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Neoneuromus

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Neoneuromus
Neoneuromus sikkimmensis from Arunachal Pradesh
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Megaloptera
Family: Corydalidae
Subfamily: Corydalinae
Genus: Neoneuromus
van der Weele, 1907
Type species
Neuromus fenestralis
McLachlan, 1869

Neoneuromus is a genus of dobsonfly endemic to the Indomalayan realm with 13 species. The larvae breed in montane streams. Adults are large with a forewing of 43 to 68 mm length and the body is yellow to red or brown with black marks on the head and pronotum. The wings are marked in dark patterning in the membrane and along the veins. They are closely related to Nevromus from which they are separated by the attenuation of the ninth sternum with an incised tip.[1]

Species in the genus include:

References

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  1. ^ Yang, FAN; Chang, Wencheng; Hayashi, Fumio; Gillung, Jessica; Jiang, Yunlan; Yang, Ding; Liu, Xingyue (2018). "Evolutionary history of the complex polymorphic dobsonfly genus Neoneuromus (Megaloptera: Corydalidae)". Systematic Entomology. 43 (3): 568–595. doi:10.1111/syen.12287. S2CID 90256219.