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
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journal article
5916
10.11646/zootaxa.3762.1.1
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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).