The larvae of European Myrmeleontidae (Neuroptera) Author Badano, Davide davide.badano@gmail.com Author Pantaleoni, Roberto Antonio r.pantaleoni@ise.cnr.it text Zootaxa 2014 2014-02-05 3762 1 1 71 journal article 5916 10.11646/zootaxa.3762.1.1 4577eacc-752d-4eb7-bf1b-6585f03d7d6a 1175-5326 4909357 68E063AB-2C09-4FCA-8761-FBC73D562990 Acanthaclisis Rambur, 1842 Diagnosis. Anterior margin of the clypeo-labrum with a median cuneiform process; mandibles swollen basally, equipped with 3 teeth of which the median tooth is slightly longer than the others; ventral portion of the head capsule with sparse setae; pronotum thickly covered by stout setae; thorax with sessile setiferous processes; VIII sternite with digging setae; IX sternite with digging setae. Examined species. A. occitanica (Villers, 1789) . Comments. Acanthaclisis is a Palaearctic genus including 7 species. The larvae have been exclusively described for A. occitanica and A. pallida (McLachlan, 1887) ( Brauer 1855b ; Luppova 1969 ; Steffan 1975 ; Krivokathsky 2011).