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Issue: Vol. 3785 No. 1: 2 Apr. 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-04-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3785.1.7
Page range: 87–94
Abstract views: 52
PDF downloaded: 2

The larvae of Gepus invisus Navás, 1912 and Solter liber Navás, 1912, a comparative description (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae)

Istituto per lo Studio degli Ecosistemi, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (ISE–CNR), Traversa la Crucca 3, Regione Baldinca, I–07100 Li Punti SS, Italy & Sezione di Entomologia e Patologia Vegetale, Dipartimento di Agraria, Università degli Studi, via Enrico De Nicola, I–07100 Sassari SS, Italy.
Departamento de Zoología y Antropología Física, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, C/Jose Antonio Novais, 2, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Departamento de Zoología y Antropología Física, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, C/Jose Antonio Novais, 2, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Larval morphology Neuropterida Myrmecaelurini Gepini antlion Western Palaearctic

Abstract

The third instar larvae of Gepus invisus and Solter liber are comparatively described and illustrated for the first time with a particular emphasis on genus level characters. Larval morphology confirms a close relationship between these genera as they differ only in minor characters.