Purenleon , Stange 2002
Creators: name: Machado, Renato Jose Pires
name: Tavares, Leon Gustavo de Miranda
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Neuroptera
Myrmeleontidae
Purenleon

description: <i>Identification key to the South American species of Purenleon</i> 1. Mid tibia greatly swollen (Fig. 9d), distinctly broader than foretibia; basitarsus of hind leg about twice as long as greatest diameter; posterior margin of sternite VII in the female elongated laterally (Fig. 10f), like a small gonapophyses (tibialis gr oup)…….….….….….….….…….….….….….….….….….….….….….…...2 1’. Mid tibia weakly swollen (Fig. 2d), about equal in breadth to foretibia; basitarsus of hind leg at least 2.5 times longer than greatest diameter; sternite VII of female not produced laterally (Fig. 4b) (bistictus group)….….….….….….….….….….5 2. Thorax mostly dark brown (Fig. 7d)…….….….….….….….….….….….….…. 3 2’. Thorax mostly yellow (Fig. 9b)............................................................................ 4 3. Forewing with small brown marks on the base of most radial crossveins; mid tibia mostly dark brown with light brown areas; male parameres not dorsally enlarged and with apex sclerotized and rough; female with pregenital plate reduced…….….….….….….….….….….….….….….….….….….. <i>P.fernandezi</i> 3’. Forewing without small brown marks on the base of most radial crossveins (Fig. 9b); mid tibia mostly yellow with dark brown marks (Fig. 9d); male parameres dorsally enlarged (forming a dome) (Fig. 10b) and with apex not sclerotized; female pregenital plate large and ventrally extended (Fig. 10f)…….….….. <i>P. rafaeli</i> <b>sp. n.</b> 4. Pronotum with several elongate white setae at lateral margin, at least subequal in length to those on forecoxa; mid tibia mostly dark brown, with few yellow areas; male mediuncus absent and paramere not folding apically …….….….…. <i>P. tibialis</i> 4’. Pronotum with few elongate white setae at lateral margin, shorter than those on forecoxa; mid tibia yellow with small rounded dark marks on the base of the long setae (Fig. 7b); male mediuncus present and paramere folding apically (Fig. 8d)…….….….….….….….….….….….….….….….….. <i>P. limeirai</i> <b>sp. n.</b> 5. Forewing with posterior Banksian line clearly evident; hind wing with a longitudinal apical brown mark (Fig. 6)…….….….….….….….….….….….….….. <i>P.nebulosus</i> 5’. Forewing posterior Banksian line not evident; hind wing without a longitudinal apical brown mark (Fig. 3) …….….….….….….….….….….….….….….…..6 6. Area between antennae yellow (Fig. 2a); forefemur set with some short black setae; male ectoproct with postventral lobe (Fig. 3)…….….….….….….….….. <i>P. cautus</i> 6’. Area between antennae dark brown; forefemur covered with many medium sized black or white setae; male ectoproct without postventral lobe …….….….….…..7 7. Pronotum with several elongate white setae at lateral margin, at least subequal in length to those on forecoxa; male paramere with apex without a concave excavation…….….….….….….….….….….….….….….….….…..… <i>P. andinus</i> 7’. Pronotum without elongate white setae at lateral margin, sometimes one or two moderately long white setae; male paramere with an apical concave excavation…….….….….….….….….….….….….….….….….…….. <i>P. clavatus</i>
description: Published as part of <i>Machado, Renato Jose Pires &amp; Tavares, Leon Gustavo de Miranda, 2020, Notes on the Brazilian species of Purenleon Stange (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae), with description of two new species, pp. 62-80 in Insect Systematics &amp; Evolution 51 (1)</i> on page 78, DOI: 10.1163/1876312X-00002200, http://zenodo.org/record/3786701