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4.7.
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<figureCitation id="E5D79C2A69E2D249C369D8FF04CD399E" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Ameromyia specimen views: A A. strigosa, head and forelegs, frontal view. B A. guarica and C A. modesta, head and thorax, dorsal view." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e89641.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860584" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">Figs 2B</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="29C35749325435CB182CFABDA15EAF79" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Ameromyia specimens, head, thorax and legs, lateral view: A A. tendinosa, photograph by Lara Lopardo (EMAU). B A. guarica. C A. explicata sp. nov. - Abbreviations: fe: femur external face; fi: femur internal face; fs: femoral sense hair; mep: mesepisternum; ptc: pretarsal claws." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e89641.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860585" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">, 3B</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="1C39B9259B27EA0EAEE7A49A03FEC58E" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Ameromyia male terminalia and genitalia chaetotaxy: A A. protensa lectotype male terminalia, lateral view, photograph by Lara Lopardo (EMAU). B A. explicata sp. nov., globose club of genitalic sac clavate setae. C A. guarica, same but club sickled. D A. clepsydra sp. nov., same, but club subglobose. - Abbreviations: et, ectoproct; etl, ectoproct postventral lobe." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e89641.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860589" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">, 7C</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="1DECE6BC8747776F26396DFA148D113E" captionStart="Figure 24" captionStartId="F24" captionText="Figure 24. Ameromyia guarica comb. nov.: A holotype, habitus, lateral view. B Holotype, dorsal view." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e89641.figure24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860606" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">, 24</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="923641CA49B0D7C1229EC4D770608466" captionStart="Figure 25" captionStartId="F25" captionText="Figure 25. Ameromyia guarica: A paratype fore and hind wings, dorsal view. B Holotype, head and forelegs, frontal view. C Illustration of male genitalia, lateral view. D Holotype male terminalia, lateral view. - Abbreviations: cs, clavate setae; et, ectoproct; etl, ectoproct postventral lobe; go, gonarcus; hs, hinge setae; pah, paramere hinge; pap, paramere plate; pat, paramere tooth; st, sternite; tg, tergite." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e89641.figure25" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860607" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">, 25</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="27B3CB7AF1ECEE6EE2863D45D59BFED7" captionStart="Figure 26" captionStartId="F26" captionText="Figure 26. Ameromyia guarica, preserved in alcohol, third instar larval specimen: A Dorsal view. B Ventral view. C Lateral view. D Dorsal view, dried up. E Lateral view of head and thorax, dried up. Photographs by Jonathan Bremer (FSCA). - Abbreviations: ts, thread-like setae; tu, tubercle." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e89641.figure26" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860608" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">, 26</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="B752D04F2A15029E9A9B58816BAC87E2" captionStart="Figure 27" captionStartId="F27" captionText="Figure 27. Larval specimen of an unknown species of Venezueleon (Ameromyia sensu Stange): A dorsal view. B Ventral view. C Lateral view. Photographs by Jonathan Bremer (FSCA)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e89641.figure27" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860609" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">, 27</figureCitation>
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<taxonomicName id="035F55280DB8704BED7048152180FC05" authorityName="Tavares &amp; Machado &amp; Calor" authorityYear="2023" baseAuthorityName="Tavares &amp; Machado &amp; Calor" baseAuthorityYear="2023" class="Insecta" family="Myrmeleontidae" genus="Venezueleon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Venezueleon guaricus" order="Neuroptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="499" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="guaricus" status="comb. nov.">Venezueleon guaricus</taxonomicName>
<bibRefCitation id="C3EF527FBD31D8FBE2C302ED37D17616" author="Stange, LA" journalOrPublisher="Insecta Mundi" pageId="0" pageNumber="499" pagination="67 - 119" refId="B54" refString="Stange, LA, 1994. Reclassification of the New World antlion genera formerly included in the tribe Brachynemurini (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae). Insecta Mundi 8: 67 - 119" title="Reclassification of the New World antlion genera formerly included in the tribe Brachynemurini (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae)." volume="8" year="1994">Stange 1994</bibRefCitation>
: 87. [Holotype male, Rio Orituco. 15 km S Calabozo, Guarico, Venezuela, February 27, 1988, R. B. Miller and L. A. Stange (FSCA)]. -
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: 229, 383, 392 [species catalog, genera identification key (adults), genera identification key (larvae)]. -
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[species catalog].
