Macronemurus A. Costa 1855
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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).
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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.