Nevrorthus hannibal U. Aspoeck & H. Aspoeck , 1983

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 : 82-83

Nevrorthus hannibal U. Aspoeck & H. Aspoeck, 1983 Figs 3c; 6 d–e; 6 h–i; 14

Neurorthus fallax McLachlan nec Rambur (misidentification: McLachlan 1898 (com))

Neurorthus iridipennis Klapálek nec Costa: Klapálek 1917 (com).

Neurorthus hannibal U. Aspöck & H. Aspöck, 1983 (odescr, figs: gs male, female, distrmap); Malicky 1984 (rec, ecol).

Nevrorthus hannibal : H. Aspöck and Hölzel 1996 (distr); H. Aspöck et al. 2001 (annotcat); U. Aspöck and H. Aspöck 2007 (fig: distrmap); U. Aspöck and H. Aspöck 2010a (biogeogr, fig: distrmap); Monserrat and Gavira 2014 (figs: gs, forewing, head and thorax).

Type locality.

Tunisia (S Ain Draham).

Male.

Body length 2.2 mm; forewing length 7.0-8.0 mm, hindwing length 5.5-6.5 mm.

Head yellowish, vertex caudally darker. 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 brown with yellow pattern, ventrally yellowish with only a few brownish spots. 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 with short incision. Gonocoxites 11 fused into a bow-like bridge.

Female.

Body length 2.4 mm; forewing length 7.2-8.2 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): "Tunesien, 4 km S Ain Draham, 36°43'N / 8°40'E, 530 m, 17.-18.V.1982 (T6), H. Malicky leg." (HUAC).

Biology and ecology.

Adults have been taken from April–June; most specimens were collected in May. The known vertical distribution is 336-530 m. Larvae were found in small brooks. Temperature of inhabited brooks varied from 13.6-15.7°C ( Malicky 1984).

Distribution.

Tunisia, Algeria.