Sixty-five species of the insect orders Megaloptera and Neuroptera have been confirmed as being distributed in the state of Indiana, with the majority representing new state records

Lawson, H. R

McCafferty, W. P

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Valparaiso University

The Great Lakes Entomologist Volume 17 Number 3 - Fall 1984 Number 3 - Fall 1984 Article 3 October 1984 A Checklist of Megaloptera and Neuroptera (Planipennia) of Indiana H. R. Lawson Chadron State College W. P. McCafferty Purdue University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle  Part of the Entomology Commons Recommended Citation Lawson, H. R. and McCafferty, W. P. 1984. "A Checklist of Megaloptera and Neuroptera (Planipennia) of Indiana," The Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 17 (3) Available at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol17/iss3/3 This Peer-Review Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Department of Biology at ValpoScholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Great Lakes Entomologist by an authorized administrator of ValpoScholar. For more information, please contact a ValpoScholar staff member at scholar@valpo.edu. 129 198-1- THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST A CHECKLIST OF MEGALOPTERA AND NEUROPTERA (PLANIPENNIA) OF INDIANA I H. R. Lawson2 and W. P. McCaff erty3 ABSTRACT Sixty-tl\e species of the insect orders Megaloptera and Neuroptera have been con­firmed as being distributed in the state of Indiana, with the majority representing new state records. :\ flTSt list of Indiana ~europtera (Montgomery and Trippel 1933) included 15 species. Ross 119371 included Indiana records for five species of Megaloptera. Otherwise, only scattered an pie>:emeaI Indiana records of Megaloptera and Neuroptera have since appeared in the literarure. The present checklist includes 65 nominal species, of which 36 represent first published records for the state (they are asterisked in list). Twelve of the 13 l\;orth Ameri.:an families are represented. The che.::klist is based primarily on the study of specimens held at the Purdue Entomological Research Collections and collected under the auspices of that program, mostly sin.:e 1968. Colkctions at Earlham College, Eastern Illinois University, Illinois ~arural History SUf\ey. Indiana University, Indiana State University, and Valparaiso Cni\"ersir:- were also examined. Additional species will undoubtedly be found in Indiana in the fUTure and are expected to include many of those reported for one  more surrounding states. Only species with verified Indiana records are included herein. No attempt ha- been made to explain intrastate distribution records for species, since these records are hea,iIy biased by certain seasonal periods, habitats, and faunal provinces being much 1DI."lfe comprehensively sampled than others. For identifying midwestern species of SeUl1lptera and ~kg loptera see especially Banks (1927), Brigham (1982), Carp<:nter 11<»)1. Chandler (1956), Cuyler (1958), Meinander (1972), Neunzig (1966), PartIn and Gurney 11956). Ross (1937), Stange (1970), and Thorne (1971a,b). We thank the ofilcers of the above mentioned collections, Dr. Ellis G. MacLeod 1 CniYersity of IllinoiS!. and Dr. Mark Deyrup (Archbold Biological Station, Florida) for their generous assistance in this study. Order MEGALOPTERA Family SIALIDAE *5ialis umerfCuJUl ,Rambur) S. itasca Ross 5. }w.5lJ. Rilis S. mohri Ross 5. inr"l'Ww Se""man S. vagans Ross *5. k;la Ross *5. velma Ross Family CORYDALIDAE Chauliodes peainicornis IL I Neohermes concolor (Davis) C. rasrricornfs Rambur Nigronia jasciatus (Walker) CorrdalU5 c'orruWi5 ,L I N. serricornis (Say) :Purdue E'qxriment Station Joumal No. 9817. -Dm,I('U 5.:ie.-.:e and .\Iathematics. Chadron State College. Chadron, NE 69337. 3Deparunem of Ent0lTlillvgy. Purdue Cniversity. West Lafayette. IN 47907. 