Acanthaclisis Rambur, 1842

Badano, Davide & Pantaleoni, Roberto Antonio, 2014, The larvae of European Myrmeleontidae (Neuroptera), Zootaxa 3762 (1), pp. 1-71 : 47

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scientific name	Acanthaclisis Rambur, 1842
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Diagnosis. Anterior margin of the clypeo-labrum with a median cuneiform process; mandibles swollen basally, equipped with 3 teeth of which the median tooth is slightly longer than the others; ventral portion of the head capsule with sparse setae; pronotum thickly covered by stout setae; thorax with sessile setiferous processes; VIII sternite with digging setae; IX sternite with digging setae.

Examined species. A. occitanica (Villers, 1789) .

Comments. Acanthaclisis is a Palaearctic genus including 7 species. The larvae have been exclusively described for A. occitanica and A. pallida (McLachlan, 1887) ( Brauer 1855b; Luppova 1969; Steffan 1975; Krivokathsky 2011).

References

Brauer, F. (1855 b) Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Verwandlung der Neuropteren. Verhandlungen des Zoologisch-Botanischen Vereins in Wien, 5, 777 - 786.

Luppova, E. P. [Лuppova, I. P.] (1969) K мoрфoлogii i bioлogii лiciнki мuрavьiнogo льva Acanthaclisis pallida McLachlan (Neuroptera, Myrmeleonidae), Dokл. AН Tadz. ССР. T,. 12, 68 - 71.

Steffan, J. R. (1975) Les larves de Fourmilions [Planipennes: Myrmeleontidae] de la faune de France. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France (N. S.), 11, 383 - 410.