The Protohermes latus species group (Megaloptera: Corydalidae), with description of two new species from India and Myanmar
Author
Liu, Xingyue
Author
Hayashi, Fumio
Author
Yang, Ding
text
Zootaxa
2013
3609
5
513
519
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3609.5.7
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1175-5326
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Genus
Protohermes
van der Weele
Protohermes
van der Weele, 1907. Notes Leyden Mus. 28: 243.
Type
species:
Hermes anticus
Walker, 1853
, original designation.
Allohermes
Lestage, 1927
. Bull. Ann. Soc. R. Entomol. Belg. 67: 100.
Type
species:
Protohermes davidi
van der Weele, 1909, original designation.
The
Protohermes latus
species group
Diagnosis.
Body large-sized (male wingspan over
100 mm
). Head yellowish brown to brown, immaculate, postocular spine prominent. Posterior ocelli close to median ocellus. Pronotum strongly expanded in male. Wings hyaline, immaculate; humeral area well developed. Male ectoproct bilobed dorsovetrally, dorsal lobe transversely expanded, ventral lobe much narrow, digitiform or band-like.
Remarks
. This species group appears to be closely related to the
P. da v id i
group and the
P. xingshanensis
group as it shares the large body size and the immaculate wings. However, it can be distinguished from the latter two species groups by the strongly expanded male pronotum and the bilobed male ectoproct with the dorsal lobe transversely expanded. In the species of the
P. d a v i d i
group the male ectoproct is simply valvate. In the species of
P. xingshanensis
group the male ectoproct is bilobed, but the dorsal lobe is elongate and band-like.