax and head, dorsal view; (D) head, frontal view, with labels. (photos by Jonathan Bremer).