Ábrahám Levente (szerk.): Válogatott tanulmányok 14. - Natura Somogyiensis 30. / Miscellanea 14. (Kaposvár, 2016)

Ábrahám L.: New data to the Moroccan Myrmeleontiformia (Neompteridae, Myrmeleontidae, Ascalaphidae) fauna

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Natura Somogyiensis

Tribe Dendroleontini Banks, 1899

Bankisus antiatlasensis Ábrahám, 2009 (Fig. 26)

Specimens examined: In Abraham (2009) Holotype Morocco 5km from Anezol 1533m N30°47’21.7” W07°17’59.1” 24.06, 2008 Leg. Ábrahám L., Bognár, L., Nagy L. 1 S', Paratypes: Morocco 5km from Anezol 1533m N30°47’21.7” W07°17’59.1” 02.07, 2008 Leg. Ábrahám L., Bognár L., Nagy L. 4?; 24.06, 2009 Leg. Ábrahám L., Malgay V., Szalóki D. \<S 1^; 30.06, 2009 Leg. Ábrahám L., Malgay V., Szalóki D. 4cJ 4$.

Remarks: Bankisus Navás, 1912 is a typical African genus (Mansell 1985) does not spread to China (Zhan & Wang 2012) and Chinese Bankisus sparsus Zhan & Wang, 2012 belongs to an undescribed genus. It was very surprised that Bankisus occured in the Anti Atlas Mts. where lived only in a dry rocky valley.

Distribution: Only the type material is known from Morocco.

Fig. 26: Habitus of Bankisus antiatlasensis Ábrahám, 2009

Tribe Nemoleontini Banks, 1911

Macronemurus appendiculatus (Latreille, 1807)

Specimens examined: Morocco 5km N from Reserves de Granka 947m W07°3T45.6” N31°31’51.8” 21.06, 2008 Leg. Ábrahám L., Bognár L., Nagy L. 2$; 22.06, 2008 Leg. Ábrahám L., Bognár L., Nagy L. 6<$ 9$; 22-23.06,2009 Leg. Ábrahám L„ Malgay V., Szalóki D. 3j 4$; Morocco Tiz-n-Tichka 2089m W07°22’38.8” N31°18’26.7” 03.07, 2008 Leg. Ábrahám L., Bognár L., Nagy L. \<S: Morocco 2km from Toufliht 1155m W07°28’02.6” N31°30’35.2” 23.06, 2009 Leg. Ábrahám L., Malgay V., Szalóki D. \S 22; Morocco 2km from Imini 1434m W07°17’30,4” N31°05’07,4” 24.06, 2009 Leg. Ábrahám L„ Malgay V., Szalóki D. 2cJ 1 $; Morocco 5km from Anezol 1533m W07°17’59.1” N30°47’9.1” 24.06, 2009 Leg. Ábrahám L., Malgay V., Szalóki D. 1$; 10.06, 2010 Leg. Ábrahám L., Kisbenedek T., Wágner L. 6c? 5$.

Remarks: It is a frequent species, occurs everywhere in the Atlas Mts. and the Anti Atlas Mts. even in agricultural fields, flies in daytime, too.

Distribution: It is a typical West Mediterranean species, its occurrence cited by Navás (1926), Hölzel (1987) and Aspöck et al. (2001) from the Eastern Mediterranean region is uncertain.