Revision of the Neochauliodes sinensis species-group (Megaloptera: Corydalidae: Chauliodinae)
Author
Liu, Xingyue
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China. E-mail: liu _ xingyue @ yahoo. com. cn; dyangcau @ yahoo. com. cn Department of Biology, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Minamiosawa 1 - 1, Hachioji, Tokyo 192 - 0397, Japan Correspondence author
liu_xingyue@yahoo.com.cn
Author
Hayashi, Fumio
Author
Yang, Ding
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China. E-mail: liu _ xingyue @ yahoo. com. cn; dyangcau @ yahoo. com. cn Department of Biology, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Minamiosawa 1 - 1, Hachioji, Tokyo 192 - 0397, Japan Correspondence author
liu_xingyue@yahoo.com.cn
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Zootaxa
2007
2007-06-21
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1511.1.3
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.1511.1.3
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Neochauliodes jiangxiensis
Yang & Yang
(
Figs 3
,
18–20
,
41
)
Neochauliodes jiangxiensis
Yang & Yang, 1992
.
Entomol. J. East
China
1: 1.
Type
locality:
Jiangxi
(Yudu).
Diagnosis.
Head dark; wing grayish brown with several small hyaline areas; lobes of male tenth tergum asymmetrical.
Male. Body length
16 mm
; forewing length
31 mm
, hindwing length
27 mm
.
Head dark. Compound eyes brown, ocelli pale yellow with black inner margin. Antenna blackish brown. Mouthparts pale yellow.
Prothorax pale yellow; meso– and metathorax brown, dorsally with each centre yellowish brown. Legs pale brown with short, dense, pale yellow setae; tarsal claws pale red. Wings (
Fig. 3
) grayish brown with several small hyaline areas on proximal 1/3 and distal 1/3; pterostigma long, pale yellow; costal area respectively with a brown stripe proximal and distal to pterostigma. Forewing costal cellule pale, except for large brown marks 1/3 proximally and 1/3 distally. Hindwing similarly marked, but with proximal half entirely hyaline and a wide hyaline transverse area 1/3 distally; costal area brown throughout. Veins pale brown. Rs four– branched, R
2
distally three–branched, three crossveins between R
1
and Rs; M two–branched; 1A two– branched.
Abdomen brown. Tenth tergum short, lobes asymmetric; left one (
Fig. 18
) distally with three different sized digitiform processes, right one (
Fig. 19
) simple with a small digitiform process on ventral membrane between ninth and tenth tergum. Tenth sternum (
Fig. 20
) strongly sclerotized, flattened and slightly curved dorsad; in ventral view slender, suboblong, with proximal margin arcuately incised, distal margin truncate.
Female. Unknown.
.
FIGURES 18–20.
Neochauliodes jiangxiensis
Yang & Yang.
18. Male genitalia, lateral view; 19. Male tenth tergum, right lateral view; 20. Male tenth sternum, ventral view.
Type material.
Holotype
♂
,
CHINA
:
Jiangxi
,
Qilushan
,
5.V.1978
,
C. Yang
(
CAU
).
Distribution.
China
(
Jiangxi
).
Remarks.
This species appears to be closely related to
N. wuminganus
in having the similar wing patterns. In
N. wuminganus
, the male tenth terga are symmetrical and the tenth sternum is inflated at middle in lateral view.