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<paragraph id="0F9ED4D4351BEBE839BFA37CA09740CF" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C2F10D9ECDF56420FFCA5478CF6ABAA1" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">
Venezuela (Fig.
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).
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<paragraph id="E46A03FFD12E28E0C44AE1EE03FA0F82" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1764B1AD10307F02876AA509F9646502" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">Pronotum broader than long; femoral sense hairs absent; profemur without leg bristles; tibiae leg bristles equal or subequal to tibial width; pretarsal claws shorter than distal tarsomere; forewing with long rhegmal infuscation connecting both banksian lines.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="C4F58A35F520EEB48FC84EEDF9CB8DD3" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">Description.</paragraph>
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Adult.
<emphasis id="92ED65A2F56CAFC463E3A4DBEC582FDA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">Head</emphasis>
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: Antennae with 30-31 flagellomeres. Antennae dark brown, flagellomeres darker than scape and pedicel. Vertex light brown, with dark brown patches medially, dark brown spots on anterior and posterior rows and light brown markings on middle row. Vertex decumbent setae white, sometimes black on interantennal area. Frons pale brown, sometimes with dark brown patches medially. Frons setae black. Clypeus pale brown, slightly lighter near labrum. Labrum pale brown, slightly darker than clypeus. Mandibles black, completely covered by clypeolabrum. Palpi pale brown, distal palpomeres darker around sensory area. -
<emphasis id="6835B57BE6C089130A0ACF8A1160F3E9" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">Thorax</emphasis>
: Thorax on lateral view dark brown, with an evident or faint longitudinal pale brown band under wings. Pronotum broader than long, pale brown with longitudinal dark brown markings laterad of a longitudinal medial pale brown stripe. Mesonotum pale brown, with dark brown laterally on mesoscutum. Metanotum pale brown with dark brown laterally on metascutum. Thorax with dark brown spots on setal insertions. -
<emphasis id="5B2014164AFDC73F0D305C91951B593A" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">Wings</emphasis>
: Wing tip acute. Forewing membrane with a slight brown tint, hind wing membrane hyaline. Dark brown infuscations along forewing crossveins which form the banksian lines; along rhegmal area connecting both banksian lines; along dashed crossveins on radial area; along few crossveins on mediocubital area after CuA fork; along crossveins connecting with CuA posterior branch of fork posterior margin; and on general crossveins and gradates near wing margin. Forewing mediocubital area with dark infuscations around vertical crossveins which become sparser along MA vein, culminating on rhegmal area. Forewing CuP vein and hind wing CuA extending well before forewing CuA fork and hind wing MP fork respectively, with at least four crossveins connecting them and posterior branch of fork. Pterostigma brown on basal half and pale on distal half, opaque, encompassing five to six crossveins. Cells delimited by transversal veins in hind wing posterior area longer than high. -
<emphasis id="A22B16F503FA2C313BFBE88431441CA4" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">Legs</emphasis>
: Coxae brown. Legs pale brown, with posterior face much darker than anterior face. Profemur without black bristles. Meso and metafemur with very few black bristles which are shorter than femoral width. Femoral sense hairs absent. Tibiae with black bristles that are shorter than tibial width. Tibial spurs longer than pretarsal claws. Tarsomeres pale brown, dark brown on ventral surface. Pretarsal claws shorter than distal tarsomere. -
<emphasis id="32AE39E2320087661F2FE38204811DA8" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">Abdomen</emphasis>
: Abdomen dark brown, with many brown setae. Male parameres plates on lateral view with a round dorsoposterior margin. Gonarcus arch positioned not above paramere plates on lateral view. Male genitalia clavate setae with sickled clubs. -
<emphasis id="F667A225D4B1C640AAB79DB5C6F2DCDC" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">
Larva (third instar).
