Ábrahám Levente (szerk.): Válogatott tanulmányok 13. - Natura Somogyiensis 28. / Miscellanea 13. (Kaposvár, 2016)
Ábrahám L.: Ascalaphid studies X. Maezous maezousi sp. n. –a new ascalphid species from the Philppines (Neuroptera: Ascalphidae)
52 Natura Somogyiensis Material and methods In the last two years a series of owl-flies and ant-lions was received from the Philippines to identify them. The new species is also derived from this material. To identify the collected material the monographs of van der Weele (1909) and New (1993) and the local faunistic paper published by Ábrahám (2008a, 2008b) were used. To study the morphological characters, Olympus SZX9 stereo microscope was used. Habitus photographs were taken by using digital camera Nikon D 3200 equipped with a AF-S micro Nikkor 40 mm lens and the flash system was F&V 230D. To examine the genitalia, the caudal part of the abdomen was removed, treated with a 10% KOH solution with heating during 15 minutes and after cooling rinsed in distilled water. It was put into glycerine for further examination and finally stored in a genital vial. For photographs, the caudal part of the abdomen was placed in a Petri dish (diameter: 50 mm) which filled with glycerine. Photos of morphological characters were also taken by using Olympus SZX9 stereo microscope equipped with Alpha KL-1001 digital camera. Photos were adjusted and corrected with Adobe Photoshop software. Based on photos the inner genital characteristic drawings were made. Results Maezous maezousi sp. n. (Fig, 1) Holotype: 1 male PHILIPPINES, Palawan, Magara Roxas, ??. 04. 2014, leg: Noel Mohagan Paratypes: 1 male as holotype; 2 males 2 females Philippines, Palawan, Magara Roxas, ??. 06. 2015, leg: Noel Mohagan Deposited'. Entomological Collection of Rippl-Rónai Museum, Kaposvár (Hungary) and Upper Silesian Museum, Bytom (Poland) Head'. Vertex yellowish brown covered with long dense and brown hairs frontally and pale hairs caudally. Frons shining brown with long dense brown hairs. Genae brown and hairless. Clypeus and labrum shining yellow. Lateral and dorsal part of clypeus with sparse brown hairs. Ventral margin of labrum with short sparse and ochraceous hairs curved to mouthparts. Mandible shining yellow with black apex with sparse lateral brown hairs. Maxillae and labial palpi yellow. Last segment yellow to brown. Occiput and postorbital sclerite shining yellow and hairless. Eyes medium size divided by suturelike inflection transversally. Antenna 23-24 mm, 2/3x shorter than distance between base of forewing and pterostigma. Scape and pedicel shining brown with long, dense and brown pubescence. Flagellar segments yellow to light brown, bare and broadened at joins. Club yellow with short smoothing and black verticals, subglobular-shaped with flattened apex. Bristle of club brown. Thorax'. Pronotum narrow, yellow with indistinct longitudinal brown band centrally. Both pronotal margins flexed upwards with long pale hairs. Lateral projection brown with long, dense and brown hairs. Mesonotum yellow with distinct and indistinct brown markings as in Fig. 3. Metanotum dominantly brown. Notum with medium long brown and pale hairs. Sides brown to yellow with long soft and shining yellow hairs. Legs: Coxae yellow covered with long soft and shining yellow hairs. Femora yellow with soft and yellowish hairs. Ventral side of femora with long black and stiff bristles in
