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Tricholeon Esben-Petersen 1925

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Tricholeon Esben-Petersen, 1925

Diagnosis. Head capsule with small but prominent ocular tubercles; mandibles gently curved upward, provided with 3 equidistant and relatively large teeth, the apical tooth is the largest; labial palpi four-articulated, segments 2–4 elongated, noticeably longer than the width of the mandible; mesothoracic spiracles sessile; mesonotum with a median tuft of hair-like setae, mesothorax equipped with pedunculated setiferous processes; metathorax with subpedunculated setiferous processes; abdominal setiferous processes sessile; VIII abdominal sternite without odontoid processes; IX abdominal sternite sub-triangular in shape, longer than wide, lacking prominent rastra.

Notes

Published as part of Acevedo, Fernando, Badano, Davide & Monserrat, Víctor J., 2014, The larva of Tricholeon relictus Hölzel & Monserrat, 2002 a synanthropic antlion (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae), pp. 364-370 in Zootaxa 3835 (3) on page 365, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3835.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/228045

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