Neochauliodes
Creators: name: Liu, Xingyue
name: Yang, Ding
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Megaloptera
Corydalidae
Neochauliodes

description: Key to species of Neochauliodes from Guangxi, China
1. Wings hyaline with brown marks (Figs. 2, 3, 5, 7–9) ................................................... 2
­ Wings mostly dark with several hyaline marks (Figs. 1, 4, 6, 10)................................ 7
2. Forewing with R3 and R4 nearly straight (Figs. 2, 3, 9) ................................................. 3
­ Forewing with R3 and R4 curved backward at tip (Figs. 1, 4–8, 10).............................. 5
3. Hindwing with median transverse band rather short and narrow (Fig. 3); aedeagus broad and subtrapezoidal with arched apical incision (Fig. 19)...................................... ............................................................................ Neochauliodes fraternus (McLachlan)
­ Hindwing with median transverse band rather long and broad; aedeagus narrow and... attenuate without apical incision................................................................................... 4
4. Forewing with basal costal area densely dotted with dark brown spots (Fig. 2); aedeagus in lateral view with middle portion strongly inflated (Fig. 15) ................................ ............................................................................ Neochauliodes bowringi (McLachlan)
­ Forewing without any dark marks on basal costal area, but may have costal area clouded (Fig. 9); aedeagus with paired short subapical processes directed dorsally (Fig. 40) .................................................................. Neochauliodes umbratus Kimmins
5. Head and prothorax entirely yellow; aedeagus in lateral view slender and apically curved dorsad ................................................................................................................ 6
­ Head entirely dark to black and prothorax yellowish brown with pair of brownish vittae (Fig. 8); aedeagus in lateral view spoon­shaped with apex moderately inflated and not curved dorsad (Fig. 36) .............................................. Neochauliodes nigris sp. nov.
6. Forewingapicallywithseveralbrownishvittaealonglongitudinalveins(Fig.5);aedeagus without apical incision, length three times width (Fig. 26); female gonapophyses slightly sclerotized and strongly elongated (Fig. 27) ...................................................... ..................................................................... Neochauliodes guangxiensis Yang & Yang
­ Forewingapicallywithdiffusemarks(Fig.7); aedeaguswithtinyapicalincision(Fig.33); female gonapophyses membranous and not elongated (Fig. 35) ....................................
................................................................................. Neochauliodes meridionalis Weele 7. Head entirely yellow; hindwing basally hyaline; aedeagus in lateral view widest in apical half ..................................................................................................................... 8
­ Head usually darker; hindwing basally dark; aedeagus with apical half not widened.. 9
8. Hindwing with apical hyaline marks broad and subquadrate (Fig. 6); aedeagus with apical margin nearly truncate in ventral view (Fig. 29) .................................................. ............................................................................. Neochauliodes latus Yang, Gao & An
­ Hindwing with small diffuse hyaline apical marks (Fig. 10); aedeagus with apical margin round (Fig. 45) ...................................... Neochauliodes wuminganus Yang & Yang
9. Prothorax entirely black (Fig. 1); aedeagus in lateral view with acute tip (Fig. 11) ....... ..................................................................................... Neochauliodes acutatus sp. nov.
­ Prothorax entirely yellow (Fig. 4); aedeagus in lateral view with blunt tip (Fig. 22)..... ......................................................................................... Neochauliodes fuscus sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Liu, Xingyue & Yang, Ding, 2005, Notes on the genus Neochauliodes from Guangxi, China (Megaloptera: Corydalidae), pp. 1-24 in Zootaxa 1045 on pages 2-3, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.169882