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 Dendroleon Brauer, 1866 Diagnosis. Anterior margin of the clypeo-labrum slightly concave; mandibles bent upward, equipped with 3 equidistant pairs of teeth; ocular tubercles prominent but small; mesonotum with median tuft of black hair-like setae raising in proximity at the base and re-approaching at the apex; mesothoracic and abdominal spiracles not prominent; thoracic setiferous processes pedunculated; VIII abdominal sternite without odontoid processes; IX abdominal sternite noticeably longer than wide, without rastra or fossoria. Examined species. D. pantherinus (Fabricius, 1787) . Comments. Dendroleon is a widely distributed genus, present in North America, Eurasia and Australia , comprising about 20 species ( Stange 2004 ). The larvae are known only for D. pantherinus , the N-American D. obsoletus (Say, 1839) and D. speciosus Banks, 1905 and finally the Taiwanese D. esbenpeterseni Miller & Stange, 2000 ( Stange et al . 2003 ; Stange 2004 , 2008 ).