Nepsalus Navás, 1914

Kim, Jiseung, Ahn, Neung-Ho & Kim, Sora, 2025, A taxonomic review of the family Myrmeleontidae Latreille (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontiformia) from the Korean peninsula, highlighting the conservation value of this family, ZooKeys 1262, pp. 97-174 : 97-174

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1262.163194
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17818197
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scientific name	Nepsalus Navás, 1914
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Genus Nepsalus Navás, 1914 View in CoL View at ENA

Nepsalus Navás, 1914 a: 250 View in CoL . Type species: Nepsalus indicus Navás, 1914 View in CoL . Type locality: Malaysia: Gunong Inas.

Diagnosis.

Adult. Wings with some broad brown markings; anterior Banksian line present; rhegma area with dark brown spot; forewing cubital area with a brown marking; male pilula axillaris present ( Zheng et al. 2022, 2024 b). Third instar larva. Mandible hardly upturned, with pseudo-teeth developed in addition to three normal teeth. Mesothoracic tuft of long hair-like setae absent. Thoracic setiferous processes pedunculated and well developed. Abdomen generally green with many dark brownish markings; a pair of setiferous processes present on each side of abdominal segments 2–7; abdominal sternite VIII without odontoid processes; abdominal sternite IX longer than wide, triangular ( Zheng et al. 2022).

Distribution.

Asia ( China, India, Japan, Korea peninsula, Malay peninsula, Russia (Far East), Vietnam) ( Zheng et al. 2022).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Neuroptera
Family	Myrmeleontidae
SubFamily	Dendroleontinae
Tribe	Dendroleontini