This specimen collected within cracks of mud wall in rural area.
Hello Asadollah:
Your fantastic specimen is a larva of an insect that belongs to the Order Neuroptera, family Nemopteridae. There are two genera with identical larva like yours Dielocroce hebrae and Necrophylus arenarius from the Mediterranean area. Is your specimen from Iran ?. Dielocroce chobauti, D. maxima and D. vartianae are found in Iran. Must check the adults because larvae are very similar. The adults have the hind wings modified in very long tails. Pelase contact profesor A.Mirmoayedi Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran E-mail: [email protected] he is a specialist in Neuroptera.
https://www.google.com.co/search?q=Dielocroce&biw=1920&bih=911&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiliNHrtobLAhWCGR4KHXCVB9MQ_AUIBigB#imgrc=RyelBMtIuL2Q1M%3A
http://actazool.nhmus.hu/48Suppl2/mirmoay.pdf
Regards,
Luis Miguel
Hello Asadollah:
Your fantastic specimen is a larva of an insect that belongs to the Order Neuroptera, family Nemopteridae. There are two genera with identical larva like yours Dielocroce hebrae and Necrophylus arenarius from the Mediterranean area. Is your specimen from Iran ?. Dielocroce chobauti, D. maxima and D. vartianae are found in Iran. Must check the adults because larvae are very similar. The adults have the hind wings modified in very long tails. Pelase contact profesor A.Mirmoayedi Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran E-mail: [email protected] he is a specialist in Neuroptera.
https://www.google.com.co/search?q=Dielocroce&biw=1920&bih=911&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiliNHrtobLAhWCGR4KHXCVB9MQ_AUIBigB#imgrc=RyelBMtIuL2Q1M%3A
http://actazool.nhmus.hu/48Suppl2/mirmoay.pdf
Regards,
Luis Miguel
What a beautiful insect! It is similar to the ant lion, of Myrmeleontidae, frequent in Brazil, catching its preys in conic holes in the ground. See: http://mgb.nazwa.pl/stronaste/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/AES-23online025.pdf
Nemopteridae are also called thread winged antlions by the long tailed hindwings on the adults.
This is a larva of Neuroptera Nemopteridae belonging to the subfamily Crocinae (which is considered by some Authors as a good family: Crocidae). The Crocinae on the basis of larval morphology can be divided into two groups: short-necked and long-necked Crocinae (the larvae of the other subfamily, Nemopterinae, are short-necked). The larva in the photo belongs clearly to the long-necked Crocinae, which are characteristic for the extreme lengthening of the anterior part of the prothorax. Larval biology of these species is still little known; probably the 'neck' so long can be related to the way of predation put in place by these larvae (predation on small arthropods in thin cracks and crevices of walls and rocks?). Regards,
Rinaldo Nicoli
- Je partage les avis de mes collègues Rinaldo Nicoli et Luis Miguel Constantino.
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