Notes on the Brazilian species of Purenleon Stange (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae), with description of two new species Author Machado, Renato Jose Pires Author Tavares, Leon Gustavo de Miranda text Insect Systematics & Evolution 2020 2020-01-02 51 1 62 80 journal article 10.1163/1876312X-00002200 6b621117-f0cf-47a4-8e9c-b692bb221d5e 1876-312X 3786701 60248D20-9813-4397-BEC3-39908FE7688A Purenleon fernandezi Miller & Stange 2014 For a detailed description see Miller & Stange (2014) Remarks. Purenleon fernandezi was just recently described from Venezuela and Trinidad , and together with P. tibialis Miller & Stange and the two new species described below form the tibialis group ( Miller & Stange 2014 ). The records presented here greatly expand the distribution of P. fernandezi towards the Brazilian northeast, including the easternmost record of the genus, in Rio Grande do Norte state ( Fig. 11 ). The Brazilian specimens were all dissected and both male and female present the same pattern of P. fernandezi , despite the disruptive distance between the new records and the previous ones. Besides the three specimens mentioned below, another female from Ceará state was also studied here; externally it is very similar to P. fernandezi but the terminalia is somewhat different (do not present the lateral expansions on the sternite VIII). This specimen could be a new species or maybe only a variation of P. fernandezi , but no further conclusions can be made until a larger series can be studied. Material examined . ( 1♂ , 3♀ ): BRAZIL : CEARÁ : Ubajara , Parque Nacional de Ubajara , Posto do ICMBio, 04 ⁰05’57”S– 41 ⁰42’34”W , 10–11.x.2013 , arm luminosa, J.T. Câmara , A.A.T. Sousa , G.A. Reis ( 1♂ , 2♀ – CZMA) ; RIO GRANDE DO NORTE : São Tomé, 19.xi.2007 , Sousa, T.V.C ( 1♀ – UFBA). Specimen similar to P. fernadezi : BRAZIL : CEARÁ : Ubajara , Parque Nacional Serra Grande , cachoeira do Cafundó , 03°50’02”S – 40°54’07”W , 22–28.x.2011 , armadilha luminosa, Silva-Neto, A.M. ( 1♀ – UFBA) .