Gepus Navás, 1912

Badano, Davide, Acevedo, Fernando & Monserrat, Víctor J., 2014, The larvae of Gepus invisus Navás, 1912 and Solter liber Navás, 1912, a comparative description (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae), Zootaxa 3785 (1), pp. 87-94 : 88

Gepus Navás, 1912

Diagnosis. Head capsule with small but prominent ocular tubercles; anterior margin of the clypeo-labrum concave; head covered with dolichasters; mandibles robust, armed with 3 teeth; the median tooth is the largest and closer to the apical tooth than to the basal tooth; robust setae are present between teeth; external margin of the mandibles covered with short setae; labial palpi four-segmented, segments 2-4 longer than the width of the mandible; pronotum covered with short dolichasters; spiracles sessile; thorax equipped with sub-pedunculated setiferous processes; metathoracic legs with a fringe of setae; VIII abdominal sternite with atrophied odontoid processes; IX abdominal sternite equipped with small rastra each bearing four thin digging setae, of which the internal pairs are shorter than the others.