Maracandula colima Miller and Stange, 2009

Miller, Robert B. & Stange, Lionel A., 2009, A revision of the genus Maracandula Currie (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae), Insecta Mundi 2009 (101), pp. 1-10 : 7-8

Maracandula colima Miller and Stange , new species

( Figure 14-18 )

Types. Male holotype ( FSCA) and 5 m, 2 f paratypes: Tepames , Colima, Mexico, 23. X. 1986, R. Miller and L. Stange ( CASC; FSCA) .

Diagnosis. Adult 14 to 16 mm long. Antenna bicolored, flagellomeres 1 to 9 whitish followed by dark brown club ( Fig. 15 ); pronotum mostly dark reddish brown with median pale white stripe ( Fig. 14 ); tergite VIII two-thirds length of tergite VII; female terminalia as in Figure 18 .

Description. Face pale with extensive dark brown markings; submedian dark bands extending from labrum to antennal scapes, becoming darker near scapes and meeting between them; epicranial mark and middle row of vertex pale brown; antenna bicolored with basal nine flagellomeres pale and distal twelve flagellomeres dark brown ( Fig. 15 ); pronotum light brown with pale median stripe and pale spots laterally at furrow; mesoscutellum and metascutellum uniform medium brown; fore coxa pale and unmarked; femur and tibia pale with prominent dark brown spotting at setal bases; all wings unmarked with light brown veins and white stigmal mark; abdomen light brown with mostly dark setae, except for outstanding whitish setae restricted to the lateral posterior margins of tergites 2 to 8; male genitalia as in Figure 17 . Chaetotaxy: Pronotum, mesonotum and abdomen with numerous elongate bristles; scutelli with many outstanding bristles. Structure: Antenna with 21 flagellomeres; ocular width one-half interocular distance measured anteriorly; distance from eye to antennal pedicel about one-third pedicel width; labial palpus slender, distal palpomere weakly swollen; pronotum about 1.3 times wider than long; basal and distal tarsomeres of fore and mid legs equal, with basal tarsomere about one-fifth longer on hind leg; wings as in Figure 14 ; hypostigmatic cell about four times longer than high; abdomen shorter than wings. Genitalia as in Figure 17 .

Female. Abdomen shorter than wings. Terminalia as in Figure 18 .

Discussion. Adults were found in early afternoon in an area with widely scattered rocks or boulders mingled with small trees and grasses. No individuals occurred away from the rocks.Individuals varied in size from 14 to 16 mm in length.

Figures

Figure 14-18. Maracandula colima. 14) Habitus photo of adult. 15) Frontal view of head. 16) Mid and hind legs. 17) Male genitalia. 18) Female terminalia (side view).