Palpares Rambur, 1842

Badano, Davide & Pantaleoni, Roberto Antonio, 2014, The larvae of European Myrmeleontidae (Neuroptera), Zootaxa 3762 (1), pp. 1-71 : 9-10

Palpares Rambur, 1842

Diagnosis. Mandibles strong, equipped with at least 3 pairs of teeth; mesothoracic spiracles borne on a very short tubercle; thoracic setiferous processes prominent, first pair of mesothoracic setiferous processes provided with a forward directed tuft of setae; VIII abdominal sternite with large odontoid processes; IX abdominal sternite with fossoria (2 nd and 3 rd instars only).

Examined species. P. libelluloides (Linnaeus, 1764) .

Comments. The genus Palpares is considered polyphyletic ( Mansell 1992, 2004) thus the above mentioned diagnosis is exclusively based on the type species: P. libelluloides , that is also the only member of the genus whose larva is sufficiently described ( Brauer 1854). According to the present definition, Palpares comprises over 67 species widely distributed in the Old World, across the Afrotropical (the main center of distribution), Palaearctic and Oriental regions.