Indian Journal of Entomology
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  • Year: 2024
  • Volume: 86
  • Issue: 2

New Distributional Record of Idricerus decreptius (Myrmeleontidae, Neuroptera) from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan

  • Author:
  • Waqas Ahmad
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Published Online: Aug 31, 2024
  • Page Number: 374 to 375

Department of Zoology, University of Peshawar, Peshawar25120, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Online Published on 31 August, 2024.

Abstract

Idricerus is a genus in the family Myrmeleontidae of Neuroptera. It includes two species in Pakistan: Idricerus decrepitus (Walker) and Idricerus sogdianus (McLachlan). The present study in the Shangla Valley was conducted to assess the distribution of owlfly fauna, and it revealed a new distribution record for I. decrepitus.

Keywords

Shangla, New records, Taxonomy, Distribution, Owl fly, Insects, Antlions, Pakistan, Neuroptera, Chakesar, Arthropods, Myrmeleontidae