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Issue: Vol. 5403 No. 2: 19 Jan. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-01-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5403.2.4
Page range: 256-268
Abstract views: 128
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Taxonomic notes on two antlion genera Holzezus Krivokhatsky, 1992 and Subgulina Krivokhatsky, 1996 (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae: Myrmecaelurini) from China

Department of Entomology; China Agricultural University; Beijing 100193; China
School of Ecology and Nature Conservation; Beijing Forestry University; Beijing 100083; China
School of Ecology and Nature Conservation; Beijing Forestry University; Beijing 100083; China; State Key Laboratory of Efficient Production of Forest Resources; Beijing Forestry University; Beijing 100083; China
Department of Entomology; China Agricultural University; Beijing 100193; China
Neuroptera Myrmeleontoidea newly record genus Palaearctic region sexual dimorphism

Abstract

A little-known antlion genus, i.e., Holzezus Krivokhatsky, 1992, with its type species H. compactus Krivokhatsky, 1992, is first recorded from China based on newly collected specimens from Turpan-Hami region of Xinjiang. In this region, another rare genus Subgulina Krivokhatsky, 1996, with its type species S. kerzhneri Krivokhatsky, 1996, in which the males possess a sac-like structure from the gula, is rediscovered from China. In addition, we briefly discuss the complicated phylogenetic relationships among the genera of Myrmecaelurini and other related lineages with similar habitat preference to the arid areas.

 

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