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: Head capsule slightly broader than long in dorsal view, slightly longer than broad in ventral view. Head capsule dorsally dark brown, with few light brown patches medially. Clypeolabrum dark, darker near mandibles. Head capsule ventrally light brown. Short dolichasters on head dorsal surface cone-like. Head capsule dolichasters mostly black, with a few white dolichasters near anterior and lateral margins. Row of dolichasters on labrum anterior margin black. Head dorsal surface covered with white thread-like setae, mostly on head capsule posterolateral margins, and mandibles base. -
<emphasis id="40EB80B227C7F35CB43CFDF73ABBB13B" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">Thorax</emphasis>
: Thorax dorsally dark brown, with sparsed light brown patches, and ventrally light brown with small dark spots on setal insertion. Thorax dorsal surface with many short, black dolichasters, and white thread-like setae. Mesothoracic spiracle borne on tubercle, which is about two times longer than broad. -
<emphasis id="B70E9802EB73E2AC77FB63661E79237B" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">Abdomen</emphasis>
: Abdomen covered with white thread-like setae dorsally. Abdomen dorsally light brown, with sparsed grey and dark brown patches, and ventrally dark brown with large triangular light brown patches medially at each sternite, with small dark spots on setal insertion and near each basal abdominal margin. Lateral face ventrad of the ventral setiferous processes of spiracles with white thread-like setae. Abdominal setiferous processes with black and white setae.
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<paragraph id="47450C4AA96886220BAFCF2DC61017D4" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">Remarks.</paragraph>
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This species is known only by the specimens presented in the original description. Previously a monotypic genus,
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is hereby synonymized under
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. Both genera had very similar diagnosis, differing only in regard of the size of the pretarsal claws (large in
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and small in
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<emphasis id="BB7FA05EAA2EF58DAADC7FCB10EAEA3C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">Venezueleon</emphasis>
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) and profemoral sense hairs (long in
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<emphasis id="547D5D52A93D6E7E18610465C39DAEAE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">Ameromyia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and absent in
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<emphasis id="FDB03A9D1D85E6C1E307EF2DB5175C0B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">Venezueleon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) (Fig.
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).
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<emphasis id="51E9DE509EEFDC65A77BCF4B229694A5" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">Ameromyia guarica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="A635D3D3E9CE2CCBF2A51F49D7035C3E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">comb. nov.</emphasis>
also had some other differences such as the reduction of leg setae in general, but those characters are highly variable within
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species, and in
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in general as discussed by former authors (
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).
<taxonomicName id="3BA969A327793D47CD7E023D0EAE388F" authorityName="Tavares &amp; Machado &amp; Calor" authorityYear="2023" baseAuthorityName="Stange" baseAuthorityYear="1994" class="Insecta" family="Myrmeleontidae" genus="Ameromyia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ameromyia guarica" order="Raphidioptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="499" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="guarica">
<emphasis id="55206BE3A39CBED9572B69A2B9C7C23D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">Ameromyia guarica</emphasis>
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also has the male genitalia extremely similar to the
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<emphasis id="3CC3FD456B2F04674CD39054097CD3F0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">Ameromyia</emphasis>
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species, and shares the clavate setae with a sickled club with other species in the
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<emphasis id="9B7E2AE2E7EA407AD38B6E977BE2F0A7" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">Ameromyia modesta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species group (Fig.
<figureCitation id="2CDE6C6F06A5DE6976FD8D186FF82C58" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Ameromyia male terminalia and genitalia chaetotaxy: A A. protensa lectotype male terminalia, lateral view, photograph by Lara Lopardo (EMAU). B A. explicata sp. nov., globose club of genitalic sac clavate setae. C A. guarica, same but club sickled. D A. clepsydra sp. nov., same, but club subglobose. - Abbreviations: et, ectoproct; etl, ectoproct postventral lobe." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e89641.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860589" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">7C</figureCitation>
).
