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Macronemurus A. Costa 1855

Description

Macronemurus A. Costa, 1855

Diagnosis. Mandibles relatively strong, equipped with 3 equidistant teeth; setae covering the pronotum disposed in parallel rows; mesothoracic spiracles cone-shaped, raised on tubercle; thoracic setiferous processes pedunculated; VIII abdominal sternite with odontoid processes; IX abdominal sternite with rastra bearing digging setae of comparable length, with a shorter internal pair.

Examined species. M. appendiculatus (Latreille, 1807).

Comments. A mainly afrotropical genus with few members in the Palaearctic and in India, Macronemurus comprises 34 species (Stange 2004). The preimaginal stages of this genus are undescribed, except for a not diagnostic description of the 1 st instar larva of M. appendiculatus (Insom et al. 1985).

Notes

Published as part of Badano, Davide & Pantaleoni, Roberto Antonio, 2014, The larvae of European Myrmeleontidae (Neuroptera), pp. 1-71 in Zootaxa 3762 (1) on page 22, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3762.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4909357

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
A. Costa
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Neuroptera
Family
Myrmeleontidae
Genus
Macronemurus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Macronemurus Costa, 1855 sec. Badano & Pantaleoni, 2014

References

  • Stange, L. A. (2004) A systematic catalog, bibliography and classification of the world antlions (Insecta: Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 74, 1 - 565.
  • Insom, E., Del Centina, P. & Carfi, S. (1985) II. Contributo alla conoscenza della fauna Neurotterologica italiana (Neuroptera: Raphidioptera, Planipennia). Redia, 65, 105 - 121.