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The Genus Haploglenius Burmeister 1839 (Neuroptera: Ascalaphidae: Haplogleniinae) in French Guiana, with Description of a New Species

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The species of Haploglenius of French Guiana are reviewed, and an identification key to the species occurring in the arrondissement is presented. A new species of the genus, Haploglenius legnotos, tentatively inferred to be endemic, is described, figured, and compared with congeners. It is diagnosed by its relatively short antennae among species in the genus, the presence of a well-developed pronotal valve in males, the HW cubital field with two rows of cells, the pterostigmata pale, and the wing pattern distinctive, the last character being unique in the genus. Diagnostic characteristics placing the new species within Haploglenius are discussed. The species H. abdominevittatus Ardila Camacho and Jones is newly recorded from the region. A distribution map of Haploglenius in French Guiana is provided, as is a DarwinCore-compliant database of material examined.

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Acknowledgements

We thank N. Brian (Utah Valley University) for assistance in capturing images of the terminalia of the female paratype, and R. Nicoli Aldini (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italy) for linguistic suggestions. This paper is a product of a small extract from one chapter of the author’s dissertation (Jones 2014), completed at Texas A&M University.

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Research for this article by the first author was conducted independently of employment with APHIS PPQ, and the findings have not been reviewed, nor are endorsed, by the USDA.

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Financial support to JRJ for this project came from the U.S. National Science Foundation, Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (DDIG) DEB-1110707, and from Texas EcoLab (Braun & Gresham PLLC) for research grants in 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013.

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  1. Southwestern Research Station, American Museum of Natural History, Portal, USA

    Joshua R. Jones

  2. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection Quarantine (USDA APHIS PPQ), Laredo, TX, USA

    Joshua R. Jones

  3. Department of Biology and Biotechnologies “Charles Darwin”, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Davide Badano

  4. Museum of Zoology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Davide Badano

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Jones, J.R., Badano, D. The Genus Haploglenius Burmeister 1839 (Neuroptera: Ascalaphidae: Haplogleniinae) in French Guiana, with Description of a New Species. Neotrop Entomol 50, 929–938 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-021-00889-9

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