Epacanthaclisis kuldurguch Krivokhatsky, 1998

Zheng, Yuchen, Badano, Davide, Aspöck, Ulrike, Aspöck, Horst, Hayashi, Fumio & Liu, Xingyue, 2025, Revision of the antlion genus Epacanthaclisis Okamoto, 1910 (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae: Dendroleontinae), Zootaxa 5657 (1), pp. 1-100 : 22-24

Epacanthaclisis kuldurguch Krivokhatsky, 1998

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Epacanthaclisis hamata Krivokhatsky, 1998: 44 (type locality: Tajikistan: Magian, S from Pendzhikent, W Hissar Mt; holotype in ZISP). Stange, 2004: 88 ( Epacanthaclisis ).

Diagnosis. Vertex pale yellow, medially dark brown. Pronotum pale yellow, anteriorly with a pair of black spots, posteriorly with a pair of closed black markings, laterally with two pairs of longitudinal black stripes. Mesoscutellum pale yellow, anteriorly black. Wings mostly hyaline; pterostigma yellowish-brown.

Re-description of holotype. Head. Vertex pale yellow, medially dark brown ( Fig. 11B ). Scape yellowish-brown, internally with a dark brown marking; pedicel basally dark brown, distally yellowish-brown. Flagellomeres each basally with a dark circular marking, distally yellowish-brown. Frons generally dark brown, posteriorly pale yellow ( Fig. 11C ). Clypeus pale yellow, covered with both dark and pale setae. Labrum pale yellow. Maxillary palpus generally pale yellow. Labial palpus pale yellow, distal segment fusiform. Mandibles yellowish-brown with distal half dark brown.

Thorax. Pale yellow with many long pale setae. Pronotum pale yellow, anteriorly with a pair of black spots, posteriorly with a pair of closed black markings, laterally with two pairs of longitudinal black stripes. Mesoprescutum generally black; mesonotum pale yellow with a large M-shaped black marking; mesoscutellum pale yellow, anteriorly black. Metanotum black, with pale yellowish markings; metascutellum pale yellow, anteriorly black ( Fig. 11B ).

Legs. Covered with many pale and dark setae. All tibial spurs brown, barely curved; tarsi each pale yellow with distally brown or dark brown. Foreleg: Femur yellowish-brown, basally and distally dark brown; tibia pale yellow, basally and distally dark brown; tibial spur reaching base of tarsomere 3. Midleg: Similar to foreleg. Hind leg: Femur yellowish-brown, distally dark brown; tibia pale yellow, basally brown, distally dark brown; tibial spur reaching base of tarsomere 2.

Wings. Mostly hyaline. Forewing slightly longer than hindwing. Pterostigma yellowish-brown. Forewing costal, distal half of prefork and basal half of posterior crossveins mostly connected by oblique veinlets; four to five presectoral crossveins present; RP with seven branches; RP origin basal to MP fork, nearly align at CuA fork. Hindwing with two presectoral crossveins ( Fig. 11A ).

Abdomen. Female abdomen generally dark brown. Male genitalia. Unknown. Female genitalia (based on Krivokhatsky 1998). Pregenital plate tiny. Anterior branches of gonocoxites 8 weakly developed, tuberculate, covered with setae; posterior branches of gonocoxites 8 digitiform, distally narrow; gonapophyses 8 transversal ribbon-like. Gonocoxites 9 covered with short setae.

Type material. Holotype ♀, TAJIKISTAN: Mogyion [Magian; 67°40′E; 39°17′N], S from Pendzhikent, W Hissar Mt., 1800 m, 9–10.VII.1994, V.A. Lukhtanov ( ZISP).

Distribution. Tajikistan (Sughd).

Remarks. Despite the male of this species is unknown, we can still determine that it belongs to the E. continetalis group by the forewing longer than hindwing and the absence of Banksian line.

Figures

FIGURE 11. Epacanthaclisis kuldurguch Krivokhatsky, 1998, holotype female.A. Habitus; B. head and thorax, dorsal view; C. head, frontal view. (Photos by Darya S. Bolshakova)