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<paragraph id="8BCC3695B25B1A69FF5AF8D3FD0BF88C" blockId="1.[151,686,1798,1857]" box="[151,686,1798,1824]" pageId="1" pageNumber="195">
<heading id="D08481F9B25B1A69FF5AF8D3FD0BF88C" bold="true" box="[151,686,1798,1824]" fontSize="11" level="1" pageId="1" pageNumber="195" reason="1">
<emphasis id="B907EA87B25B1A69FF5AF8D3FD0BF88C" bold="true" box="[151,686,1798,1824]" pageId="1" pageNumber="195">
<taxonomicName id="4C734D16B25B1A69FF5AF8D3FE3DF88C" ID-CoL="3Z24M" box="[151,408,1798,1824]" class="Insecta" family="Myrmeleontidae" genus="Megistoleon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Neuroptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="195" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ritsemae">
<emphasis id="B907EA87B25B1A69FF5AF8D3FE3DF88C" bold="true" box="[151,408,1798,1824]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="195">Megistoleon ritsemae</emphasis>
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(van der Weele, 1907)
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<paragraph id="8BCC3695B25B1A69FF5AF8FCFEECF8ED" blockId="1.[151,686,1798,1857]" box="[151,329,1833,1857]" pageId="1" pageNumber="195">
(
<figureCitation id="13482A10B25B1A69FF52F8FCFF48F8ED" box="[159,237,1833,1857]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 2" captionStartId="2.[151,264,1980,2003]" captionTargetBox="[176,1424,337,1932]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[168,1441,319,1950]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 1 2. Habitus of Megistoleon species. 1. M. ritsemae, male (Cameroon, Mt. Cameroon). 2. M. thaumatopteryx sp. nov., holotypus, female (Mozambique, Sofala prov.), abdomen in situ." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/223273/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="195">Figs. 1</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="13482A10B25B1A69FF37F8FCFEAFF8ED" box="[250,266,1833,1857]" captionStart="FIGURES 3 4" captionStartId="3.[151,264,698,721]" captionTargetBox="[252,1338,204,666]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[241,1346,193,677]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 3 4. Pronotum of Megistoleon species. 3. M. ritsemae (Gabon, Ipassa), alcohol preserved specimen. 4. M. thaumatopteryx sp. nov., holotypus, female (Mozambique, Sofala prov.)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/223274/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="195">3</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="13482A10B25B1A69FEDBF8FCFEE4F8ED" box="[278,321,1833,1857]" captionStart="FIGURES 5 8" captionStartId="3.[151,264,1760,1783]" captionTargetBox="[161,1427,813,1727]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[151,1436,801,1739]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 5 8. Megistoleon ritsemae. 5. Male terminalia, lateral view. 6. Male terminalia, ventral view. 7. Male genitalia, gonarcus-paramere complex, ventral view. 8. Male genitalia, gonarcus-paramere complex, lateral view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/223275/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="195">58</figureCitation>
)
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<paragraph id="8BCC3695B25B1A69FF5AF8A4FB62F87D" blockId="1.[151,1436,1905,2001]" pageId="1" pageNumber="195">
<emphasis id="B907EA87B25B1A69FF5AF8A4FEB4F826" bold="true" box="[151,273,1905,1930]" pageId="1" pageNumber="195">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Thorax mostly dark brown with two pale lateral stripes; forewings broad, hind wings narrower, almost falcate and a little longer than the first pair; forewing membrane mostly hyaline with dark brown infuscation at the apex and well defined markings just before the white
<taxonomicName id="4C734D16B25B1A69FD3DF86CFCD1F87D" box="[752,884,1977,2001]" pageId="1" pageNumber="195" rank="species" species="pterostigma">pterostigma</taxonomicName>
and in the radial area (
<figureCitation id="13482A10B25B1A69FBB8F86CFB13F87D" box="[1141,1206,1977,2001]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 2" captionStartId="2.[151,264,1980,2003]" captionTargetBox="[176,1424,337,1932]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[168,1441,319,1950]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 1 2. Habitus of Megistoleon species. 1. M. ritsemae, male (Cameroon, Mt. Cameroon). 2. M. thaumatopteryx sp. nov., holotypus, female (Mozambique, Sofala prov.), abdomen in situ." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/223273/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="195">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
).
