Navasoleon Banks, 1943

Stange, Lionel A. & Miller, Robert B., 2018, A revision of the genus Navasoleon Banks (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae: Nemoleontini), Insecta Mundi 619, pp. 1-25 : 4-5

Key to known larvae of Navasoleon Banks

1. Head capsule ( Fig. 65–67 ) with abundant white setae laterally, longer than antennae, extending apically to distal tooth; middle tooth a little longer than distal tooth; metathoracic scolus-like processes doubled, followed by double pair on abdominal segment I, followed by size decreasing single scolus-like process to abdominal segment 7; terminal abdominal segment with small brown setae, elsewhere without stout setae............ Navasoleon lithophilus Miller

— Head capsule ( Fig. 68–69 ) with lateral white setae shorter than antenna; mandible without dense white setae, middle tooth about as long as distal tooth; metathoracic scolus-like processes double followed by single pair scolus-like process on abdominal segment 1, which is smaller and more slender than next scolus-like process, followed by single scolus-like processes decreasing in length through abdominal segments 2-8 which has smallest scolus-like process; terminal abdominal segment with about ten well developed dark brown setae posteriorly, elsewhere with relatively stout setae........................ Navasoleon venezolanus Stange

Figures

Figures 65–71. Immatures of Navasoleon spp. 65) Navasoleon lithophilus, dorsal view. 66) third instar Navasoleon lithophilus, ventral view. 67) Navasoleon lithophilus, cleared slide. 68) third instar Navasoleon venezolanus, dorsal view. 69) Third instar Navasoleon venezolanus, ventral view. 70) Cocoon of Navasoleon venezolanus. 71) Pupal skin of Navasoleon venezolanus.