Ábrahám Levente (szerk.): Válogatott tanulmányok VI. - Natura Somogyiensis 19. (Kaposvár, 2010)
ÁBRAHÁM L Further data to the ant-lion fauna (Neuroptera) of Socotra Island (Yemen)
ÁBRAHÁM L.: FURTHER DATA TO THE ANT-LION FAUNA OF SOCOTRA 103 species should be done, since Socotra was separated from the continent more than 20 million years ago. Myrmeleon pellucidus was mentioned by H OLZEL (2002) from the Arabian Peninsula (Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen) and I found it in the UAE and also in Kenya. In the entomological collection of SCM (Kaposvár) many specimens of Myrmeleon hyalinus from North Africa but no Myrmeleon pellucidus occurred. Neuroleon socotranus (Taschenberg, 1883) Material examined: YEMEN Socotra Island Noged plain (sand dunes) Sharet Halnia vili. env. 12°21.9'N, 54°05.3'E 20 m Jifí Hájek leg. 10-tl.xi.2010 2$ 14$; YEMEN Socotra Island wadi Ayhaft 12°35.5'N, 53°58.9'E 200 m Jirí Hájek leg. 7-8.xi.2010 8$; YEMEN Socotra Island Firmihin 400-500 m N 12°28'27",E54°0' 54" 6-7.ii.2010. at light L. Purchart & L. Vybiral Igt. 1$ 6$ 2-; YEMEN Socotra Island Zemhon area 270-350 m N12°30'58", E54°06 ,39" 3-4.ii.2010. at light L. Purchart & L. Vybiral Igt. 2S 2$; YEMEN N. Socotra Island Ayfht valley 22-26.11 2010 leg.: M. Butkevicius 3<? 5$ Comment: It is an endemic species in the island. Neuroleon fuscus sp. n. (Fig. 1.) Material examined: Holotype: <$ YEMEN Socotra Island Noged plain (sand dunes) Sharet Halma vili. env. 12°21.9'N, 54°05.3'E 20 m Jifí Hájek leg. 10-tl.xi.2010 12^ 11$ Paratypes: 11 J 1 11 $ as holotype Holotype $ and 5(5* 6$ paratypes were deposited to Department of Entomology, National Museum, Praha (Czech Republic) and 5c? 5$ paratypes to Somogy County Museum, Natural History Department, Kaposvár, Hungary, 1$ paratypes to Upper Silesian Museum, Natural History Department, Bytom, Poland Head: Vertex strongly arched with several bumps in two rows on top of vertex; dark brown with lateral and three rounded yellow spots. Frons yellow with larger dark brown spots fused centrally above antenna and two smaller separated dark brown ones below. Fig. 1: Habitus of paratype female of Neuroleon fuscus sp.n.