<bibRefCitation id="C78091458A602FA5DD0F3DA50931FBAD" author="Stange, LA" journalOrPublisher="Acta Zoologica Lilloana" pageId="0" pageNumber="499" refId="B51" refString="Stange, LA, 1970. Revision of the ant-lion tribe Brachynemurini of North America (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae). University of California Publications in Entomology 55: vi + 1-192." title="Revision of the ant-lion tribe Brachynemurini of North America (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae). University of California Publications in Entomology 55: vi + 1 - 192." year="1970">Stange (1970)</bibRefCitation>
also suggests that, in
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, a reduction of leg setae and tibial spurs size could be an adaptation to a diet of aphids and pollen (although no gut sampling was performed in this study).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="349FD286C4A20725C997C1D943F79A8D" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">
According to
<bibRefCitation id="89B8F086CDFD499F207DFA0ED8699B5E" author="Stange, LA" journalOrPublisher="Insecta Mundi" pageId="0" pageNumber="499" pagination="67 - 119" refId="B54" refString="Stange, LA, 1994. Reclassification of the New World antlion genera formerly included in the tribe Brachynemurini (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae). Insecta Mundi 8: 67 - 119" title="Reclassification of the New World antlion genera formerly included in the tribe Brachynemurini (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae)." volume="8" year="1994">Stange (1994</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="52D2894CD51F4F9360570C0BD36301B0" author="Stange, LA" journalOrPublisher="Insecta Mundi" pageId="0" pageNumber="499" refId="B56" refString="Stange, LA, 2004. A systematic catalog, bibliography and classification of the world antlions (Insecta: Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 74: [iv] + 565." title="A systematic catalog, bibliography and classification of the world antlions (Insecta: Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 74: [iv] + 565." year="2004">2004</bibRefCitation>
), there are three undescribed species, all known from single specimens, which were collected near
<taxonomicName id="9A31A334D7C6B573B1A3F95A6096E8AB" family="Myrmeleontidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. guarica" order="Neuroptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="499" rank="species" species="guarica">
<emphasis id="D3163FF276B93A9E91A7A9FBAD2F3BCE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">A. guarica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
type locality. Two of these specimens, collected at Falcon, Venezuela, have been analyzed but it is uncertain whether they are indeed new species. They differed mostly in coloration on pronotal and abdominal markings. Furthermore, only two larval specimens of
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<emphasis id="5682E50C0E4A6FF24BB5FDD3AF8DE79A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">Venezueleon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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Stange were located and analyzed (Figs
<figureCitation id="A631CA6DB81CD794547541AA621357B9" captionStart="Figure 26" captionStartId="F26" captionText="Figure 26. Ameromyia guarica, preserved in alcohol, third instar larval specimen: A Dorsal view. B Ventral view. C Lateral view. D Dorsal view, dried up. E Lateral view of head and thorax, dried up. Photographs by Jonathan Bremer (FSCA). - Abbreviations: ts, thread-like setae; tu, tubercle." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e89641.figure26" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860608" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">26</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="C6A0AFFFB5939A504A48FC28CC6AEEEE" captionStart="Figure 27" captionStartId="F27" captionText="Figure 27. Larval specimen of an unknown species of Venezueleon (Ameromyia sensu Stange): A dorsal view. B Ventral view. C Lateral view. Photographs by Jonathan Bremer (FSCA)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e89641.figure27" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860609" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">27</figureCitation>
). Both specimens were not labeled as
<taxonomicName id="6A1D09F05BBD5E4AFC66978C65ABF1BE" lsidName="V. guaricus" pageId="0" pageNumber="499" rank="species" species="guaricus">
<emphasis id="C48827CD8F639C67369045F2D27AD691" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">V. guaricus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but one as &quot;
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<emphasis id="928AEEC63A82E38F2623C443B9E72FD9" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">Venezueleon</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="997739D7F665945968D5486476A3A6D0" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">sp. nov.</emphasis>
&quot;, preserved in alcohol (Fig.
<figureCitation id="7A83D78C00C257674C694A0041B48F82" captionStart="Figure 26" captionStartId="F26" captionText="Figure 26. Ameromyia guarica, preserved in alcohol, third instar larval specimen: A Dorsal view. B Ventral view. C Lateral view. D Dorsal view, dried up. E Lateral view of head and thorax, dried up. Photographs by Jonathan Bremer (FSCA). - Abbreviations: ts, thread-like setae; tu, tubercle." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e89641.figure26" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860608" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">26</figureCitation>
), and the other was pinned and unlabeled (Fig.
