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Issue: Vol. 2792 No. 1: 16 Mar. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-03-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2792.1.3
Page range: 33–40
Abstract views: 32
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Palpares Rambur (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) with an identification key to the species of West Africa

CIRDES, BP 454, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
CIRAD, UMR CBGP (INRA/IRD/CIRAD/ Montpellier SupAgro), Campus International de Baillarguet, CS 30016, F-34988, Montferrier-sur-Lez, France
Neuroptera Palparinae Africa Afrotropical Region antlion

Abstract

Palpares longimaculatus nov. sp. is described from West Africa. This species resembles P. radiatus Rambur, 1842 and P. incommodus (Walker, 1853) from the same region and is very similar to P. kalahariensis Stitz, 1912 from South Africa. The characters differentiating these species are indicated. An identification key to the West African species of Palpares is provided and all the keyed species are illustrated.

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