Nevrorthus apatelios H. Aspoeck , U. Aspoeck & Hoelzel , 1977

Aspoeck, Ulrike, Aspoeck, Horst & Liu, Xingyue, 2017, The Nevrorthidae, mistaken at all times: phylogeny and review of present knowledge (Holometabola, Neuropterida, Neuroptera), Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 64 (2), pp. 77-110 : 82

Nevrorthus apatelios H. Aspoeck, U. Aspoeck & Hoelzel, 1977 Figs 2 a–b; 3a; 5 a–e; 6c; 14

Neurorthus iridipennis auct. nec Costa (misidentification): Klapálek 1917 (syst, distr); Pongracz 1923 (distr); Zelený 1964 (rec); 1971 (rec).

Neurorthus apatelios H. Aspöck, U. Aspöck & Hölzel, 1977: 54 (odescr, figs: gs male): H. Aspöck et al. 1978 (distr); H. Aspöck et al. 1980 (mon); U. Aspöck and H. Aspöck 1983 (distr); Malicky 1984 (ecol, distr); Saure 1989 (distr); Popov 1990 (distr); 1991 (rec); 1992 (distr); Devetak 1992 (distr); Popov 1993 (distr);

Nevrorthus apatelios : H. Aspöck and Hölzel 1996 (distr); U. Aspöck and H. Aspöck 1999 (fig); H. Aspöck et al. 2001 (annotcat); Devetak and Jakšič 2003 (distr); Letardi et al. 2006 (distr, biol); U. Aspöck and H. Aspöck 2007 (figs: adult, distrmap); Popov 2007 (distr, biol); U. Aspöck and H. Aspöck 2008a (compmorphol, fig: gs female); Sziráki 2008 (rec, distr); Jones and Devetak 2009 (distr); U. Aspöck and H. Aspöck 2010a (biogeogr, fig: distrmap); Monserrat and Gavira 2014 (figs: gs, head, thorax); Devetak and Klokočovnik 2016 (biol).

Type locality.

Greece (Euboea: S Prokopion).

Male.

Body length 2.2 mm; forewing length 6.0-7.5 mm, hindwing length 5.5-6.5 mm.

Head yellowish. Antennae pale yellow, scapus and pedicellus brownish. Mouthparts yellow.

Prothorax yellow; meso- and metathorax darker. Legs yellow. Wings hyaline, membrane uncoloured; forewing veins yellowish; hindwing veins pale yellow, paler than in forewing.

Abdomen dorsally dark brown with yellow pattern, ventrally yellowish. Gonocoxites 9 as huge plates, gonostyli 9 digitiform, gonapophyses 9 processus-like; ectoproct broadly rounded. Complex of gonocoxites + gonostyli + gonapophyses 10 amalgamated with sternite 9, forming a pseudoapex of the latter and framing it laterally, terminally rounded. Gonocoxites 11 fused into a bow-like bridge.

Female.

Body length 2.4 mm; forewing length 7.4-7.9 mm, hindwing length 7.6-7.8 mm.

Fused gonocoxites 8 forming a broad trapezoid sclerite; fused gonapophyses 8 triangular; gonocoxites 9 club-shaped, without distinct gonostyli; bursa copulatrix comprising a sclerotized structure.

Specimens examined and records published.

Supplementary material 1. Holotype male (by original designation): "Griechenland, Euboea, S von Prokopion, 38°42'N / 23°30'E, 250 m, 24.5.1974, H. Malicky leg." (HUAC).

Biology and ecology.

Adults have been taken from May to October, most specimens were collected in June and July. The known vertical distribution is 90-1400 m. The larva is found in mountain rivers (the temperature of inhabited brooks varied from 11.9-21.5°C).

Distribution.

Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia.