Gymnocnemia Schneider, 1845

Badano, Davide & Pantaleoni, Roberto Antonio, 2014, The larvae of European Myrmeleontidae (Neuroptera), Zootaxa 3762 (1), pp. 1-71 : 39

Gymnocnemia Schneider, 1845

Diagnosis. Mandibles long and slender, equipped with 3 pairs of teeth, median and apical teeth subequal in size; pronotum covered by sparse dolichasters; mesothoracic spiracles raised on tubercle; thoracic setiferous processes pedunculated; VIII sternite with atrophied odontoid processes; IX sternite with rastra each bearing 4 digging setae of which the internal pair reduced.

Examined species. G. variegata (Schneider, 1845) .

Comments. This genus comprises two species restricted to the western Palaearctic region and closely related to Megistopus (H. Aspöck et al. 2001; Stange 2004; Michel 2013).