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Rediscovery of Nuvol umbrosus Navás (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae, Leucochrysini): a redescription and discussion
Abstract. The monotypic leucochrysine genus Nuvol was previously known from three specimens of Nuvol umbrosus Navás, collected in the Atlantic Forest region of Brazil. For many years these specimens have been missing, and the genus has remained without a modern description. Here, the species is rede...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4591607/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26448710 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.519.5996 |
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description | Abstract. The monotypic leucochrysine genus Nuvol was previously known from three specimens of Nuvol umbrosus Navás, collected in the Atlantic Forest region of Brazil. For many years these specimens have been missing, and the genus has remained without a modern description. Here, the species is redescribed based on two newly discovered specimens (females) from the Amazonian region. The female terminalia are relatively simple, except for the subgenitale, which is enlarged, folded into two sections, and heavily sclerotized. Unique aspects of the wing venation and the unusual pattern of banding on the wings support the retention of Nuvol as a valid genus within the Leucochrysini. There are differences between the Amazonian specimens studied here and the earlier descriptions based on specimens from the Atlantic Forest. These differences may indicate the presence of two distinct, geographically separated species within the genus. However, largely because we do not know the sexes of the earlier specimens, we are treating the differences discovered in the two female specimens as expressions of intraspecific variation. |
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spelling | pubmed-45916072015-10-07 Rediscovery of Nuvol umbrosus Navás (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae, Leucochrysini): a redescription and discussion Tauber, Catherine A. Sosa, Francisco Zookeys Research Article Abstract. The monotypic leucochrysine genus Nuvol was previously known from three specimens of Nuvol umbrosus Navás, collected in the Atlantic Forest region of Brazil. For many years these specimens have been missing, and the genus has remained without a modern description. Here, the species is redescribed based on two newly discovered specimens (females) from the Amazonian region. The female terminalia are relatively simple, except for the subgenitale, which is enlarged, folded into two sections, and heavily sclerotized. Unique aspects of the wing venation and the unusual pattern of banding on the wings support the retention of Nuvol as a valid genus within the Leucochrysini. There are differences between the Amazonian specimens studied here and the earlier descriptions based on specimens from the Atlantic Forest. These differences may indicate the presence of two distinct, geographically separated species within the genus. However, largely because we do not know the sexes of the earlier specimens, we are treating the differences discovered in the two female specimens as expressions of intraspecific variation. Pensoft Publishers 2015-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4591607/ /pubmed/26448710 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.519.5996 Text en Catherine A. Tauber, Francisco Sosa http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Tauber, Catherine A. Sosa, Francisco Rediscovery of Nuvol umbrosus Navás (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae, Leucochrysini): a redescription and discussion |
title | Rediscovery of Nuvol
umbrosus Navás (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae, Leucochrysini): a redescription and discussion |
title_full | Rediscovery of Nuvol
umbrosus Navás (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae, Leucochrysini): a redescription and discussion |
title_fullStr | Rediscovery of Nuvol
umbrosus Navás (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae, Leucochrysini): a redescription and discussion |
title_full_unstemmed | Rediscovery of Nuvol
umbrosus Navás (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae, Leucochrysini): a redescription and discussion |
title_short | Rediscovery of Nuvol
umbrosus Navás (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae, Leucochrysini): a redescription and discussion |
title_sort | rediscovery of nuvol
umbrosus navás (neuroptera, chrysopidae, leucochrysini): a redescription and discussion |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4591607/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26448710 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.519.5996 |
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