Gnopholeon zapotecus Stange, 1970

Tavares, Leon Gustavo de Miranda, Marquez-López, Yesenia, Machado, Renato Jose Pires, Martins, Caleb Califre & Contreras-Ramos, Atilano, 2023, Antlions of formerly recognized tribe Gnopholeontini (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae: Brachynemurini) from Peninsula of Baja California, with a new species of Tyttholeon Adams, Revista Brasileira de Entomologia (e 20230044) 67, pp. 1-17 : 7

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1590/1806-9665-RBENT-2023-0044

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13196056

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CE2CD627-EC74-FFD5-FCE6-FE4DC5E7183D

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Felipe

scientific name

Gnopholeon zapotecus Stange, 1970
status

 

Gnopholeon zapotecus Stange, 1970 View in CoL

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Gnopholeon zapotecus Stange, 1970: 150 View in CoL [Holotype male, 23 miles South Matías Romero, Oaxaca, Mexico (UCDC)]. – Penny, 1977: 45 [distribution]. – Oswald et al., 2002: 581 [distribution]. – Stange, 2004: 250 [taxonomy, types, distribution].

Distribution. Mexico (MOR, OAX, VC).

Diagnosis. Adults. General coloration dark; ocular rim with short setae projecting over the eye; labial palpi with distal palpomere greatly swollen; procoxae and profemur with clavate white setae, slightly rowed; male ectoproct with a very short postventral lobe; gonarcus narrow, slightly twisted on lateral margins; paramere plates sclerotized ventrally; paramere teeth basally not expanded, slender, elongated, slightly curved and pointing posterodorsally; female ectoproct with large digging setae; lateral gonapophysis with large digging setae; posterior gonapophysis swollen, with many long hairlike setae; anterior gonapophysis short, convex, with many long hairlike setae; pregenital plate membranous.

Remarks. This species is very similar toG. barberi . A key difference is present in the profemur clavate setae density, which is noticeably lower, with setae not as clustered in G.zapotecus . Also, G.zapotecus is restricted to southern Mexico, while G.barberi occurs on northwestern Mexico and southwestern United States.This is the first record of the species from the state of Veracruz. Although this species does not occur in Baja California, we included it here for comparison with the other species ofGnopholeon.

Material examined. (1♂, 2♀) Mexico – Morelos: 2.5 km N y 4 km al W Huautla, Estación CEAMISH, 940 m; 18°27.671’N, 99º02.475’W; 10-15.v.1996 GoogleMaps ; 1♀; trampa Malaise 4; S. Zaragoza, F.Noguera, E.González, E. Ramírez; CNIN NEU:MYR:2535 • same as preceding, 09-14.v.1996 ; 1♂; CNIN NEU:MYR:2447 Veracruz: Zapotal de Zaragoza , 10 km Sur de Tuxpan; 17.v.2012 ; 1 ♀; H. Brailovsky, E. Barrera; CNIN NEU:MYR:2635 .

CNIN

Coleccion Nacional de Insectos, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Neuroptera

Family

Myrmeleontidae

Genus

Gnopholeon

Loc

Gnopholeon zapotecus Stange, 1970

Tavares, Leon Gustavo de Miranda, Marquez-López, Yesenia, Machado, Renato Jose Pires, Martins, Caleb Califre & Contreras-Ramos, Atilano 2023
2023
Loc

Gnopholeon zapotecus

Stange, L. A. 2004: 250
Oswald, J. D. & Contreras Ramos, A. & Penny, N. D. 2002: 581
Penny, N. D. 1977: 45
Stange, L. A. 1970: 150
1970
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