A new species of Hemerobiella Kimmins (Neuroptera, Hemerobiidae) from Venezuela with notes on the genus

FRANCISCO SOSA; ROGÉRIA I. R. LARA; CALEB C. MARTINS

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4028.3.7

Issue: Vol. 4028 No. 3: 9 Oct. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-10-09

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4028.3.7

Page range: 421–429

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**A new species of Hemerobiella Kimmins (Neuroptera, Hemerobiidae) from Venezuela with notes on the genus**

FRANCISCO SOSA⁺⁻
ROGÉRIA I. R. LARA⁺⁻
CALEB C. MARTINS⁺⁻

Universidad Centroccidental “Lisandro Alvarado”, Museo Entomológico “José Manuel Osorio” (MJMO) formerly UCOB, Cabudare, Lara, Venezuela.

Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios, APTA Ribeirão Preto, Av. Bandeirantes 2419, 14030-670, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.

Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Departamento de Biologia, Av. Bandeirantes 3900, 14040-901, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.

Neuroptera Brown lacewing Hemerobiinae Hemerobiella periotoi sp. nov. Neotropics

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Abstract

Hemerobiella periotoi Sosa & Lara sp. nov. is described from Venezuela. The new species was collected at the edges of a mature cloud forest in Lara state. This is the third species known in Hemerobiella Kimmins, and the second recorded from Venezuela. Additionally, new Venezuelan records and illustrations of H. oswaldi Monserrat, as well as, a key to Hemerobiella species are provided.