A new Hemisemidalis species from Madagascar (Neuroptera: Coniopterygidae)

Abstract

Hemisemidalis pennyi sp. n. (Neuroptera: Conipterygidae: Coniopteryginae) is described from Toliara Province of Madagascar. Clasping fore legs of males are recorded for the first time in Hemisemidalis Meinander, 1972, while those of females have not been documented before in Coniopterygidae. The genus Hemisemidalis is recorded as new to the fauna of Madagascar.