Neoneuromus Explained

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:

• Neoneuromus indistinctus
• Neoneuromus maculatus
• Neoneuromus niger
• Neoneuromus similis
• Neoneuromus vanderweelei
• Neoneuromus coomani
• Neoneuromus orientalis
• Neoneuromus tonkinensis
• Neoneuromus fenestralis
• Neoneuromus ignobilis
• Neoneuromus latratus
• Neoneuromus sikkimmensis
• Neoneuromus maclachlani

Notes and References

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