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
116 Natura Somogyiensis Quinemurus numidus (Navás, 1928) (Fig. 47) Specimens examined: Morocco Erg Hamada Mhamid 573m W05°35’41.8” N29°50’51.9” 25-26.09, 2009 Ábrahám L., Kisbenedek T., Orsik M. 3$. Remarks: Stange (2004) listed three species in Quinemurus Kimmins, 1943 and Güsten (2003) placed Neuroleon numidus Navás, 1928 into Quinemurus. He mentioned Quinemurus cinereus Kimmins, 1943 known only from the Arabian Peninsula. Aspöck et al. (2001) did not examined the taxonomical status of Quinemurus inflatus (Navás, 1926), which was the firstly described species in this genus from Egypt. Quinemurus inflatus and Quinemurus cinereus are very similar to each other morphologically so their statuses need to be revised in the future. Based on pronotal patterns, Quinemurus numidus can be easily distinguished from Quinemurus inflatus and Quinemurus cinereus. It has one or sometimes two (near to each other parallel) longitudinal brown bands in the middle while these bands are rather V-shaped on the pronotum of Quinemurus inflatus as well as Quinemurus cinereus. Imago flies in September and October in sandy desert area. Distribution: For a long time, only the type material was known from Algeria (Navás 1928a) but Güsten (2002, 2003) also revealed an abundant population in Tunisia. It is a new species for the fauna of Morocco. Noaleon limhatellus (Navás, 1913) (Fig. 48) Specimens examined: Morocco Erg Hamada Mhamid 573m W05°35’41.8” N29°50’51.9” 27.06, 2009 Leg. Abrahám L., Malgay V., Szalóki D. 3? 1- (missing the tip of abdomen); Morocco 5km from Tissint 647m W07°16’46” N29°52’20.0” 07.05, 2008 Leg. Ábrahám L., Fábián Gy., Rozner Gy. 19; 14.04, 2009 Leg. Gy. Fábián, B. Maklári-Kis, A. Szappanos 2$; Morocco 2km S from Tassetift 1000m W06°16’50” N30°25’50” 13.04, 2009 Leg. Gy. Fábián, B. Maklári-Kis, A. Szappanos 4cJ 4$; Morocco Tioke village 1297m W07°12’21.2” N30°57’14.5” 06.05, 2008 Leg. Ábrahám L., Fábián Gy., Rozner Gy. 19. Remarks: Hölzel (1972) separated the species from Neuroleon, described a new genus, Noaleon Hölzel, 1972 and ranked to Glenurini Banks, 1927 tribe but it belongs to Nemoleontini Banks, 1911; Neuroleontina Navás, 1912. Noaleon is characterized by A3 divergated in fore wing, there is one cross-vein before the radius sector in hind wing and it has relatively long legs compared those of Neuroleon. Esben-Petersen (1918) mentioned this species from the Saharan zone which mainly covered by sandy desert. During the survey collected sites are dominantly characterized also by sandy habitats influenced by warm desert climate. Imago flies in the first part of the year, from April to June. Distribution: It is a widespread species, occurs in the Canary Islands, Maghreb countries, Middle East and Arabian Peninsula (Stange 2004). This species is new record for the Moroccan fauna. Distoleon tetragrammicus (Fabricius, 1798) Specimens examined: Morocco 2km from Toufliht 1639m W17°25’31.6” N31°28’22.2” 09.06, 2010 Leg. Ábrahám L., Kisbenedek T., Wágner L. lcj. Remarks: In Morocco, it lives in the High Atlas Mts. where the climate is rather continental than the surrounding dry mountainous area. It flies early summer and rare in Morocco. Distribution: It is a widespread and rather frequent species in the continental Europe. In South Europe, West Asia as well as Morocco it lives in high mountainous area. The collected site can be found in the boarder of its distribution area. In Africa, it is known only from Morocco (Aspöck et al. 2001).