1Lawson and McCafferty: A Checklist of Megaloptera and Neuroptera (Planipennia) of IndianPublished by ValpoScholar, 1984130 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST Vol. 17, No.3 Order NEUROPTERA (PLANIPENNIA) CONIOPTERYGIDAE *Coniopteryx simplicior Meinander *Helieoeonis walshi (Banks) *C. tineiformis Curtis *Semidalis inconspicua Meinander *c. westwoodi (Fitch) '-' S. vicina (Hagen) *Comventzia pinetieola Enderlein Family MANTISPlDAE Climaciella hrunnea (Sav) *M. uhler! Banks *Mantispa interrupta Say' Family HEMEROBIIDAE *Boriomyia fldelis (Banks) Micromus postieus (Walker) *H emerobius eonjunetus Fitch *M. suhantieus (Walker) H. humulinus L. *M. variolosus Hagen *H. paeificus Banks *Psec·tra diptera (Burmeister) *H. pinidumus Fitch *Sympherohius amiculus (Fitch) H. stigma Stephens *S. barberi (Banks) *Kimminsia di~juneta (Banks) *S. occidentalis (Fitch) *K. subnehulosa (Stephens) Family CHRYSOPIDAE *Ceraeoehrysa lineatieornis (Fitch) C. quadripunetata Burmeister Chrysopa earnea Stephens C. rufilahr!s Burmeister C. harrisi Fitch Leueoehrvsa insular;s (Walker) *C. ineomplela Banks *Mallada "luctuosa (Banks) C. nigricornis Burmeister *Meleoma signoretl! Fitch C. oeulata Say *Nodita pavida (Hagen) Family DlLARIDAE *Nallachius americanus (McLachlan) Family BEROTHIDAE *Lomamyia banksl Carpenter *L. flavleornis (Walker) Family POL YSTOECHOTIDAE *Polystoechotes punetatus (Fabricius) Family SISYRIDAE Climacia areolaris (Hagen) S. vicaria (Walker) *Sisyra fuscala (Fabricius) Family MYRMELEONTIDAE Brachynemurus ahdominalis (Say) Dendraleon obsoletum (Say) *B. longieaudus (Burmeister) Glellurus graws (Say) *B. nebulosus (Oliver) Myrmeleon immaculatus DeGeer 2The Great Lakes Entomologist, Vol. 17, No. 3 [1984], Art. 3https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol17/iss3/3131 198.+ THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST Family ASCALAPHIDAE Clulodes qlladrim(lclIlata (Say) LITERATURE CITED Banks.:S. 1927. Revision ofneartic Myrmeleontidae. Bull. Mus. Compo Zool. Harvard, 68: 1-8'+. Brigham. W. C 1982. :V1egaloptera, p. 7.1-7.12 in A. R. Brigham, W. U. Brigham, and A. Gnilka (eds.). Aquatic insects and oligochaetes of North and South Carolina. ~lidwest Aquatic Enterprises, Mahomet, IL. Carpenter. F. ~1. 1940. Revision of nearctic Hemerobiidae, Berothidae, Sisyridae, Pohstoechotidae and Dilaridae. Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci. 74: 193-208. Chandler. H. P. 1956. Megaloptera, p. 229-233 in R. L. Usinger (ed.). Aquatic insects ofCalifornia. Cni\'. California Press, Berkeley. Cuyler. R. 9 1958. The larvae of Chauliodes Latreille (MegaJoptera: CorydaJidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 51 :582-586. ~Ieinander. ~1. 1972. A revision of the family Coniopterygidae. Acta Zool. Fenn. 136:1-357. ~lontgomery. B. E. and A. W. Trippel. 1933. A preliminary list of Indiana Neuroptera. Entomol. News 44:258-261. Neunzig. H H. 1966. Larvae of the genus Nigronia Banks (Neuroptera: Corydalidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Washington 68: 11-16. Partin S. and A. B. Gurney. 1956. The spongillaflies, with special reference to those of the western hemisphere (Sisyridae, Neuroptera). Proc. U.S. Nat!. Mus. 105:451-529. Ross. H. H. 1937. Studies of Nearctic aquatic insects. L Nearctic alder flies of the genus Siali5 I ~Iegaloptera. SiaJidae). Bull. Illinois Nat. Hist. Surv. 21 :57-78. Stange. L A. 1970. Revision of the ant-lion tribe Brachynemurini of North America t ~europtera: ~Iyrrneleontidae). Univ. California Publ. Entomol. 55: 1-192. Thome. A. L 1971a. The Neuroptera-suborder Planipennia of Wisconsin. Part 1­Introduction and Chrysopidae. Michigan Entomol. 4:65-78. 19-1b. The ~europtera-suborder PJanipennia of Wisconsin. Part lJ­Hemewbiidae. Polystoechotidae, and Sisyridae. Michigan Entomol. 4:79-87, 3Lawson and McCafferty: A Checklist of Megaloptera and Neuroptera (Planipennia) of IndianPublished by ValpoScholar, 1984