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<paragraph id="8BCC3695B2581A6AFF0AFF42FBE5FF78" blockId="2.[151,1436,151,285]" pageId="2" pageNumber="196">
<emphasis id="B907EA87B2581A6AFF0AFF42FE17FF1C" bold="true" box="[199,434,151,176]" pageId="2" pageNumber="196">Redescription. Size.</emphasis>
Body length
<quantity id="4C8B9B70B2581A6AFD86FF42FD0AFF03" box="[587,687,151,175]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.14" pageId="2" pageNumber="196" unit="mm" value="41.4">41.4 mm</quantity>
(min-max 40.742.6); forewing length
<quantity id="4C8B9B70B2581A6AFBA1FF42FB74FF03" box="[1132,1233,151,175]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.72" pageId="2" pageNumber="196" unit="mm" value="47.2">47.2 mm</quantity>
(44.251.4), ratio width/length 0.028; hind wing length 49.0 mm (46.053.6), ratio width/length 0.13.
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<paragraph id="8BCC3695B2581A6AFF0AFF0AFC60FEB0" blockId="2.[151,1436,151,285]" pageId="2" pageNumber="196">
<emphasis id="B907EA87B2581A6AFF0AFF0AFE32FF54" bold="true" box="[199,407,223,248]" pageId="2" pageNumber="196">General coloring.</emphasis>
Dorsally dark brown with yellowish stripes on the thorax and dark brown abdomen, ventral side very pale; brown markings of the wings restricted to the apical area.
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<paragraph id="8BCC3695B2581A6AFF5AF869FCF8F85D" blockId="2.[151,1436,1980,2033]" pageId="2" pageNumber="196">
<emphasis id="B907EA87B2581A6AFF5AF869FE9EF87D" bold="true" box="[151,315,1980,2003]" pageId="2" pageNumber="196">FIGURES 12.</emphasis>
Habitus of
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<emphasis id="B907EA87B2581A6AFE7BF869FD96F87E" box="[438,563,1980,2002]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="196">Megistoleon</emphasis>
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species.
<emphasis id="B907EA87B2581A6AFD5FF869FD00F87D" bold="true" box="[658,677,1980,2001]" pageId="2" pageNumber="196">1.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C734D16B2581A6AFD60F868FC82F87E" box="[685,807,1981,2002]" class="Insecta" family="Myrmeleontidae" genus="Megistoleon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Neuroptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="196" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ritsemae">
<emphasis id="B907EA87B2581A6AFD60F868FC82F87E" box="[685,807,1981,2002]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="196">M. ritsemae</emphasis>
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, male (Cameroon, Mt. Cameroon).
<emphasis id="B907EA87B2581A6AFB54F869FB09F87D" bold="true" box="[1177,1196,1980,2001]" pageId="2" pageNumber="196">2.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C734D16B2581A6AFB79F868FAD3F87E" box="[1204,1398,1980,2002]" class="Insecta" family="Myrmeleontidae" genus="Megistoleon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Neuroptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="196" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="thaumatopteryx" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B907EA87B2581A6AFB79F868FAD3F87E" box="[1204,1398,1980,2002]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="196">M. thaumatopteryx</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23457FCB2581A6AFAB0F868FF66F85C" pageId="2" pageNumber="196" rank="species">
<emphasis id="B907EA87B2581A6AFAB0F868FF66F85C" bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="196">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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, holotypus, female (Mozambique, Sofala prov.), abdomen
<emphasis id="B907EA87B2581A6AFCD5F809FCF2F85D" box="[792,855,2012,2033]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="196">in situ</emphasis>
.
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</caption>
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<paragraph id="8BCC3695B2591A6BFF5AFD6FFCDCFD43" blockId="3.[151,1437,698,751]" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">
<emphasis id="B907EA87B2591A6BFF5AFD6FFEE4FD7C" bold="true" box="[151,321,698,721]" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">FIGURES 34.</emphasis>
Pronotum of
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<emphasis id="B907EA87B2591A6BFE13FD6FFDFEFD7C" box="[478,603,698,720]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">Megistoleon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species.
