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{{Short description|Species of insect}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Owlfly Ascalaphidae female 3 by kadavoor.jpg
| image_caption = Female ''A. sinister''
| genus = Ascalaphus
| species = sinister
| authority = Walker, 1853<ref name="GBIF">{{cite web |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/5165330 |title=Ascalaphus sinister Walker, 1853 |website=[[Global Biodiversity Information Facility|GBIF.org]] |access-date=12 September 2014 }}</ref>
| synonyms =
*''Helicomitus sinister'' (Walker, 1853)
*''Ogcogaster sinister'' (Walker, 1853)
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="GBIF" />
}}

'''''Ascalaphus sinister''''' is a species of [[owlfly]] from northern [[India]]. The [[Thorax (insect anatomy)|thorax]] is covered in brown hairs, with yellow markings on the sides and [[wikt:ventral|ventral]] surface and a yellow stripe running down the [[Dorsum (anatomy)|dorsum]]. The head is yellow and covered in white hairs, with some black hair on the [[Vertex (anatomy)|vertex]]. The antennae are rust red and not as long as the wings. The elongate [[Abdomen#Other animals|abdomen]] is saffron yellow with two black stripes down the back and a number of black streaks along the sides. Legs are yellow.<ref>{{cite book |last=Walker |first=Francis |date=1853 |title=Catalogue of the Specimens of Neuropterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum: Part II.-(Sialidæ-Nemopterides). |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q0w2AQAAMAAJ&q=Ascalaphus+sinister&pg=PA424 |location=Bishopsgate, London |publisher=[[British Museum]] |page=424 |access-date=12 September 2014 }}</ref> The vagina in females is short and wide. The bursa copulatrix and [[receptaculum seminis]] are relatively proximate, with the latter being [[wikt:sclerotise|sclerotized]] and wrinkled.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Sziráki |first=Gy. |date=2002 |title=Contribution to Knowledge of Female Internal Genitalia of Neuroptera |url=http://publication.nhmus.hu/pdf/actazool/ActaZH_2002_Vol_48_Suppl2_341.pdf |journal=[[Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae]] |publisher=[[Hungarian Natural History Museum]] and [[Hungarian Academy of Sciences]] |volume=48 |issue=2 |pages=341–349 |access-date=12 September 2014}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Ascalaphidae]]
[[Category:Insects of India]]
[[Category:Insects described in 1853]]

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Ascalaphus sinister - Revision history

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