A Checklist of Megaloptera and Neuroptera (Planipennia) of Indiana

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The Great Lakes Entomologist 
Volume 17 
Number 3 - Fall 1984 Number 3 - Fall 1984 Article 3 
October 1984 
A Checklist of Megaloptera and Neuroptera (Planipennia) of 
Indiana 
H. R. Lawson 
Chadron State College 
W. P. McCafferty 
Purdue University 
Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle 
 Part of the Entomology Commons 
Recommended Citation 
Lawson, H. R. and McCafferty, W. P. 1984. "A Checklist of Megaloptera and Neuroptera (Planipennia) of 
Indiana," The Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 17 (3) 
Available at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol17/iss3/3 
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129 198-1- THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST 
A CHECKLIST OF MEGALOPTERA AND NEUROPTERA 
(PLANIPENNIA) OF INDIANA I 
H. R. Lawson2 and W. P. McCaff erty3 
ABSTRACT 
Sixty-tl\e 
species 
of the insect orders Megaloptera and Neuroptera have been con­
firmed as being distributed in the state of Indiana, with the majority representing new state 
records. 
:\ flTSt 
list 
of Indiana ~europtera (Montgomery and Trippel 1933) included 15 species. 
Ross 119371 included Indiana records for five species of Megaloptera. Otherwise, only 
scattered an pie>:emeaI Indiana records of Megaloptera and Neuroptera have since 
appeared in the literarure. The present checklist includes 65 nominal species, of which 36 
represent first published records for the state (they are asterisked in list). Twelve of the 13 
l\;orth Ameri.:an families are represented. 
The che.::klist is based primarily on the study of specimens held at the Purdue 
Entomological Research Collections and collected under the auspices of that program, 
mostly sin.:e 1968. Colkctions at Earlham College, Eastern Illinois University, Illinois 
~arural 
History SUf\ey. Indiana University, Indiana State University, and Valparaiso 
Cni\"ersir:- were also examined. Additional species will undoubtedly be found in Indiana 
in the fUTure and are expected to include many of those reported for one  more 
surrounding states. Only species with verified Indiana records are included herein. No 
attempt ha- been made to explain intrastate distribution records for species, since these 
records are hea,iIy biased by certain seasonal periods, habitats, and faunal provinces 
being much 1DI."lfe comprehensively sampled than others. For identifying midwestern 
species of SeUl1lptera and ~kg loptera see especially Banks (1927), Brigham (1982), 
Carp<:nter 11<»)1. Chandler (1956), Cuyler (1958), Meinander (1972), Neunzig (1966), 
PartIn 
and Gurney 11956). Ross (1937), Stange (1970), and Thorne (1971a,b). 
We thank the ofilcers of the above mentioned collections, Dr. Ellis G. MacLeod 
1 CniYersity of IllinoiS!. and Dr. Mark Deyrup (Archbold Biological Station, Florida) for 
their generous assistance in this study. 
Order MEGALOPTERA 
Family SIALIDAE 
*5ialis umerfCuJUl ,Rambur) S. itasca Ross 
5. }w.5lJ. Rilis S. mohri Ross 
5. inr"l'Ww Se""man S. vagans Ross 
*5. k;la Ross *5. velma Ross 
Family CORYDALIDAE 
Chauliodes peainicornis IL I Neohermes concolor (Davis) 
C. rasrricornfs Rambur Nigronia jasciatus (Walker) 

CorrdalU5 c'orruWi5 ,L I N. serricornis (Say) 

:Purdue E'qxriment Station Joumal No. 9817. 
-Dm,I('U 5.:ie.-.:e and .\Iathematics. Chadron State College. Chadron, NE 69337. 
3Deparunem of Ent0lTlillvgy. Purdue Cniversity. West Lafayette. IN 47907. 
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130 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST Vol. 17, No.3 
Order NEUROPTERA (PLANIPENNIA) 
CONIOPTERYGIDAE 
*Coniopteryx simplicior Meinander *Helieoeonis walshi (Banks) 

*C. tineiformis Curtis *Semidalis inconspicua Meinander 

*c. westwoodi (Fitch) '-' S. vicina (Hagen) 

