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Issue: Vol. 3270 No. 1: 17 Apr. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-04-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3270.1.4
Page range: 51–57
Abstract views: 45
PDF downloaded: 16

Agadirius trojani gen. et sp. nov.: a new owlfly (Neuroptera: Ascalaphidae) from Morocco

Istituto per lo Studio degli Ecosistemi, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (ISE–CNR), Traversa la Crucca 3, Regione Baldinca, I–07100 Li Punti SS, Italy
Istituto per lo Studio degli Ecosistemi, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (ISE–CNR), Traversa la Crucca 3, Regione Baldinca, I–07100 Li Punti SS, Italy Dipartimento di Protezione delle Piante, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Via Enrico de Nicola, I –07100 Sassari SS, Italy
Neuroptera Myrmeleontiformia Ascalaphinae Palaearctic North Africa

Abstract

A new owlfly, Agadirius trojani gen. et sp. nov., (Ascalaphidae: Ascalaphinae), is described from the Anti–AtlasMountains, Morocco. The habitus is unmistakable and differs from all other owlflies, but shares some superficial featureswith the genus Puer Lefèbvre, 1842. Agadirius gen. nov., belongs to the subfamily Ascalaphinae (split eyed owlflies) and has genitalia consistent with the tribe Ascalaphini as defined by Tjeder and Hansson (1992).

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