<figureCitation id="42FB54AA97741205CB4684617DBD2341" captionStart="Figure 27" captionStartId="F27" captionText="Figure 27. Larval specimen of an unknown species of Venezueleon (Ameromyia sensu Stange): A dorsal view. B Ventral view. C Lateral view. Photographs by Jonathan Bremer (FSCA)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e89641.figure27" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860609" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">27</figureCitation>
), but placed in the same tray as other
<taxonomicName id="781999415F1773188BFDEFDAFF9DDFA4" family="Myrmeleontidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. guarica" order="Neuroptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="499" rank="species" species="guarica">
<emphasis id="C1E6767FAA88377F846EAEABC3C0898B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">A. guarica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
specimens, in which the tray itself had a &quot;
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<emphasis id="0076741A008DBD6C9D4B4E95CD6177C4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">V. guaricus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
&quot; label. Both larval specimens appear to be from different species, but it was unclear which one was actually the larvae of
<taxonomicName id="7FDA332354BC3AFFB4D94160F7344F5F" family="Myrmeleontidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. guarica" order="Neuroptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="499" rank="species" species="guarica">
<emphasis id="A8DDDB27C91F6F8D2F5626AA1123750C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">A. guarica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Although
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<emphasis id="911DB1E1863BC95C1DF4C52D297F100C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">Venezueleon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was previously described as having no thread-like setae, both specimens bear this character. White or pale thread-like setae are very difficult to be visualized in alcohol (Fig.
<figureCitation id="4E0C4BB2C6D84B0E80B2D871BA8ABA88" captionStart="Figure 26" captionStartId="F26" captionText="Figure 26. Ameromyia guarica, preserved in alcohol, third instar larval specimen: A Dorsal view. B Ventral view. C Lateral view. D Dorsal view, dried up. E Lateral view of head and thorax, dried up. Photographs by Jonathan Bremer (FSCA). - Abbreviations: ts, thread-like setae; tu, tubercle." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e89641.figure26" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860608" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">26A-C</figureCitation>
), but very evident when the specimen is dry (Figs
<figureCitation id="DBCF7213A697D118227AF00565578E98" captionStart="Figure 26" captionStartId="F26" captionText="Figure 26. Ameromyia guarica, preserved in alcohol, third instar larval specimen: A Dorsal view. B Ventral view. C Lateral view. D Dorsal view, dried up. E Lateral view of head and thorax, dried up. Photographs by Jonathan Bremer (FSCA). - Abbreviations: ts, thread-like setae; tu, tubercle." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e89641.figure26" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860608" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">26D, E</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="CE8483E7EFE49E5F38CD6DAEACF23CA2" captionStart="Figure 27" captionStartId="F27" captionText="Figure 27. Larval specimen of an unknown species of Venezueleon (Ameromyia sensu Stange): A dorsal view. B Ventral view. C Lateral view. Photographs by Jonathan Bremer (FSCA)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e89641.figure27" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860609" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">27</figureCitation>
). Additionally, the alcohol preserved specimen appears to be covered in a mold-like substance, which is tangled in the thread-like setae and further difficults the visualization of the latter structure (Fig.
<figureCitation id="A6A851D4486DFC068B966FEB0DF8A176" captionStart="Figure 27" captionStartId="F27" captionText="Figure 27. Larval specimen of an unknown species of Venezueleon (Ameromyia sensu Stange): A dorsal view. B Ventral view. C Lateral view. Photographs by Jonathan Bremer (FSCA)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e89641.figure27" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860609" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">27D, E</figureCitation>
). Furthermore, as the specimen labeled as &quot;
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<emphasis id="E020BFBE3A77AC2806FB212807452ADE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">Venezueleon</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="04E923BB655490C5E1837539AD5E2EF9" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">sp. nov.</emphasis>
&quot; is the one that could fit
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<emphasis id="B07921EF71EF4BC3FF2D5D442FA627A5" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">A. guarica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
original description in this scenario (Fig.
