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The structure of larval antennae resembles that of Sisyridae, but — in the examined Psychopsis specimens — the subapical part is very small and merged with the acute apical part (Figs 11-12). MYRMELEONTOIDEA The structure of FEIG and that of larval antennae seems to be rather uniform in this superfamily. In FEIG (cf. Sziráki 1996) the paired spermathecae are lost, and the new one (which usually large) probable developed from the antero-ventral part of bursa copulatrix. Ductus seminalis often without distinct split sclerotization, but in some cases (e.g., in Palpares) it is well recognizable, while in some other taxa (e.g., in some Myrmeleon species) the sclerotization appears as different apomorphic structures. The ductus seminalis is separated (together with the receptaculum seminis) from the rather small remaining bursa copulatrix, and often from the spermatheca as well. Larval antennae are short, and mostly multisegmented because of the dividing up of its middle part. On the other hand, the apical part fused into the subapical one, and there is a tendency for the fusion of subapical part and the swollen apical section of the middle part (Figs 13-14). MANTISPOIDEA Either the FEIG, or the larval antennae of Berothidae and Mantispidae have very similar structure. The ectodermal parts of the female internal genitalia of the studied species are in a rather reduced, simplified status without paired spermatheca and distinct split sclerotization in the ductus seminalis. However, in some genera of Berothidae there are well differentiated bursa copulatrix and spermatheca, in many other cases the whole system seems to be a long, almost unified tube with slightly separated parts (MacLeod and Adams 1967, Poivre 1980). In larval antennae the apical and subapical parts seems to be fused. The dividing up of the middle part is weak (in Berothidae), or almost absent (in Mantispidae) (Minter 1990). While the monophyletic status of the both above discussed superfamilies (Myrmeleontoidea and Mantispoidea) is supported by the features of FEIG and of the larval antennae as well, the sequence of their separation may not be judged on the basis of these characteristics. Acknowledgement — 1 would like to express my thanks to Dr. Courtenay N. Smithers for Megalithone tillyardi specimens which were sent by him for my studies. REFERENCES Adams, P. A. (1969): A new genus and species of Osmylidae (Neuroptera) from Chile and Argentina, with a discussion of planipennian genitalic homologies. — Postula Peabody Mus. 141: 1-11. Aspöck, U. (1992): Crucial points in the phylogeny of the Neuroptera (Insecta). — Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Neuropterology, Baneres-de-Luchon, 1991: 63-73. Gepp, J. (1984): Erforschungstand der Neuropteren-Larven der Erde. — Proceedings of the First Symposium on Neuropterology, Graz, 1980: 183-239. Henry, C. S. (1978): An unusual ascalaphid larva (Neuroptera: Ascalaphidae) from southern Africa, with comments on larval evolution within the Myrmeleontoidea. — Psyche 85: 265-274.