*Comventzia pinetieola Enderlein 

Family MANTISPlDAE 
Climaciella hrunnea (Sav) *M. uhler! Banks 
*Mantispa interrupta Say' 
Family HEMEROBIIDAE 
*Boriomyia fldelis (Banks) Micromus postieus (Walker) 
*H emerobius eonjunetus Fitch *M. suhantieus (Walker) 
H. humulinus L. *M. variolosus Hagen 
*H. paeificus Banks *Psec·tra diptera (Burmeister) 
*H. pinidumus Fitch *Sympherohius amiculus (Fitch) 
H. stigma Stephens *S. barberi (Banks) 
*Kimminsia di~juneta (Banks) *S. occidentalis (Fitch) 
*K. subnehulosa (Stephens) 
Family CHRYSOPIDAE 
*Ceraeoehrysa lineatieornis (Fitch) C. quadripunetata Burmeister 
Chrysopa earnea Stephens C. rufilahr!s Burmeister 
C. harrisi Fitch Leueoehrvsa insular;s (Walker) 
*C. ineomplela Banks *Mallada "luctuosa (Banks) 
C. nigricornis Burmeister *Meleoma signoretl! Fitch 
C. oeulata Say *Nodita pavida (Hagen) 
Family DlLARIDAE 
*Nallachius americanus (McLachlan) 
Family BEROTHIDAE 
*Lomamyia banksl Carpenter *L. flavleornis (Walker) 
Family POL YSTOECHOTIDAE 
*Polystoechotes punetatus (Fabricius) 
Family SISYRIDAE 
Climacia areolaris (Hagen) S. vicaria (Walker) 
*Sisyra fuscala (Fabricius) 
Family MYRMELEONTIDAE 
Brachynemurus ahdominalis (Say) Dendraleon obsoletum (Say) 
*B. longieaudus (Burmeister) Glellurus graws (Say) 
*B. nebulosus (Oliver) Myrmeleon immaculatus DeGeer 
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Family ASCALAPHIDAE 
Clulodes qlladrim(lclIlata (Say) 
LITERATURE CITED 
Banks.:S. 1927. Revision ofneartic Myrmeleontidae. Bull. Mus. Compo Zool. Harvard, 
68: 
1-8'+. 
Brigham. 
W. C 1982. :V1egaloptera, p. 7.1-7.12 in A. R. Brigham, W. U. Brigham, and 
A. Gnilka (eds.). Aquatic insects and oligochaetes of North and South Carolina. 
~lidwest 
Aquatic Enterprises, Mahomet, IL. 
Carpenter. F. ~1. 1940. Revision of nearctic Hemerobiidae, Berothidae, Sisyridae, Pohstoechotidae and Dilaridae. Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci. 74: 193-208. 
Chandler. H. P. 1956. Megaloptera, p. 229-233 in R. L. Usinger (ed.). Aquatic insects of
California. Cni\'. California Press, Berkeley. 
Cuyler. R. 9 1958. The larvae of Chauliodes Latreille (MegaJoptera: CorydaJidae). Ann. 
Entomol. Soc. Amer. 51 :582-586. 
~Ieinander. ~1. 
1972. A revision 
of the family Coniopterygidae. Acta Zool. Fenn. 
136:1-357. 
~lontgomery. 
B. 
E. and A. W. Trippel. 1933. A preliminary list of Indiana Neuroptera. 
Entomol. News 44:258-261. 
Neunzig. H H. 1966. Larvae of the genus Nigronia Banks (Neuroptera: Corydalidae). 
Proc. Entomol. Soc. Washington 68: 11-16. 
Partin S. and A. B. Gurney. 1956. The spongillaflies, with special reference to those of 
the western hemisphere (Sisyridae, Neuroptera). Proc. U.S. Nat!. Mus. 105:451-529. 
Ross. H. H. 1937. Studies of Nearctic aquatic insects. L Nearctic alder flies of the genus 
Siali5 I ~Iegaloptera. SiaJidae). Bull. Illinois Nat. Hist. Surv. 21 :57-78. 
Stange. L A. 1970. Revision of the ant-lion tribe Brachynemurini of North America 
t ~europtera: ~Iyrrneleontidae). Univ. California Publ. Entomol. 55: 1-192. 
Thome. A. L 1971a. The Neuroptera-suborder Planipennia of Wisconsin. Part 1­
Introduction and Chrysopidae. Michigan Entomol. 4:65-78. 
19-1b. The ~europtera-suborder PJanipennia of Wisconsin. Part lJ­
Hemewbiidae. Polystoechotidae, and Sisyridae. Michigan Entomol. 4:79-87, 
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