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Anchored between heaven and earth - a new flightless brown lacewing from Peru (Neuroptera, Hemerobiidae)

Document type:
Article
Author(s):
Aspoeck, Ulrike; Aspoeck, Horst; Gruppe, Axel
Abstract:
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 Navas, 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 sh...     »
Keywords:
Nusalala peruana sp. nov.; coriaceous wings; brachyptery; flightlessness; high altitude
Journal title:
DEUTSCHE ENTOMOLOGISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT
Year:
2020
Journal volume:
67
Month:
AUG 14
Journal issue:
2
Pages contribution:
141-149
Language:
English
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.3897/dez.67.56008
Publisher:
PENSOFT PUBLISHERS
Print-ISSN:
1435-1951
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