<figureCitation id="ACAA326E07714C4806BA03A838EEF901" captionStart="Figure 26" captionStartId="F26" captionText="Figure 26. Ameromyia guarica, preserved in alcohol, third instar larval specimen: A Dorsal view. B Ventral view. C Lateral view. D Dorsal view, dried up. E Lateral view of head and thorax, dried up. Photographs by Jonathan Bremer (FSCA). - Abbreviations: ts, thread-like setae; tu, tubercle." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e89641.figure26" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860608" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">26</figureCitation>
), we are assuming this is the one reared and associated by the author (
<bibRefCitation id="80B2CCF7D2D1C16DB0C921654B31EF0D" author="Stange, LA" journalOrPublisher="Insecta Mundi" pageId="0" pageNumber="499" pagination="67 - 119" refId="B54" refString="Stange, LA, 1994. Reclassification of the New World antlion genera formerly included in the tribe Brachynemurini (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae). Insecta Mundi 8: 67 - 119" title="Reclassification of the New World antlion genera formerly included in the tribe Brachynemurini (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae)." volume="8" year="1994">Stange 1994</bibRefCitation>
), which is here included among
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<emphasis id="D296654A6E6E23C7AB96D5515D9A3D12" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">A. guarica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
examined material, but more data is needed to further confirm the association.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="49123FCECB47E0B901765BF74366F99B" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">
<emphasis id="174DF52741DAF0E42379CDB743925B5E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">Figure 24.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="A7AB9FD8D2BB08426B15BDD9E2E16A2F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">Ameromyia guarica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="E7E87E923A14C6BFD07215ACDD744773" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">comb. nov.</emphasis>
:
<emphasis id="6D4E80DF0EF1CD9D350A62F588A425A8" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">A</emphasis>
holotype, habitus, lateral view.
<emphasis id="FD4428CA807AFB9B5F568AC617100523" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">B</emphasis>
Holotype, dorsal view.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="DC7B39747BA96A9D86100654AF0F1389" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">
<emphasis id="973637E824D948E3FBE7C5BE449D394C" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">Figure 25.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="DC03C1D8955F646EADFB1971E614D7EF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">Ameromyia guarica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
:
<emphasis id="135F7431C0369953949BE70CCD642602" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">A</emphasis>
paratype fore and hind wings, dorsal view.
<emphasis id="55D911A3CBC631022B9019EF40D77FDB" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">B</emphasis>
Holotype, head and forelegs, frontal view.
<emphasis id="3FFF7D77A78B09EAEBFA75D2D0FE16CB" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">C</emphasis>
Illustration of male genitalia, lateral view.
<emphasis id="E9B418B941F249FABE2D7054D6433548" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">D</emphasis>
Holotype male terminalia, lateral view. - Abbreviations: cs, clavate setae; et, ectoproct; etl, ectoproct postventral lobe; go, gonarcus; hs, hinge setae; pah, paramere hinge; pap, paramere plate; pat, paramere tooth; st, sternite; tg, tergite.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="D16C9DAAD6BA06C6123151F84664BAC6" doi="10.3897/asp.81.e89641.figure26" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860608" pageId="0" pageNumber="499" start="Figure 26" startId="F26">
<paragraph id="5736DF54DD3A7F2A29B390D900FE4C62" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">
<emphasis id="A50067E5CEF49B83FC279EFC683A1F96" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">Figure 26.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4DEAAA4005954A2E516C353567D63BE0" authorityName="Tavares &amp; Machado &amp; Calor" authorityYear="2023" baseAuthorityName="Stange" baseAuthorityYear="1994" class="Insecta" family="Myrmeleontidae" genus="Ameromyia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ameromyia guarica" order="Raphidioptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="499" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="guarica">
<emphasis id="EA7E4E7AACECFFB32CEC135577E8EA03" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">Ameromyia guarica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, preserved in alcohol, third instar larval specimen:
<emphasis id="C79199165371D1834F84F55851391695" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">A</emphasis>
Dorsal view.
<emphasis id="CF1821333A6219C9F571E405B4EEB897" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">B</emphasis>
Ventral view.
<emphasis id="511F3A10843227EF4E700B7D7E07BE03" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">C</emphasis>
Lateral view.
<emphasis id="DABADC3FFE1BE0C0DF0A75E822CC8215" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">D</emphasis>
Dorsal view, dried up.
