Libelloides, Schaffer, 1763

Badano, Davide & Pantaleoni, Roberto Antonio, 2014, The Larvae of European Ascalaphidae (Neuroptera), Zootaxa 3796 (2), pp. 287-319 : 304

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3796.2.4
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D64A7C50-26ED-4D39-B376-2200CCCB138E
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4915221
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DA9D6F-FF83-FFE4-92EB-D50CFA5AF825
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Libelloides
status

Treatment

Key to the known larvae of Libelloides View in CoL View at ENA

1 Abdominal scolus-like processes rounded, unbranched....................... L. lacteus View in CoL (from Pieper & Willmann 1980)

- Abdominal scolus-like processes elongated, branched......................................................... 2

2 Ventral side of the head capsule with longitudinal pale stripes (Figs. 12,16)........................................ 3

- Ventral side of the head capsule without pale stripes (Figs. 10,11,13–15).......................................... 4

3 Dorsal side of the head with yellow markings; thorax and its scolus-like processes yellowish; legs with yellowish femora and tibiae; IX abdominal sternite yellowish ( Fig. 16 View FIGURE 16 )...................................................... L. siculus View in CoL

- Dorsal side of the head brown; thorax and its scolus-like processes grey; legs with brown femora and tibiae; IX abdominal sternite with contrasting dark markings ( Fig. 12 View FIGURE 12 )...................................................... L. longicornis View in CoL

4 IX abdominal sternite with contrasting dark markings ( Figs. 10–13 View FIGURE 10 View FIGURE 11 View FIGURE 12 View FIGURE 13 ).............................................. 5

- IX abdominal sternite monochrome, without contrasting dark markings ( Figs. 14 View FIGURE 14 , 15 View FIGURE 15 )............................... 7

5 Dorsal side of the head capsule pale brown with a median trapezoidal dark marking; IX abdominal sternite with two anterior dark spots; ventral side of abdominal scolus-like processes dark ( Fig. 11 View FIGURE 11 ).................................. L. latinus View in CoL

- Dorsal side of the head capsule dark brown without a median marking; IX abdominal sternite without dark spots; ventral side of abdominal scolus-like processes pale ( Figs. 10 View FIGURE 10 , 13 View FIGURE 13 )......................................................... 6

6 Odontoid processes of VIII abdominal sternite dark brown; no more than 3 (normally 1-2) pseudo-teeth between the basal and median teeth ( Fig. 10 View FIGURE 10 ).......................................................................... L. coccajus View in CoL

- Odontoid processes of VIII abdominal sternite pale; at least 4 pseudo-teeth between the basal and median teeth ( Fig. 13 View FIGURE 13 )............................................................................................ .. L. macaronius View in CoL

7 General colouring of the body, including the ventral side, dark brown; dorsal side of the head capsule with distinct dark spots at the base of the larger dolichasters ( Fig. 15 View FIGURE 15 )........................................................ .. L. corsicus View in CoL

- General colouring of the body pale; dorsal side of the head capsule without distinct dark spots at the base of dolichasters ( Fig. 14 View FIGURE 14 )........................................................................................ .. L. ictericus View in CoL