<emphasis id="B907EA87B2591A6BFD09FD6EFD72FD7C" bold="true" box="[708,727,699,720]" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">3.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C734D16B2591A6BFD29FD6EFCC7FD7C" box="[740,866,699,720]" class="Insecta" family="Myrmeleontidae" genus="Megistoleon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Neuroptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ritsemae">
<emphasis id="B907EA87B2591A6BFD29FD6EFCC7FD7C" box="[740,866,699,720]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">M. ritsemae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Gabon, Ipassa), alcohol preserved specimen.
<emphasis id="B907EA87B2591A6BFAACFD6EFAD1FD7C" bold="true" box="[1377,1396,699,720]" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">4.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C734D16B2591A6BFA4DFD6EFE93FD43" class="Insecta" family="Myrmeleontidae" genus="Megistoleon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Neuroptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="thaumatopteryx" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B907EA87B2591A6BFA4DFD6EFE93FD43" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">M. thaumatopteryx</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B907EA87B2591A6BFEF1FD0CFE29FD42" bold="true" box="[316,396,729,750]" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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, holotypus, female (Mozambique, Sofala prov.).
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="8BCC3695B2591A6BFF5AF935FB09F8B9" blockId="3.[151,1436,1760,1813]" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">
<emphasis id="B907EA87B2591A6BFF5AF935FE98F95A" bold="true" box="[151,317,1760,1783]" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">FIGURES 58.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C734D16B2591A6BFE88F935FD86F95B" box="[325,547,1760,1783]" class="Insecta" family="Myrmeleontidae" genus="Megistoleon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Neuroptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="197" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ritsemae">
<emphasis id="B907EA87B2591A6BFE88F935FD86F95B" box="[325,547,1760,1783]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">Megistoleon ritsemae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<emphasis id="B907EA87B2591A6BFDFFF934FDE0F95A" bold="true" box="[562,581,1761,1782]" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">5.</emphasis>
Male terminalia, lateral view.
<emphasis id="B907EA87B2591A6BFC45F934FC3EF95A" bold="true" box="[904,923,1761,1782]" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">6.</emphasis>
Male terminalia, ventral view.
<emphasis id="B907EA87B2591A6BFB28F934FB5DF95A" bold="true" box="[1253,1272,1761,1782]" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">7.</emphasis>
Male genitalia, gonarcus-paramere complex, ventral view.
<emphasis id="B907EA87B2591A6BFD81F92AFDFBF8B8" bold="true" box="[588,606,1791,1812]" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">8.</emphasis>
Male genitalia, gonarcus-paramere complex, lateral view.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BCC3695B2591A6BFF0AF889FDDEF873" blockId="3.[151,1436,1883,2015]" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">
<emphasis id="B907EA87B2591A6BFF0AF889FEABF8D8" bold="true" box="[199,270,1884,1908]" pageId="3" pageNumber="197">Head.</emphasis>
Vertex moderately raised, vertex and occiput pale brown with a central black stripe; frons and clypeus with a central black marking and with lateral light brown margins; labrum light brown; genae light brown; maxillary palpi light brown; labial palpi light brown with darker last palpomeres; antennae totally black, flagellomeres covered by short black setae.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCC3695B25E1A6CFF0AFF4DFAE2FEB0" blockId="4.[151,1436,151,1111]" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">
<emphasis id="B907EA87B25E1A6CFF0AFF4DFE82FF1C" bold="true" box="[199,295,152,176]" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">Thorax.</emphasis>
Pronotum dark brown with two lateral yellowish stripes and covered by sparse long and dark setae (
<figureCitation id="13482A10B25E1A6CFF52FF69FF43FF78" box="[159,230,188,212]" captionStart="FIGURES 3 4" captionStartId="3.[151,264,698,721]" captionTargetBox="[252,1338,204,666]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[241,1346,193,677]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 3 4. Pronotum of Megistoleon species. 3. M. ritsemae (Gabon, Ipassa), alcohol preserved specimen. 4. M. thaumatopteryx sp. nov., holotypus, female (Mozambique, Sofala prov.)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/223274/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
