A revision of the genus Purenleon Stange (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae: Nemoleontini) Author Miller, Robert B. Author Stange, Lionel A. text Insecta Mundi 2014 2014-10-24 2014 384 1 67 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5179531 1942-1354 5179531 6D167C41-EBD5-485D-BD03-E49A6A0F73E3 Purenleon fernandezi Miller and Stange , new species Figures 32–36 Holotype male, Bolivar , Venezuela , 450 m . , 27.II.1983 ( FSCA ). Diagnosis. Pronotum without elongate white bristles at lateral margin; paramere a broad plate, serrate medially, with strongly sclerotized medial margin with is narrowly recurved posteriorly and narrowly produced laterally; female sternite VIII with long lobe (about twice as long as wide) laterally on posterior margin. Holotype male. Length of body 24 mm , forewing and hindwing 29 mm . Coloration : mostly brown ( Fig. 32 ); forefemur mostly dark brown, other femora mostly pale brown; foretibia and midtibia pale brown with large dark brown subbasal and subapical dark brown areas, hindtibia mostly pale brown ( Fig. 33 ); tarsi mostly pale brown; wings with limited markings ( Fig. 34 ); abdomen mostly dark brown dorsally with light brown spots near middle on most tergites, light brown ventrally. Chaetotaxy : pronotum ( Fig. 32 ) without elongate white bristles at lateral margin; midfemoral sense about as long as femur, equal in length to forefemoral sense hair. Structure : pronotum broader than long; legs short, hindleg longer than others; tibial spurs extending to apex of tarsomere IV; forewing and hindwing same length, forewing costal area gradually broadened basally, costal cells at middle higher than wide, not interconnected; forewing vein CuP+1A runing to hind margin at level of origin of radial sector. male genitalia ( Fig. 35 ) with broad, arched gonarcus with broad mediuncus that is broader than long; paramere a broad plate, serrate medially, with strongly sclerotized medial margin, which is narrowly recurved posteriorly and narrowly produced laterally. Figures 32–36 . Purenleon fernandezi Miller and Stange , adult. 32) head and thorax; 33) lateral view; 34) wings; 35) male genitalia; 36) female terminalia, ventral view. Female. Fig. 36 . About as described for male except for female terminalia. Posterior margin of sternite VIII with gonapophysis like structure about twice as long as wide originating laterally; posterior gonapophyses widely separated, about four times longer than broad, strongly curved at middle with many elongate setae; gonapophyseal plate broad, about twice as long as wide; lateral gonapophyses widely separated, about twice as long as median diameter, with stout black setae nearly as long as gonapophysis; pregenitale longer than broad, median process broader than long and broadest apically; spermatheca elongate, tubular (at least 20 times longer than diameter), abruptly bent downward apically, apical end about six times longer than wide. Types : 2 males , 2 females . February to April. TRINIDAD . Mount Saint Benedict Monastery, 14.III.1994 ( 1m , FSCA ). VENEZUELA . Bolivar : 450 m . , 27.II.1983 ( 1m , 1f, FSCA ). Sucre : San Bonfacio, 12.IV.1964 , Ronderos (1f, FSCA ) Discussion. Purenleon fernandezi shares with P. tibialis the greatly swollen midtibia. The lack of elongate white bristles at the lateral margin of the pronotum is one distinguishing character from P. tibialis . The lateral lobe from the posterior margin of sternite VIII is about twice as long as broad in P. fernandezi appearing like a gonapophysis whereas it is broader than long in P. tibialis . Etymology. This species is named for the distinguished Venezuelan entomologist, Fernández Yépez.