Protohermes sabahensis

Liu, Xingyue, Hayashi, Fumio & Yang, Ding, 2008, Species of the Protohermes sabahensis group (Megaloptera: Corydalidae) from eastern Malaysia, Zootaxa 1782, pp. 49-60 : 50

Key to species of P. sabahensis group

1 Wings mostly dark with light spots ( Fig. 3 ); male ninth sternum with trapezoidal posterior incision, medially with an additional small suboblong incision ( Fig. 17 ) ......................................... P. spectabilis sp.nov.

- Wings mostly hyaline ( Figs 1 , 5 ); male ninth sternum with posterior incision V-shaped or suboblong, but without additional small incision medially ( Figs 9 , 25 )..............................................................................2

2 Prothoracic markings broad ( Fig. 23 ); male ninth sternum with rectangular posterior incision, leaving pair of slender attenuate processes ( Fig. 25 ); male tenth tergum with tip pointed and curved dorsad ( Fig. 27 ); female eighth sternum with posterior margin medially incised ( Fig. 31 ) ..................... P. tortuosus sp. nov.

- Prothoracic markings narrow ( Fig. 7 ); male ninth sternum with V-shaped posterior incision, leaving pair of broad triangular processes ( Fig. 9 ); male tenth tergum with tip rounded and not curved dorsad ( Fig. 10 ); female eighth sternum with posterior margin not incised ( Fig. 14 ) .......................... P. sabahensis sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 3. Adults of Protohermes spp. 1. P. sabahensis sp. nov. (holotype), male; 2. P. sabahensis sp. nov. (paratype), female; 3. P. spectabilis sp. nov. (holotype), male. Scale lines: 5.0 mm.

FIGURES 15 – 22. Protohermes spectabilis sp. nov. 15. Male head and prothorax, dorsal view; 16. Male genitalia, dorsal view; 17. Male genitalia, ventral view; 18. Male genitalia, lateral view; 19. Male ninth gonostylus, ventral view; 20. Male tenth sternum, ventral view; 21. Female genitalia, lateral view; 22. Female eighth sternum, ventral view. Scale lines: 1.0 mm. Pdm: dorsomedial process.

FIGURES 4 – 6. Adults of Protohermes spp. 4. P. spectabilis sp. nov. (paratype), female; 5. P. t o r t u o s u s sp. nov. (holotype), male; 6. P. tortuosus sp. nov. (paratype), female. Scale lines: 5.0 mm.

FIGURES 7 – 14. Protohermes sabahensis sp. nov. 7. Male head and prothorax, dorsal view; 8. Male genitalia, dorsal view; 9. Male genitalia, ventral view; 10. Male genitalia, lateral view; 11. Male ninth gonostylus, ventral view; 12. Male tenth sternum, ventral view; 13. Female genitalia, lateral view; 14. Female eighth sternum, ventral view. Scale lines: 1.0 mm. G 9: ninth gonocoxite; Pdm: dorsomedial process; S 8: eighth sternum; S 9: ninth sternum; St 9: ninth gonostylus; T 9: ninth tergum; T 10: tenth tergum.

FIGURES 23 – 31. Protohermes tortuosus sp. nov. 23. Male head and prothorax, dorsal view (holotype); 24. Male head, dorsal view (paratype); 25. Male genitalia, dorsal view; 26. Male genitalia, ventral view; 27. Male genitalia, lateral view; 28. Male ninth gonostylus, ventral view; 29. Male tenth sternum, ventral view; 30. Female genitalia, lateral view; 31. Female eighth sternum, ventral view. Scale lines: 1.0 mm.