Helicoconis

Vidlička, Ľubomír, 2014, Description of Helicoconis tatricus sp. n. (Neuroptera, Coniopterygidae) from Slovakia (Central Europe) and key for determination of all Palaearctic species of subgenus Helicoconis, Zootaxa 3893 (3), pp. 438-444 : 442

Key to the Palaearctic species of the subgenus Helicoconis

1 Styli deeply bifurcated, branches closely abreast............................................................. 2

- Styli simple, with inner, distinctly elongated apophyses....................................................... 3

2 Parameres short, subapically with a short latero-ventral hook ( Fig. 2 b)...................... H. lutea ( Wallengren, 1871)

- Parameres very long, deeply bifurcated, branches equally long............................. H. hirtinervis Tjeder, 1960

3 Apophysis narrow, markedly longer than stylus.............................................................. 4

- Apophysis short, about a long as stylus ( Fig. 2 a)................................................ H. tatricus sp. n.

4 Caudal margin of hypandrium with distinct dentiform protrusions..................... H. sengonca Rausch et al., 1978

- Caudal margin of hypandrium even, without protrusions....................................................... 5

5 Apophysis distinctly set off from stylus.................................................... H. eglini Ohm, 1965

- Apophysis separate but runs parallel with stylus................................... H. premnata Rausch et al., 1981

Figures

FIGURE 2. Photo and drawing of male genitalia: (a) Helicoconis tatricus sp. n. (apo—apophysis, app—appendage, epr—ectoproct, hyp—hypandrium, par—paramere, pen—penis, sty—stylus, S 7, S 8, S 9 — sternite 7 - 9), (b) Helicoconis lutea — specimen from NR Rokoš (25 June 2004, Dúbravy, Strážov Mountains, West Slovakia).