Latest Articles from Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift Latest 1 Articles from Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift https://dez.pensoft.net/ Thu, 28 Mar 2024 14:17:59 +0200 Pensoft FeedCreator https://dez.pensoft.net/i/logo.jpg Latest Articles from Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift https://dez.pensoft.net/ Anchored between heaven and earth – a new flightless brown lacewing from Peru (Neuroptera, Hemerobiidae) https://dez.pensoft.net/article/56008/ Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 67(2): 141-149

DOI: 10.3897/dez.67.56008

Authors: Ulrike Aspöck, Horst Aspöck, Axel Gruppe

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 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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