Ábrahám Levente (szerk.): Válogatott tanulmányok VII. - Natura Somogyiensis 22. (Kaposvár, 2012)
Ábrahám L.: Nohoveus vanharteni sp. n. from Oman (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae)
58 Natura Somogyiensis In neuropterological papers and books (Hölzel 1982, Stange 2004, Aspöck et al. 2001), taxonomical rank of taxonomic position of genus Nohoveus is always subject of discussion: some papers discuss it as synonym of Myrmelcaelurus and other times, others as subgenus of genus Myrmelcaelurus. However, the latest comprehensive taxonomical work written by Krtvokhatsky (2011) mentioned as a valid genus which I could also support. Taxonomical part Nohoveus vanharteni sp.n. (Fig. 2) Material examined: Holotype male: Oman Al Batinak Region, Nakl 264 m, 23“25,1519’N; 57°49,246’E, 11.10.2009, leg: Ilniczky S., Simonyi S. Paratypes: 3 males, 12 females as holotype Holotype and paratypes are deposited in the entomological collection of Somogy County Museum, Kaposvár. 1 paratype female is deposited in the entomological collection of Upper Silesian Museum, Bytom. Head: Vertex strongly arched; yellow with two large transversally elongated brown spots anteriorly and with two small round and brown spots posteriorly (Figs 3-4). Frons, gena, clypeus and labrum shiny yellow without any marks and hairs. Mandible yellow with dark brown apices and inner margin. Maxillar and labial palps yellow. Last segment of labial palps very large as long as clypeus, brownish, its sensory pit slit-like well defined, end of palp incised (Fig. 4). Eyes large and shiny brown. Antenna 2.5x longer than diameter of eye. Scape, pedicel, flagellar segments and club brownish above and yellowish below. Segments with very short pale hairs. Thorax: Pronotum longer than wide, yellow with wide lateral and narrow central brown stripes (Fig. 3). Lateral stripes not reach anterior margin while central stripe not reach posterior margin. Pronotum with short sparse and white hairs, pronotal margin with some long and stiff hairs. Mesonotum and metanotum yellow with interrupted wide dark brown middle and lateral stripes. Central line with elongated spots. Meso- and metanotum almost bare. Sides yellow with very short sparse and white hairs. Legs: Fore coxa yellow with large brown spot in outside. Middle and hind coxae yellow. Femora yellow with distal yellowish brown suffusion and with sparse stiff and white bristles. Fore and middle femora shorter than fore and middle tibiae. Hind femur as long as hind tibia. Tibial spurs pale somewhat shorter than segment 1 -2 combined on fore and middle legs and about as long as basitarsus on hind leg. Tarsi and tibiae with sparse stiff and black bristles. Tarsal segment 1 as long as segment 2-3, segment 5 as long as segment 1-4 combined. Claws shiny pale, half length compared to segment 5. Wings: Fore wing: 18.5 mm long, 5 mm wide. Hind wing: 16.5 mm long, 4 mm wide. Wings elongated with obtusely angled anal area and rounded apices. Membrane transparent. Venation yellow, not dense. Only Sc marked with faintly brownish dashes. Fore wing with 6 radial cross-veins before origin of R. Radial sector with 7 branches. Apical area with cross-veins. Pterostigma light brown proximally and yellow distally with 5 cross-veins. Hind wing with 4-5 radial cross-veins before origin of R. Radial sector with 7 branches. Pterostigma light brown proximally and yellow distally with 3 cross-veins. Apical area without cross-veins.
