Ábrahám Levente (szerk.): Válogatott tanulmányok 13. - Natura Somogyiensis 28. / Miscellanea 13. (Kaposvár, 2016)
Ábrahám L.: Neuroleon tarimensis sp. n. – a new ant-lion from Taklamakan desert, China (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae)
66 Natura Somogyiensis Material and methods The habitus photos were taken by Canon EOS 400 digital camera equipped with flash light system (Sigma EM 140 DM). The other photos were taken using SZX9 Olympus stereo microscope equipped with a ScopeTek DCM 800 digital camera. The layers of photos were processed with Combine ZP imagine stacking and Adobe Photoshop software. According to traditional and well known methods, the dissection of the genital organs specified in the relevant literature was performed. The caudal part of the abdomen was removed, treated with a 10% KOH solution and heated during 15 minutes. After getting cold it was rinsed in distilled water. Finally, each genitalia was transferred into glycerine in a microvial for further examination and preservation. Results and discussion Neuroleon tarimensis sp. n. (Fig. 1) Material examined: Holotype male: CHINA, Xinjiang, W Taklamakan desert, Yarkan He river valley, Tugay forest 1140m, N39°21.963’; E078°l 1.639’, 09-12. vi. 2013 leg. Floriani Paratypes 2 females as holotype, 1 female: CHINA, Xinjiang, W Taklamakan desert, SW from Kashi, Terambazar 1200m, N39°10.564’; E 077°04.039\ 07. vi. 2013 leg. Floriani Deposited: Entomological Collection of Rippl-Rónai Museum, Kaposvár (Hungary). Head: Vertex strongly arched, yellow with continuous dark brown transversal band on top of vertex. Frons yellow with two smaller separated indistinct dark brown spots right below scapes and dark brown transversal band above scapes, too (Fig. 2). Gena, clypeus and labrum yellow. Mandible dominantly yellow basally, brown to black apically. Maxillary palp yellow with short black hairs at joint of segments. Labial palp yellow with oval-shaped brown sensory pit. It as long as widest part of last segment of labial palp. Eye large and shiny brown. Antenna 5.5 mm long. Scape and pedicel yellow, flagellar segments and club yellow with narrow dark brown basal rings. Yellow and dark brown rings alternate. Flagellar segments with short white and black setose. Thorax: Pronotum 1.5 longer than wide, lateral margins parallel, dominantly yellow with dark brown as in Fig. 3. Lateral margins with sparse stiff white bristles. Short sparse white hairs cover pronotum. Mesonotum and metanotum also dominantly yellow with dark brown pattern and with short sparse and white pubescence. Side dark yellow with brown spots and sparse white hairs. Legs'. Fore coxa yellow with white hairs and with a row of dorsal white bristles. Black dots where white bristles originate. Femur yellow and black dotted covered with dense white hairs and two rows of stiff black bristles ventrally. Femur shorter than tibia. Tibia yellow with black dotted, distal part black, with dense black hairs and bristles. Tibial spurs as long as tarsal segments 1-3 combined. Tarsal segment 1 as long as segments 1-2 together. Tarsal segment 5 as long as tibial spurs. Segments yellow proximally black distally covered with black hairs. Middle coxa yellow with white hairs. Femur yellow and only dorsal side black dotted covered with white hairs and bristles. Femur shorter than tibia. Tibia yellow with black dotted, distal part black with black and white hairs and bristles. Tibial spurs somewhat longer than tarsal segments 1-2 combined. Otherwise
