Revision of the southern African genera Nemopterella Banks and Nemia Navás (Neuroptera: Nemopteridae: Nemopterinae), with descriptions of new genera and species Author Abdalla, Ishtiag H. Author Mansell, Mervyn W. Author Sole, Catherine L. text Zootaxa 2019 2019-07-12 4635 1 1 89 journal article 26219 10.11646/zootaxa.4635.1.1 de5c3cc9-9773-4e79-aaaf-0e964d7262f8 1175-5326 3335102 E1AC3BD4-6FCB-49F9-8069-624760C2CAF7 Key to males of Afroptera species 1. Forewings without emargination before apex, apex rounded ( Figs 81 , 134 , 148, 149 )................................ 2 - Forewings with slight or shallow emargination before apex, apex acute or sub-acute..............................….5 2. Small species (body length ≤ 8 mm , Figs 125 , 130 ).......................................................... 3 - Large species (body length ≥ 9 mm , Fig. 150)............................................................... 4 3. Pronotum and mesonotum with distinct mid and lateral stripes ( Fig. 100............................. A . parva (Tjeder) - Pronotum unstriped, mesonotum lacking the mid stripe ( Fig. 101 ).................................. A. exigua (Tjeder) 4. Prescutum with black hairs ( Fig. 52 ), thorax unstriped.......................................... A. koranna sp. nov. - Prescutum with white hairs ( Fig. 97 ), thorax with three stripes................................... A. remifera (Tjeder) 5. Species extremely pruinose, body unstriped ( Figs 43 , 44, 113)................................................. 6 - Species slightly pruinose or without pruinose body, body stripes distinct or appearing as faint brown shading.............8 6. Species with greyish body appearance ( Fig. 113 )............................................. A. pruinosa (Tjeder) - Species with whitish body appearance ( Figs 43 , 44)...........................................................7 7. Prescutum and mesonotum with white pubescence ( Fig. 48 ), antennae whitish yellow proximally and darker distally, short not reaching pterostigma ( Figs 43 , 80 ), forewings with slight emargination before the apex, pterostigma long ( Fig. 80 )................................................................................................ A. alba sp. nov. - Prescutum and mesonotum with black pubescence ( Fig. 49 ), antennae yellow, long reaching pterostigma (Figs 44, 82), forewings with shallow emargination before apex, pterostigma short ( Fig. 82 )............................ A. balli sp. nov. 8. Small species (hindwing length < 49 mm , Figs 106 , 107, 110 )...................................................9 - Large species (hindwing length ≥ 49 mm ).................................................................11 9. Antennae long reaching beyond pterostigma ( Figs 85 , 106 ), forewings elongate, tapering towards apex with acute tip ( Fig. 85 )................................................................................... A. maraisi sp. nov. - Antennae short not reaching pterostigma ( Fig. 110 ), forewings broad with short rounded apex ( Figs 117, 120 )............10 10. Head with yellowish brown vertex and rounded yellowish spots near eye margins ( Fig. 142 ), prescutum with white pubescence ( Fig. 105 ), antennae whitish yellow, apical segment very long much longer than penultimate segments ( Figs 63 , 110 ), hind wings with dark area shorter than white apical area ( Fig. 110 ).................................... A. apicalis (Tjeder) - Head with reddish vertex without yellowish spots near the eye margins ( Fig. 141 ), prescutum with black pubescence ( Fig. 103 ), antennae pale brown, apical segment large, approximately same length as penultimate segment ( Fig. 65 ), hind wing dark area as long as white apical area ( Fig. 107 )..................................................... A. aequabilis (Tjeder) 11. Forewings elongate, with distinctly elongate rounded apex ( Figs 79, 86 )..........................................12 - Forewings elongate or broad, with acute, or sub-acute apex................................................... 13 12. Prescutum with long dense white hair on disc ( Fig. 47 )........................................... A. acuta sp. nov. - Prescutum with long sparse black hair on disc ( Fig. 46 )........................................... A. folia sp. nov. 13. Prescutum with white pubescence ( Figs 92, 93 , 96, 99 )....................................................... 14 - Prescutum with black pubescence ( Figs 50 , 90, 91, 94, 95 , 98 , 102 )............................................ 21 14. With white pubescence on abdominal tergites and sternites ( Fig. 147 )........................................... 15 - With white pubescence on abdominal tergites and black hairs on sternites ( Fig. 146 ).................... A. bitis (Tjeder) 15. Species with light grey thorax ( Figs 51 , 92, 93 )............................................................. 16 - Species with yellow or yellowish brown thorax............................................................. 18 16. Vertex strongly concave, without yellow hind margin ( Fig.143 )................................. A. brinkmani sp. nov. - Vertex not concave, with yellow hind margin ( Fig. 144 )...................................................... 17 17. Pronotum dark shaded only centrally, lateral stripes on mesonotum faintly indicated ( Fig. 92 ), hind wings dark area as long as white apical area ( Fig. 111 ).............................................................. .. A. munroi (Tjeder) - Pronotum and mesonotum with distinct mid and lateral stripes ( Fig. 93 ), dark area of hind wing much shorter than white apical area ( Fig. 108 )...................................................................... A. longicornis (Tjeder) 18. Forewings broad ( Figs 127 , 135 )............................................................ A. lanata (Tjeder) - Forewings elongate ( Figs 137, 138, 139 ).................................................................. 19 19. Head uniformly reddish yellow, antennae reddish yellow ( Fig. 131 )............................................ 20 - Head pale yellowish brown, antennae yellowish ( Fig. 123 ).................................... A. segregata (Tjeder) 20. Forewings with broad, short rounded apex and very slight emargination before apex ( Figs 131 , 139 ), the hind wing dark area approximaly as long as white apical area ( Fig. 131 ).......................................... A. peringueyi (Tjeder) - Forewings with short, narrow rounded apex and slight emargination before the apex ( Figs 128 , 137 ), the hind wing dark area shorter than white apical area ( Fig. 128 )..................................................... .. A. papio (Tjeder) 21. Abdomen with white hairs on dorsum and venter........................................................... 22 - Abdomen with white hairs on dorsum and black hairs on venter................................................24 22. Antennae yellow proximally dark distally, pronotum only with mid stripe ( Fig. 109 )................ .. A. olivacea (Tjeder) - Antennae whitish yellow, pronotum with distinct mid and two lateral stripes......................................23 23. Forewings very broad with short rounded tip ( Fig. 133 )........................................ A. dyscrita (Tjeder) - Forewings falcate, with sub-acute tip....................................................... A. leptocera (Navás) 24. Antennae long reaching beyond pterostigma ( Figs 54 , 112 )....................................................25 - Antennae short not reaching pterostigma ( Fig. 126 ).......................................................... 27 25. Mid and lateral stripes of pronotum and mesonotum of thorax distinct ( Figs 90, 91, 94 , 98 ).......................... 26 - Mid and lateral stripes on pronotum abbreviated to brown spots, mid stripe on prescutum appears as faint brown shading ( Fig. 50 )................................................................................. A. cylindrata sp. nov. 26. Vertex with pair of yellow spots near eye margins ( Fig. 145 )................................ ... A. nigrosetosa (Tjeder) - Vertex without pair of yellow spots near eye margins........................................... A. sabuleti (Tjeder) 27. Forewings broad ( Fig. 136 )................................................................ A. obtusa (Tjeder) - Forewings elongate ( Fig. 140 ).............................................................. A. pilosa (Tjeder)