Epacanthaclisis moiwana ( Okamoto, 1905 )

Ao, Weiguang, Wan, Xia & Wang, Xinli, 2010, Review of the genus Epacanthaclisis Okamoto, 1910 in China (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae), Zootaxa 2545, pp. 47-57 : 51

Epacanthaclisis moiwana ( Okamoto, 1905)

Acanthaclisis moiwana Okamoto, 1905: 115 .

Acanthaclisis moiwasana Matsumura, 1910: 286 . Synonymized by Stange, 2004: 89.

Epacanthaclisis moiwasana: Okamoto, 1910: 286 ; Banks, 1941: 2 (as Epicanthaclisis). Synonymized by Krivokhatsky, 1998: 40.

Epacanthaclisis moiwana: Kuwayama, 1962: 390 ; Hölzel, 1972: 10; Stange, 1976: 297; Krivokhatsky, 1998: 40. Synonymized by by Stange, 2004: 89.

Diagnosis. Venation color alternating between pale and dark; forewing maculation of rhegma and anastomosis of CuA and CuP+1A linear, shorter than hypostigmal cell, other maculation indistinct. Pronotum with a pair of dark brown wide medial stripes connected posteriorly, a pair of dark brown lateral stripes bent, broad in the middle and narrow at both terminals ( Figure 3 : E). Spur of fore- and midleg extending to apex of the 3rd tarsomere, spur of hindleg extending to apex of the 4th tarsomere. Male 5th abdominal segment inflated (according to Kuwayama 1962, fig. 26), 6th abdominal segment with two fields of modificated hairs (according to Krivokhatsky 1998, fig. 9). Female posterior gonapophysis shorter than 1/4 of anterior gonapophysis. ( Figure 4 : C)

Material examined. 1Ƥ, Jiuzai, Nanping, Prov. Sichuan. 2000m, 17.VII.1987, Zhang Xiaochun leg (CAU-N100014).

Distribution. China (Sichuan); Japan.

Figures

FIGURE 3. A – F. Pronotum, dorsal view. A. E. banksi; B. E. maculosa; C. E. maculata; D. E. continentalis; E. E. moiwana; F. E. minana.

FIGURE 4. A – D. Female genitalia, ventral view. A. E. banksi; B. E. continentalis; C. E. moiwana; D. E. minana.