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

Ábrahám, L.: New data to the Moroccan Myrmeleontiformia fauna 83

Tribe Myrmecaelurini Esben-Petersen, 1918 Myrmecaelurus lachlani Navás, 1912

Specimens examined'. Morocco 13km SW from Agdz 1050m W06°33’51.2” N20°39’11.6” 13.06, 2010 Leg. Ábrahám L., Kisbenedek L., Wagner L. lc? 10$; 16.06, 2010 Leg. Ábrahám L., Kisbenedek L., