A CONTRIBUTION TO KNOWLEDGE OF THE GENUS CONIOPTERYX (NEUROPTERA: CONIOPTERYGIDAE) IN MADAGASCAR, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF 18 NEW SPECIES

摘要

Descriptions of 18 new species of Coniopteryx (Neuroptera: Coniopterygidae) from Madagascar are given, while Coniopteryx (X.) Botswana Meinander, 1998 is reported as new to the fauna of this country. The new species are: Coniopteryx (C.) ambalihana sp. n., Coniopteryx (C.) auricularia sp. n., Coniopteryx (C.) bidentata sp. n., Coniopteryx (C.) corniculata sp. n., Coniopteryx (C.) crenata sp. n., Coniopteryx (C.) fianarantsoana sp. n., Coniopteryx (C.) geniculata sp. n., Coniopteryx (C.) harinhalai sp. n., Coniopteryx (C.) ihorombeana sp. n., Coniopteryx (C.) microcauda sp. n., Coniopteryx (C.) pseudoceylonica sp. n., Coniopteryx (C.) pseudomalgasensis sp. n., Coniopteryx (C.) ranomafanana sp. n., Coniopteryx (C.) schizostylaris sp. n., Coniopteryx (C.) spinicauda sp. n., Coniopteryx (C.) toamasinana sp. n., Coniopteryx (X.) antankarana sp. n., Coniopteryx (X.) tuleariensis sp. n. Also, Coniopteryx (X.) sestertia Meinander, 1998 is revalidated. The majority of the new species belong to the Coniopteryx lobifrons group; the distributional pattern of this species group is discussed.