Anchored between heaven and earth – a new flightless brown lacewing from Peru (Neuroptera, Hemerobiidae)
Male and female of Nusalala peruana sp. nov., a flightless hemerobiid from the Andes mountain range of northern Peru, at a height of almost 4000 m, are described, figured and documented as the first record of a brachypterous, flightless species of Nusalala Navás, 1913, from this country. The other t...
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| author | Ulrike Aspöck Horst Aspöck Axel Gruppe |
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| description | Male and female of Nusalala peruana sp. nov., a flightless hemerobiid from the Andes mountain range of northern Peru, at a height of almost 4000 m, are described, figured and documented as the first record of a brachypterous, flightless species of Nusalala Navás, 1913, from this country. The other two congeneric, brachypterous species are from high altitudes in Colombia and Costa Rica and have been described in the male sex only – the females remain unknown. The coriaceous domed forewings are shared by all three brachypterous Nusalala species. The ribbon-like hindwings of the male of N. peruana sp. nov. are unique, since those of the other brachypterous males are scale-like, as are the hindwings of the female of N. peruana sp. nov. Distribution and evolutionary backgrounds of brachyptery and flightlessness in Neuropterida are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ec63a163b59448b3b992c0677791f55a2022-12-22T03:29:12ZengPensoft PublishersDeutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift1860-13242020-08-0167214114910.3897/dez.67.5600856008Anchored between heaven and earth – a new flightless brown lacewing from Peru (Neuroptera, Hemerobiidae)Ulrike Aspöck0Horst Aspöck1Axel Gruppe2University of ViennaMedical UniversityTechnical University of MunichMale and female of Nusalala peruana sp. nov., a flightless hemerobiid from the Andes mountain range of northern Peru, at a height of almost 4000 m, are described, figured and documented as the first record of a brachypterous, flightless species of Nusalala Navás, 1913, from this country. The other two congeneric, brachypterous species are from high altitudes in Colombia and Costa Rica and have been described in the male sex only – the females remain unknown. The coriaceous domed forewings are shared by all three brachypterous Nusalala species. The ribbon-like hindwings of the male of N. peruana sp. nov. are unique, since those of the other brachypterous males are scale-like, as are the hindwings of the female of N. peruana sp. nov. Distribution and evolutionary backgrounds of brachyptery and flightlessness in Neuropterida are discussed.https://dez.pensoft.net/article/56008/download/pdf/ |
| spellingShingle | Ulrike Aspöck Horst Aspöck Axel Gruppe Anchored between heaven and earth – a new flightless brown lacewing from Peru (Neuroptera, Hemerobiidae) Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift |
| title | Anchored between heaven and earth – a new flightless brown lacewing from Peru (Neuroptera, Hemerobiidae) |
| title_full | Anchored between heaven and earth – a new flightless brown lacewing from Peru (Neuroptera, Hemerobiidae) |
| title_fullStr | Anchored between heaven and earth – a new flightless brown lacewing from Peru (Neuroptera, Hemerobiidae) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Anchored between heaven and earth – a new flightless brown lacewing from Peru (Neuroptera, Hemerobiidae) |
| title_short | Anchored between heaven and earth – a new flightless brown lacewing from Peru (Neuroptera, Hemerobiidae) |
| title_sort | anchored between heaven and earth a new flightless brown lacewing from peru neuroptera hemerobiidae |
| url | https://dez.pensoft.net/article/56008/download/pdf/ |
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