Palpares Rambur 1842
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Palpares Rambur, 1842
Diagnosis. Mandibles strong, equipped with at least 3 pairs of teeth; mesothoracic spiracles borne on a very short tubercle; thoracic setiferous processes prominent, first pair of mesothoracic setiferous processes provided with a forward directed tuft of setae; VIII abdominal sternite with large odontoid processes; IX abdominal sternite with fossoria (2 nd and 3 rd instars only).
Examined species. P. libelluloides (Linnaeus, 1764).
Comments. The genus Palpares is considered polyphyletic (Mansell 1992, 2004) thus the above mentioned diagnosis is exclusively based on the type species: P. libelluloides, that is also the only member of the genus whose larva is sufficiently described (Brauer 1854). According to the present definition, Palpares comprises over 67 species widely distributed in the Old World, across the Afrotropical (the main center of distribution), Palaearctic and Oriental regions.
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Rambur
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Neuroptera
- Family
- Myrmeleontidae
- Genus
- Palpares
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Palpares Rambur, 1842 sec. Badano & Pantaleoni, 2014
References
- Mansell, M. W. (1992) Key characters in the phylogeny and classification of Palparini (Insecta: Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae). In: Canard, M., Aspock, H. & Mansell, M. W. (Eds.), Current Research in Neuropterology. Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Neuropterology (24 - 27 June 1991, Bagneres-de-Luchon, Haute-Garonne, France). Privately printed, Toulouse, France, pp. 243 - 254.
- Mansell, M. W. (2004) Antlions of southern Africa: Annulares nov. gen. (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae, Palparini) including two new species, with comments on the tribe Palparini. Denisia, 13, 201 - 208.
- Brauer, F. (1854) Beitrage zur Kenntniss des inneren Baues und der Verwandlung der Neuropteren. Verhandlungen des Zoologisch-Botanischen Vereins in Wien, 4, 463 - 472.