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Issue: Vol. 4196 No. 2: 22 Nov. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-11-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4196.2.2
Page range: 210–220
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Myrmeleon almohadarum sp. nov., from Spain and North Africa, with description of the larva (Neuroptera Myrmeleontidae)

Istituto di Biologia Agroambientale e Forestale, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IBAF–CNR), Via Salaria, km 29,300, I-00015 Monterotondo Scalo RM, Italy. Centro Nazionale per lo Studio e la Conservazione della Biodiversità Forestale “Bosco Fontana", Strada Mantova 29, I-46045 Marmirolo MN, Italy
Departamento de Zoología y Antropología Física, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, C/Jose Antonio Novais, 2, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Sezione di Entomologia, Dipartimento di Agraria, Università degli Studi, via Enrico De Nicola, I–07100 Sassari 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.
Departamento de Zoología y Antropología Física, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, C/Jose Antonio Novais, 2, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Neuroptera Neuropterida Myrmeleontini antlion Mediterranean Iberian Peninsula Tunisia

Abstract

A new antlion (Neuroptera Myrmeleontidae Myrmeleontini), Myrmeleon almohadarum  sp. nov., is described from southern Spain and Tunisia. The new taxon is closely related  to the mostly sympatric M. inconspicuus Rambur and M. mariaemathildae Pantaleoni, Cesaroni & Nicoli Aldini but differing in body pattern, wing venation and larval chaetotaxy. The validity of the new species is also supported by a phylogenetic analysis based on COI sequences. The larva of this new species is described and compared with congeners. M. almohadarum appears to be associated with sandy environments.

 

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