); mesonotum and metanotum dark brown, the paler stripes of the pronotum continue along the sides of prescutum, mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, metascutum and metascutellum; yellowish brown areas are also present at wing insertion; pleural area marked by a longitudinal black stripe; ventral side very pale, almost whitish.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCC3695B25E1A6CFF0AFEFDFE5AFEC8" blockId="4.[151,1436,151,1111]" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">
<emphasis id="B907EA87B25E1A6CFF0AFEFDFEA3FEEC" bold="true" box="[199,262,296,320]" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">Legs.</emphasis>
Coxae almost whitish; all pairs of legs with light brown femora and dorsally darker tibiae, tarsi brown; legs covered by long dark setae.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCC3695B25E1A6CFF0AFEBAFB39FD0B" blockId="4.[151,1436,151,1111]" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">
<emphasis id="B907EA87B25E1A6CFF0AFEBAFEBCFE24" bold="true" box="[199,281,367,392]" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">Wings.</emphasis>
Wings of different shape: forewings broad with rounded apex, hind wings noticeably narrower, slightly falcate and a little longer than the first pair, venation mostly dark brown, longitudinal veins with alternating pale dashes; forewing with costal area divided in two rows of cells from Rs insertion and in three rows from middle length;
<taxonomicName id="4C734D16B25E1A6CFF21FE09FED5FE58" box="[236,368,476,500]" pageId="4" pageNumber="198" rank="species" species="pterostigma">pterostigma</taxonomicName>
large, white and disposed after a contiguous dark marking; a small dark distinct spot is evident on the white coloured hypostigmatic cell; forewing membrane hyaline proximally with a stained apex; crossveins between M and CuA highlighted in brown; radial area with a dark brown elongate and curved marking; hind wing membrane basally hyaline and distally with a very large irregular brown marking;
<taxonomicName id="4C734D16B25E1A6CFB85FD92FB69FDF3" box="[1096,1228,583,607]" pageId="4" pageNumber="198" rank="species" species="pterostigma">pterostigma</taxonomicName>
very large, white, linked to a second white marking more apical in position; a small white spot is present near the
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margin and bordered by the main brown area; apical wing margin of both wings infuscated (
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).
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<emphasis id="B907EA87B25E1A6CFF0AFD66FEE6FD60" bold="true" box="[199,323,691,716]" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">Abdomen.</emphasis>
Abdominal tergites brown with paler, yellowish,
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margins; sternites pale brown with darker lateral-posterior margins; pleural membrane light brown; abdomen with a thick covering of short black setae. Male terminalia as in
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. Ectoproct with the
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portion darker than the anterior one; IX sternite completely pale. Male genitalia as in
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. Gonarcus arch-like; mediuncus flattened, only slightly prominent; parameres strongly connected to each other with an extended, flattened and sclerified apical part.
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<emphasis id="B907EA87B25E1A6CFF0AFCB2FE63FC2C" bold="true" box="[199,454,871,896]" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">Specimens examined.</emphasis>
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alcohol: “Africa
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: Makokou, Ipassa
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, C. Deiaco leg.”, D. Badano coll.; 13 pinned: “
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/ Mt.
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,
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/ leg. Rautenstrauch”, D. Badano coll.
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<emphasis id="B907EA87B25E1A6CFF0AFC7AFEC5FC64" bold="true" box="[199,352,943,968]" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">Distribution.</emphasis>
This rare antlion has been reported from
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,
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,
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,
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and
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(Prost 2010).
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<emphasis id="B907EA87B25E1A6CFF0AFC2DFE8EFBBC" bold="true" box="[199,299,1016,1040]" pageId="4" pageNumber="198">Ecology.</emphasis>
The bio-ecology of this myrmeleontid is unknown, it appears to be a forest species. In
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(Makokou, Ipassa) it was collected at light during the first part of the night, from about 19:00 to 22:00, in a secondary growth forest (Deiaco pers. comm.).
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