Ábrahám Levente (szerk.): Válogatott tanulmányok VII. - Natura Somogyiensis 22. (Kaposvár, 2012)
Ábrahám L.: Nohoveus vanharteni sp. n. from Oman (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae)
62 Natura Somogyiensis The other similar species, Nohoveus palparis has almost entirely yellow body with faintly brownish lines on the pronotum and two small black spots on the notum, its abdomen is unicolour, yellow. While the new species has brown lines and spots on pro-, meso- and metanotum as well as a wide brown middle line on tergal segments (Fig. 3). Ectoproct of male of N. palparis in lateral view is slightly wider than that of N. vanhart- eni. The ventral part of gonarcus and parameres of N. palparis is curved while that of N. vanharteni is rather straight. The pair of distal pleuritosquamae shows also differences, this organ of N. palparis is longer than that of the new species (Figs 6-11). The new species is also similar to Nohoveus implexus (Walker, 1853) but the pattem of pronotum, the shape of ectoproct and smaller measurement distinguish them from each other. N. implexus (Walker, 1853) is known from India (Ghosh 1981) and probably in Pakistan (Iqbal and Yousuf 1991). Nohoveus genus is not characterised by the "Fig. 1. A B" in the paper published by Iqbal and Yousuf (1991), consequently the specimen is misidentified. Based on the features and published figures, Nohoveus virgulatus Iqbal and Yousuf, 1991 also seems to be only a species of Myrmecaelurus. Nohoveus palparis seems to be a widespread species in North Africa: Algeria (Klapálek 1914), Egypt (Kimmins 1951), Libya (Poggi 1993), Tunisia (Güsten 2002), Mauritania (Krivokhatsky 1998b), an unpublished new data from Morocco (Erg Hamada Mhamid N29°50"51.9'; W05°35'41.8" 27.06.2008 leg: Ábrahám L., Bognár L., Nagy L. 1 female in coll. SCMK) and in the Middle East: Iran (Hölzel 1968), Israel (Simon 1979), Saudi Arabia (Hölzel 1982, 1988, 1998), and unpublished new data found from Pakistan Prov. Balochistan desert SW from Quetta 24.07.2005 Leg. Gurko 1 male, 4 females; Pakistan Prov. NW FPS Waziristan agency near Tanai 02-12.09.2005 Leg. Gurko 1 female; and Iran Prov. Esfahan Qumsar (Quaz An) 1772m N33°44.425'; E51°28.905' 2005.07.06. Leg: Ábrahám L. 1 female; Iran Prov. Yazd Aliabad 1157m N32°03.436'; E54°12.309' 2005.07.04. Leg: Ábrahám L. 1 female in coll. SCMK. The new sp. is known only from Oman. Etymology: The new species is dedicated to Antonius van Harten, the Dutch entomologist who made significant contribution to our knowledge on the fauna of Arabian Peninsula. Acknowledgements I wish to express my grateful thanks to Dr. Sándor Ilniczky and Mr. Sándor Simonyi Hungarian entomologists for the donation of the valuable ant-lion material collected in Oman as well as Mag. Susanne Randolf, curator for the Neuropterida-Orthopteroidea- Insecta varia Collection of Nature History Museum in Wien for providing photos of the type material. My special thanks to Ágnes Nagy for the excellent drawings.
