Revision of the Megaloptera (Insecta: Neuropterida) of Madagascar

Xingyue Liu; Benjamin W Price; Fumio Hayashi; Ferdinand De Moor; Ding Yang

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3796.2.5

Revision of the Megaloptera (Insecta: Neuropterida) of Madagascar

Zootaxa. 2014 May 19:(3796):320-36. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3796.2.5.

Authors

Xingyue Liu¹, Benjamin W Price², Fumio Hayashi³, Ferdinand De Moor⁴, Ding Yang⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.; Email: xingyue_liu@yahoo.com.
² Life Sciences Department, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, U.K.; Email: unknown.
³ Department of Biology, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Minamiosawa 1-1, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan; Email: unknown.
⁴ Department of Freshwater Invertebrates, Albany Museum, Somerset Street, Grahamstown, 6140 South Africa; Email: unknown.
⁵ Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.; Email: unknown.

PMID: 24870678
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3796.2.5

Abstract

The Megaloptera fauna of Madagascar comprise two endemic genera: Haplosialis Navás, 1927 (Sialidae) and Madachauliodes Paulian, 1951 (Corydalidae: Chauliodinae). Here the two genera are revised, with detailed descriptions and illustrations. A new species, Madachauliodes bicuspidatus Liu, Price & Hayashi, sp. nov., is described. Furthermore the phylogeny and biogeography of the Madagascan fauna is discussed.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Animals
Female
Geography
Insecta / anatomy & histology
Insecta / classification*
Madagascar
Male
Phylogeny
Species Specificity