<emphasis id="DC63FB4EE8A3655680CCE64D5E436227" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">E</emphasis>
Lateral view of head and thorax, dried up. Photographs by Jonathan Bremer (FSCA). - Abbreviations: ts, thread-like setae; tu, tubercle.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="B345121434A8B8500622DEA64A69A9B7" doi="10.3897/asp.81.e89641.figure27" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860609" pageId="0" pageNumber="499" start="Figure 27" startId="F27">
<paragraph id="6346807AB8AB89748DC28C1FB97FDE62" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">
<emphasis id="7AADD2B73D3352CBC63231F0695B0BDE" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">Figure 27.</emphasis>
Larval specimen of an unknown species of
<taxonomicName id="84976C397672B68E7A80E5B370196A59" authorityName="Stange" authorityYear="1994" class="Insecta" family="Myrmeleontidae" genus="Venezueleon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Venezueleon" order="Neuroptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="499" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="C4C2DA8F767E1B8ED2B5622F2944D549" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">Venezueleon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<taxonomicName id="15EE3FE8DDEB16FD259E9AFC224CFB2A" class="Insecta" family="Myrmeleontidae" genus="Ameromyia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ameromyia sensu" order="Raphidioptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="499" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sensu">Ameromyia sensu</taxonomicName>
Stange):
<emphasis id="FCE37DEC4E22F850BEAF13251F31150F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">A</emphasis>
dorsal view.
<emphasis id="7389CDC4BAC7F7786E451F3A9ABEE69F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">B</emphasis>
Ventral view.
<emphasis id="82C2917F7E01B3B064116CC57D89A7D2" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">C</emphasis>
Lateral view. Photographs by Jonathan Bremer (FSCA).
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="DA6D8AA4324F9E282C7AE64CFE1EEB35" pageId="0" pageNumber="499" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="5FDF5E6EC58CDF17D25CD714B734ED90" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">Examined material.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6244066D9B2316C4342CFB1DB65F23B0" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">
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<emphasis id="A7B80C4398C0D2214F01CE0E584FA35D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="499">
<typeStatus id="56C8156682064D93078C3B7CA391ECE6">Paratype</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
: (
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,
<specimenCount id="A49A6F3B17C70E82FBB69FC890D0315B" type="larva">1 larvae</specimenCount>
)
<collectingCountry id="DD4068A8E6CFE78FA80A2655ADF7359D" name="Venezuela">VENEZUELA</collectingCountry>
-
<collectingRegion id="08EED3DE6819EFDAA6FA33A54CF9FFD4" country="Venezuela" name="Guarico">GUARICO</collectingRegion>
</materialsCitation>
<specimenCount id="7613D3D39EBA9C3A0CB0893254AB8438" type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
[
<typeStatus id="E0365F977D4AFC0CAE6B32AAABBA4CA3">paratype</typeStatus>
],
<specimenCount id="B82A41BD2ABB31EF7E51FDDEF67F9097" type="larva">1 larvae</specimenCount>
;
<materialsCitation id="361213CC423EA438151FAA3051779B39" collectingDate="1988-02-27" collectorName="R. B. Miller, L. A. Stange" country="Venezuela" location="Rio Orituco" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Guarico" typeStatus="paratype">
<locationDeviation id="6832713A74C8B2072B6C3D644ECA5899" location="Calabozo">
<quantity id="0AAAB65F33D516A514F8EF7E36F3B383" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.5" unit="km" value="15.0">15 km</quantity>
S Calabozo
</locationDeviation>
,
<location id="E27F82D7707DDCB7F70751EF7B25AAC6" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:43D66CF6D7E95EEA98D6AB253F04BEE9:E27F82D7707DDCB7F70751EF7B25AAC6" country="Venezuela" name="Rio Orituco" stateProvince="Guarico">Rio Orituco</location>
;
<collectingDate id="8ABEC3D344AD0F0E70F031C7971774A3" value="1988-02-27">27.ii.1988</collectingDate>
;
<collectorName id="4D497B420991997151B83A0FF02DF078">R. B. Miller</collectorName>
and
<collectorName id="23E5386FCB28A57F483ABEBDC1FC6FBE">L. A. Stange</collectorName>
; FSCA
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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