Epacanthaclisis

Ao, Weiguang, Wan, Xia & Wang, Xinli, 2010, Review of the genus Epacanthaclisis Okamoto, 1910 in China (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae), Zootaxa 2545, pp. 47-57 : 48

Key to species of Epacanthaclisis from China

1. Wings with obvious dense brown spots and short stripes; venation color pale brown; pronotum without black medial stripes ............................................................................................................................................................................ 2

- Wings without obvious markings except for the rhegma and anastomosis of CuA and CuP+1A; venation color alternating between pale and dark; pronotum with black medial strips .............................................................................. 3

2. Forewing maculation more pronounced basally; pronotum dark brown, spots on anterior part weak........................... ............................................................................................................................................. E. maculosa ( Yang, 1986) .

- Forewing maculation homogeneous along length; pronotum yellow with two large dark spots anteriorly................... .............................................................................................................................................. E. maculata ( Yang, 1986) .

3. Forewing maculation of rhegma and anastomosis of CuA and CuP+1A not linear..................................................... 4

- Forewing maculation of rhegma and anastomosis of CuA and CuP+1A linear........................................................... 5

4. Spurs extending to apex of the 2nd tarsomere in fore- and midleg, spurs as long as basitarsus in hindleg; pronotum with two pairs of longitudinal black stripes, the lateral stripes straight and almost equal width to the medial stripes, interrupted at the middle ........................................................................................................... E. amydrovittata n. sp.

- Spurs extending to apex of the 3rd tarsomere in fore- and midleg, and spurs as long as two (1st and 2nd) segments of tarsi in hindleg; pronotum with two pairs of longitudinal black stripes, the lateral stripes bent, obviously narrower than the medial stripes ............................................................................................................ E. minana ( Yang, 1999) .

5. Male with a pair of abdominal hair-pencils ................................................................................................................ 6

- Male without a pair of abdominal hair-pencils ........................................................................................................... 8

6. Stripes on the area of rhegma and the anastomosis place of CuA and CuP+1A equal to or longer than hypostigmal cell; the lateral longitudinal dark brown stripes on pronotum straight and thin ............ E. banksi Krivokhatsky, 1998 .

- Stripes on the area of rhegma and the anastomosis place of CuA and CuP+1A shorter than hypostigmal cell; the lateral longitudinal dark brown stripes on pronotum curly .............................................................................................. 7

7. Vertex and occiput dark brown without spot; a pair of medial longitudinal dark brown stripes on pronotum almost completely united, the lateral stripes wider; female posterior gonapophysis as long as 1/3 anterior gonapophysis ..... ......................................................................................................................................................... E. ningshana n. sp.

- Vertex and occiput dark brown with yellow spots; a pair of medial longitudinal dark brown stripes on pronotum united posteriorly and separated anteriorly, the lateral stripes curly line shape; female posterior gonapophysis shorter than 1/4 of anterior gonapophysis .................................................................... E. continentalis Esben-Petersen, 1935.

8. Pronotum yellow with two pair of black stripes, male 5th abdominal segment inflated ................................................ ..................................................................................................................................... E. moiwana (Okomoto, 1906) .

- Pronotum brown with a big yellow spot on each posterior angle, male without inflated segment ................................ ............................................................................................................................................. E. batangana Yang, 1992 .