Ábrahám Levente (szerk.): Válogatott tanulmányok VII. - Natura Somogyiensis 22. (Kaposvár, 2012)

Ábrahám L.: "On the other hand, what is this Eastern aeschnoides?" Morton 1926 - an undescribed Palpares species from the Eastern Mediterranean (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae)

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Fig. 2: Palpares speciosus (Linnaeus, 1758) "Fig. /." - was artistically illustrated by Rösel (1755)

In the 12th edition of the Systema Naturae, Linnaeus (1767) moved the ant-lion species in the genus Myrmeleon Linnaeus, 1767 (e.g. as "Myrmeleon libelluloides" Linnaeus, 1767). Almost a hundred years later the genus Palpares Rambur, 1842 was described but the type of specimen was not yet designated by Rambur (1842) since Myrmeleon libelluloides was also a well known species in Europe. This designation was done later on by Chenu & Desmarest (1859) as "Palpares libelluloides (Linnaeus, 1767)" occurring in Southern Europe and in and around Asia Minor.