Notes on the genus Neochauliodes from Guangxi, China (Megaloptera: Corydalidae)
Author
Liu, Xingyue
Author
Yang, Ding
text
Zootaxa
2005
1045
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24
journal article
50945
10.5281/zenodo.169882
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169882
Key to species of
Neochauliodes
from Guangxi,
China
1. Wings hyaline with brown marks (
Figs. 2, 3, 5, 7–9
) ................................................... 2
Wings mostly dark with several hyaline marks (
Figs. 1, 4, 6, 10
)................................ 7
2. Forewing with R3 and R4 nearly straight (
Figs. 2, 3, 9
) ................................................. 3
Forewing with R3 and R4 curved backward at tip (
Figs. 1, 4–8, 10
).............................. 5
3. Hindwing with median transverse band rather short and narrow (
Fig. 3
); aedeagus broad and subtrapezoidal with arched apical incision (
Fig. 19
)......................................
............................................................................
Neochauliodes fraternus
(McLachlan)
Hindwing with median transverse band rather long and broad; aedeagus narrow and... attenuate without apical incision................................................................................... 4
4. Forewing with basal costal area densely dotted with dark brown spots (
Fig. 2
); aedeagus in lateral view with middle portion strongly inflated (
Fig. 15
) ................................
............................................................................
Neochauliodes bowringi
(McLachlan)
Forewing without any dark marks on basal costal area, but may have costal area clouded (
Fig. 9
); aedeagus with paired short subapical processes directed dorsally (
Fig. 40
)
..................................................................
Neochauliodes umbratus
Kimmins
5. Head and prothorax entirely yellow; aedeagus in lateral view slender and apically curved dorsad ................................................................................................................ 6
Head entirely dark to black and prothorax yellowish brown with pair of brownish vittae (
Fig. 8
); aedeagus in lateral view spoonshaped with apex moderately inflated and not curved dorsad (
Fig. 36
)
..............................................
Neochauliodes nigris
sp. nov.
6. Forewingapicallywithseveralbrownishvittaealonglongitudinalveins(
Fig.5
);aedeagus without apical incision, length three times width (
Fig. 26
); female gonapophyses slightly sclerotized and strongly elongated (
Fig. 27
) ......................................................
.....................................................................
Neochauliodes guangxiensis
Yang & Yang
Forewingapicallywithdiffusemarks(
Fig.7
); aedeaguswithtinyapicalincision(
Fig.33
); female gonapophyses membranous and not elongated (
Fig. 35
)
....................................
.................................................................................
Neochauliodes meridionalis
Weele
7. Head entirely yellow; hindwing basally hyaline; aedeagus in lateral view widest in apical half ..................................................................................................................... 8
Head usually darker; hindwing basally dark; aedeagus with apical half not widened.. 9
8. Hindwing with apical hyaline marks broad and subquadrate (
Fig. 6
); aedeagus with apical margin nearly truncate in ventral view (
Fig. 29
) ..................................................
.............................................................................
Neochauliodes latus
Yang, Gao & An
Hindwing with small diffuse hyaline apical marks (
Fig. 10
); aedeagus with apical margin round (
Fig. 45
)
......................................
Neochauliodes wuminganus
Yang & Yang
9. Prothorax entirely black (
Fig. 1
); aedeagus in lateral view with acute tip (
Fig. 11
)
....... .....................................................................................
Neochauliodes acutatus
sp. nov.
Prothorax entirely yellow (
Fig. 4
); aedeagus in lateral view with blunt tip (
Fig. 22
).....
.........................................................................................
Neochauliodes fuscus
sp. nov.