Ábrahám Levente (szerk.): Válogatott tanulmányok VII. - Natura Somogyiensis 22. (Kaposvár, 2012)
Ábrahám L.: Nohoveus vanharteni sp. n. from Oman (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae)
Natura Somogyiensis 22 57-64 Kaposvár, 2012 Nohoveus vanharteni sp. n. from Oman (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) Levente Ábrahám Somogy County Museum, Natural History Department, H-7400 Kaposvár, P.O. Box 70, Hungary, e-mail: labraham@smmi.hu Ábrahám, L.: Nohoveus vanharteni sp. n.from Oman (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae). Abstract: Nohoveus vanharteni sp. n. from Oman is described and compared to Nohoveus palparis Klapálek, 1914, Nohoveus implexus (Walker, 1853) and Aspoeckiana caudata (Navás, 1913). With 11 figures. Keywords: new species, Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae, Oman. Introduction Genera {Aspoeckiana Hölzel, 1969; Holzezus Krivokhatsky; 1992, Iranoleon Holzel, 1968; Lopezus Navás, 1913; Myrmecaelurus Costa, 1855; Nohoveus Navás, 1919; Nophis Navás, 1912) of Myrmecaelurini Esben-Petersen, 1918 are distributed mainly in the Palearctic region (Krivokhatsky 1988). Some species of the tribe spread in the transitional zone in the Oriental and the Ethiopian realms, too. This tribe is characterized by 1-3 pairs of pleuritosquamae and the absence of pilula axillaris in the hind wing of male. Nohoveus Navás, 1919 is closely related to genus Myrmecaelurus Costa, 1855. In this genus, wing of male is somewhat longer than abdomen, abdomen of female is always shorter than that of male, pronotum longer than wide, apical area of hind wing without gradual cross-veins (except aberrant specimens), gonarcus and parameres are long narrow and strongly bent. In opposite of this, Myrmecaelurus has about same length of abdomen as the wings in both sexes. Wings are wide and there are gradual cross-veins in the apical areas. Gonarcus and parameres are stout and slightly curved, male ectoproct is never longer than the ventral edge of last sternal segment. Monotypie genus Nay a was designated by Navás (1932), type species is Nay a stigmata Navás, 1932, it was synonymized by Aspöck et al. (2001) to Nohoveus. Soon after this, Stange (2004) confirmed the validity of Naya based on the enlarged last segment of labial palps which is not typical of the other Nohoveus species. Naya stigmata Navás, 1932 proved to be a junior synonym of Nohoveus palparis Klapálek, 1914, its type designated by Hölzel (1968). Also Aspöck et al. (2001) synonimized Nohoveus surcoufi Navás 1918 from Libya to Nohoveus palparis Klapálek, 1914. (white labels: "/Alger, Ain Sefra, 5. VIII: 1910 Coll. F. Werner//Myrmec. palpalis Klap./ red label: /Lectotype $ Myrmecaelurus palpalis Klapalek H. Hölzel 19681" preserved in Nature History Museum in Wien (NHMW) (Fig. 1).
