New data on brown lacewing genus Wesmaelius Krüger, 1922 from China (Neuroptera, Hemerobiidae), with a key to Chinese species

Yang Zhao; Yanlin Tian; Zhiqi Liu

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4273.1.2

New data on brown lacewing genus Wesmaelius Krüger, 1922 from China (Neuroptera, Hemerobiidae), with a key to Chinese species

Zootaxa. 2017 Jun 1;4273(1):19-30. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4273.1.2.

Authors

Yang Zhao¹, Yanlin Tian, Zhiqi Liu

Affiliation

¹ Nanjing Institute of Agricultural Sciences in Jiangsu Hilly Area, No.6 Xianyin South Road, Qixia District, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province 210046, China. user@example.com.

PMID: 28610259
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4273.1.2

Abstract

A new species of the genus Wesmaelius is described from China: Wesmaelius dissectus sp. nov., which was found in Sichuan province. Wesmaelius ravus (Withycombe, 1923) was recorded in China for the first time in Hubei province and Inner Mongolia. The Wesmaelius helanensis Tian & Liu, 2011 is redescribed, with the first discovery of female in China. Updated keys to the adult males and females of the Wesmaelius from China are also provided.

Keywords: Neuroptera, Hemerobiidae, Hemerobiinae, Wesmaelius, new species, new record, China.

MeSH terms

Animals
China
Female
Insecta*
Male