title: Myrmeleon almohadarumsp. nov., from Spain and North Africa, with description of the larva (Neuroptera Myrmeleontidae).
abstract: A new antlion (Neuroptera Myrmeleontidae Myrmeleontini), Myrmeleon almohadarum  sp. nov., is described from southern Spain and Tunisia. The new taxon is closely related  to the mostly sympatric M. inconspicuus Rambur and M. mariaemathildae Pantaleoni, Cesaroni & Nicoli Aldini but differing in body pattern, wing venation and larval chaetotaxy. The validity of the new species is also supported by a phylogenetic analysis based on COI sequences. The larva of this new species is described and compared with congeners. M. almohadarum appears to be associated with sandy environments.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Biologia Agroambientale e Forestale, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IBAF-CNR), Via Salaria, km 29,300, I-00015 Monterotondo Scalo RM, Italy. Centro Nazionale per lo Studio e la Conservazione della Biodiversità Forestale "Bosco Fontana", Strada Mantova 29, I-46045 Marmirolo MN, Italy. davide.badano@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Badano
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Acevedo
authors.forename: Roberto A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Pantaleoni
authors.forename: Víctor J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Monserrat
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D007313:Insecta / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D007814:Larva / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008297:Male; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013030:Spain; D013045:Species Specificity; D014416:Tunisia
keywords: Neuroptera, Neuropterida, Myrmeleontini, antlion, Mediterranean, Iberian Peninsula, Tunisia