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Syngenes Kolbe 1897

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Syngenes Kolbe, 1897

Syngenes Kolbe, 1897: 15. 3434. Type species: Acanthaclisis debilis Gerstaecker, 1888: 100, by monotypy. 2558. Onclus Navás, 1912: 166. 549. Stange & Miller 1985: 38 (synonymy). 5823.

Diagnosis. Characterized by broad forewings with irregular biaereolate cells and bifurcate veins in the costal area (between C and Sc). Forefemur with two femoral sense hairs, one on middle femur, absent from hind femur. Body coloration yellow and black. Males with long ectoprocts. Thorax and abdomen with sparse pilosity. Labial palps very small with short slit-shaped palpimacula. The known larva (Fig. 12) has a distinct median lobe on the clypeallabrum and is white with sparse black markings (Stange 2004).

Notes

Published as part of Mansell, Mervyn W., 2018, Antlions of southern Africa: Syngenes Kolbe, 1897, with descriptions of two new species and comments on extra-limital taxa (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae: Acanthaclisini), pp. 346-380 in Zootaxa 4497 (3) on page 347, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4497.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1455058

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Kolbe
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Neuroptera
Family
Myrmeleontidae
Genus
Syngenes
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Syngenes Kolbe, 1897 sec. Mansell, 2018

References

  • Kolbe, H. J. (1897) Die Thierwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete. Wirbellose Thiere 4. Netzflugler. In: Mobius, K. (Ed.), Deutsch-Ost-Afrika. Wissenschaftliche Forschungsresultate uber Land und Leute Ostafrikanischen Schutzgebietes und der Angrenzenden Lander. Dietrich Reimer, Berlin, pp. 1 - 42. [3434]
  • Gerstaecker, A. (1888) Weitere Beitrage zur artenkenntniss der Neuroptera Megaloptera. Mitteilungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Uereins fur Neu-Uorpommern u. Rugen in Greifswald, 19, 89 - 130. [2558]
  • Navas, L. (1912) Insectos Neuropteros nuevos o poco conocidos. Memorias de la Real Academia de Ciencias y Artes de Barcelona, 10, 135 - 202. [549]
  • Stange, L. A. & Miller, R. B. (1985) A generic review of the Acanthaclisine antlions based on larvae (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae). Insecta Mundi, 1, 29 - 42. [5823]
  • 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. [11168]