Lance lacewings of the world (Neuroptera: Archeosmylidae, Osmylidae, Saucrosmylidae): review of living and fossil genera
Author
Winterton, Shaun L.
Author
Martins, Caleb Califre
Author
Makarkin, Vladimir
Author
Ardila-Camacho, Adrian
Author
Wang, Yongjie
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-04-09
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4581.1.1
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Grandosmylus
Makarkin, 1985
Type
species.
Grandosmylus centrasius
Makarkin, 1985
: 41
(by original designation).
Diagnosis.
Female forecoxae with strongly curved processes; wings elongate ovoid; FW largely hyaline and veins uniformly pale-brownish; subcostal veinlets mainly forked, without interlinking crossveins; RP with 9–10 branches, some of them deeply forked; RP branches only slightly sinuous distally; crossveins numerous in basal half of radial area, inner gradate series absent, outer series present; M vein forked slightly distal to origin of RP1; CuA, CuP, A1 strongly pectinate; branches of A1 long, without interlinking crossveins; male genitalia with large gonarcus bearing a pair of very long dorsal processes, each terminating in paired acute denticles; female genitalia sternite 8 very short with paired short processes.
Comments.
This genus is distributed in mountains of Central Asia (at elevations up to
3800 m
). Like
Parosmylus
, it lacks an inner gradate series and can be differentiated by male genitalic features, especially the enlarged dorsal processes on the gonarcus.