Review of Neuroleon Navás of West Africa with descriptions of four new species (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae)

Michel, Bruno; Akoudjin, Massouroudini

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3519.1.2

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“…Comments. Neuroleon is a large genus, including 123 species mainly distributed in the Afrotropical and western Palaearctic regions, with relatively few exponents in the Oriental region (Michel & Akoudjin 2012). The larvae are very poorly known and they have been certainly described only for N. egenus, N. microstenus and N. ochreatus (Auber 1956a;Steffan 1965Steffan , 1971Steffan , 1975Devetak et al 2010), see also under N. nemausiensis.…”

Section: Creoleon Tillyard 1918mentioning

confidence: 99%

<strong>The larvae of European Myrmeleontidae (Neuroptera)</strong>

Badano¹,

Pantaleoni²

2014

Zootaxa

645

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The larvae of the European Myrmeleontidae are reviewed with the aim to ease their identification, covering 15 genera and 28 species. Diagnostic characters and illustrations are given for each taxon. Larvae of the genera Nemoleon and Macronemurus are described for the first time while Megistopus, Neuroleon and Myrmeleon are revised. The larvae of Dendroleon pantherinus (Fabricius), Macronemurus appendiculatus (Latreille), Megistopus lucasi (Navás), Nemoleon notatus (Rambur), Neuroleon arenarius (Navás), Neuroleon assimilis (Navás), Neuroleon nemausiensis (Borkhausen), Cueta lineosa (Rambur) and Myrmeleon gerlindae (Hölzel) are described or accurately depicted for the first time.

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Section: Creoleon Tillyard 1918mentioning

confidence: 99%

<strong>The larvae of European Myrmeleontidae (Neuroptera)</strong>

Badano¹,

Pantaleoni²

2014

Zootaxa

645

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“…The absence of reference material in Medler makes it impossible to determine. Michel & Akoudjin (2012) reviewed both species; they decided to retain them as separate and valid, because although morphologically similar, the male genitalia differ. Because of the discontinuity of their area of distribution, i.e.…”

Section: Capicua Acalcaratamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Neuroleon nubilatus (Navás, 1912) The species was described as Klapalekus nubilatus by Navás (1912c) based on a female specimen from "Zungeno, Northern Nigritia", now Zungeru. Whittington (2002) 10.X.1976;1 ♂, 28.IX.1978;1 ♂, 1 ♀, 2-3.X.1978;2 ♀♀, 5.X.1978;3 ♂♂, 1 ♀, 7.X.1978;18 ♂♂, 21 ♀♀, 10-20.X.1978;10 ♂♂, 8 ♀♀, 20-30.X.1978;2 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀, 1.XI.1978;1 ♀, 17.XI.1978 Neuroleon pardalice (Banks, 1911) One male from Gadau, Bauchi State, February 1933, is reported from the Natural History Museum, London (Michel & Akoudjin, 2012).…”

Section: Capicua Acalcaratamentioning

confidence: 99%

A first comprehensive inventory of Ascalaphidae, Palparidae, and Myrmeleontidae (Insecta: Neuroptera) of Northeastern Nigeria with description of two new species and an overview of genus Bankisus Navás

Prost¹,

Popov²

2021

Hist. nat. bulg.

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Investigation of a large collection of Neuroptera from Northeastern Nigeria stored untouched in alcohol for four decades in the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia, provided the opportunity to examine unpublished specimens and conduct a thorough review of published literature, establishing the first comprehensive inventory of Ascalaphidae, Palparidae, and Myrmeleontidae of Northeastern Nigeria to date. Specimens had been collected between 1976 and 1978 in Northeastern Nigeria, mostly in Jos City and Plateau State. Five species of Ascalaphidae, four of Palparidae, and 26 of Myrmeleontidae were identified. Bankisus beroni sp. n. and Creoleon nigrithorax sp. n. are described. Gymnoleon gaillardi is not considered a synonym of Gymnoleon exilis and a new synonymy is established: Gymnoleon externus (Navás, 1911) (= Gymnoleon gaillardi Navás, 1912, syn. n.). An examination of unpublished specimens in museum collections and an exhaustive literature review were conducted in order to draw up a comprehensive inventory of the fauna of Northeastern Nigeria, which to date comprises 11 species of Ascalaphidae, 12 species of Palparidae, and 34 species of Myrmeleontidae, of which one species of Ascalaphidae, two species of Palparidae, and 16 species of Myrmeleontidae, as well as the genera Brevibarbis, Bankisus, and Capicua, had not been reported to occur in Nigeria. The chorological information on the genus Bankisus is reviewed, the ranges of the species are critically discussed and corrected, and all known localities are indicated on a map. Bankisus oculatus is reported for the first time from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The first recording of Centroclisis lineatipennis in West Africa is reported. Palpares cataractae and Palpares radiatus are deleted from the list of Nigerian fauna. With these new records, the known ranges of eight species are extended by more than 1400 km. In the process of assessing the geographical distribution of species present in Northeastern Nigeria, six species, as well as the genera Myrmecaelurus and Cueta and the tribe Nesoleontini, are reported for the first time from Burkina Faso.

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“…They were collected from sandy and rocky areas with Biology. Neuroleon modestus occurs in grass savannas and grassy vegetation in cultivated areas (Michel and Akoudjin 2012).…”

Section: Neuroleon Delicatusmentioning

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New faunal data on lacewings (Insecta, Neuroptera) collected from Saudi Arabia

Letardi

Abdel-Dayem

Dhafer

2020

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This study presents new data on the lacewing fauna of Saudi Arabia based on field work performed between 2014 and 2019. Sixty-one lacewing species from 37 genera and seven Neuroptera families were documented. Additionally, two species belonging to Dielocroce and Pseudomallada were identified only to genus level. Three of the identified species are new records to Saudi Arabia (Aspoeckiella gallagheri Hölzel, 2004, Bankisus maculosus Hölzel, 1983, and Nemoleon secundus Hölzel, 2002). Another three species are new to the fauna of the Arabian Peninsula (Mantispa aphavexelte Aspöck & Aspöck, 1994, Omoleon jeanneli Navás, 1936, and Stylascalaphus krueperi van der Weele, 1909). The first reports of eight species are provided after their original description from Saudi Arabia; namely, Creoleon ultimus Hölzel, 983, Cueta amseli Hölzel, 1982, Cu. asirica Hölzel, 1982, Distoleon asiricus Hölzel, 1983, Geyria pallida Hölzel, 1983, Neuroleon delicatus Hölzel, 1983, N. virgineus Hölzel, 1983 and Solter buettikeri Hölzel, 1982 Zoogeographically, most lacewing species documented in the Arabian Peninsula are endemic (26.2%), followed by Afro-syroeremic (23.0%), Afrotropical (18.0%), and Afro-syro-iranoeremic (14.8%) species. Palaearctic species (4.9%) had the lowest contribution.

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Review of Neuroleon Navás of West Africa with descriptions of four new species (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae)

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<strong>The larvae of European Myrmeleontidae (Neuroptera)</strong>

<strong>The larvae of European Myrmeleontidae (Neuroptera)</strong>

A first comprehensive inventory of Ascalaphidae, Palparidae, and Myrmeleontidae (Insecta: Neuroptera) of Northeastern Nigeria with description of two new species and an overview of genus Bankisus Navás

New faunal data on lacewings (Insecta, Neuroptera) collected from Saudi Arabia

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