Chrysoperla mutata (McLachlan, 1898)

(Fig. 57)

Chrysopa mutata McLachlan, 1898: 167. Type locality: Algeria (Biskra).

Anisochrysa (Chrysoperl a) concinna Hölzel, 1974: 44. Type locality: Iran.

Chrysopa quettana Navás, 1931d: 83. Type locality: Pakistan (Balochistan: Quetta). A junior homonym of Cintameva quettana Navás, 1930: 43.

Chrysopa phaeocephala Navás, 1931a: 120. Type locality: Tunisia.

Chrysopa grazianii Navás, 1932d: 418. Type locality: Libya.

Chrysopa expurgata Tjeder, 1949: 83. Type locality: Israel.

Chrysopa nepia Navás, 1911b: 266. Type locality: Algeria.

Chrysopa libera Navás, 1928: 463. Type locality: Libya.

Diagnosis

Chrysoperla mutata is similar to C. pudica (Navás, 1914), but can be distinguished by the basal dilation of pretarsal claws half length of hook of claw. In C. pudica, the basal dilation is more than half length of hook of claw. No additional specimens were added in this study.

Distribution

Pakistan. Balochistan (Quetta), Punjab (Lahore), — Southern Europe, Northern Africa, Middle East to India (Hölzel 1974, 1980; Aspöck et al. 1980; Brooks 1994; Canard & Thierry 2014; Hassan et al. 2019; Oswald 2022).

Genus Suarius Navás, 1914

Diagnosis and notes

Suarius can be distinguished from other Chrysopini genera in Pakistan by the following characters: number of tibial spurs on each leg (foreleg: 0; midleg: 2; hind leg: 2); male genitalia lacking tignum, pseudopenis, and gonapsis; arcessus narrow, arcuated, distally trifurcated; entoprocessus long, often broader distally; gonarcus long, arcuated with a pair of dorsal horns; pregenitale absent in female genitalia; subgenitale generally elongated and bilobed distally.

This genus consists of ca. 22 valid described species and subspecies, occurring in the Eastern (5 spp.) and Western (17 spp.) Palearctic region (Brooks & Barnard 1990). Three species are currently known to occur in Pakistan: S. nanus (McLachlan), S. paghmanus (Hölzel), and S. walsinghami orientalis Hölzel.

Key to Suarius species from Pakistan

1 Wings hyaline, except proximal crossvein of third intracubital cell (icu3) in forewing with a narrow dark brown marking (Fig. 49); pretarsal claws with basal dilation present or absent.......................................................2

– Wings hyaline, unmarked (Figs 44A–B); pretarsal claws with basal dilation present (Fig. 45D) ...... S. paghmanus (Hölzel)

2 Pretarsal claws with basal dilation present ................................................ S. nanus (McLachlan)

– Pretarsal claws with basal dilation absent (Fig. 50E)................................ S. walsinghami orientalis Hölzel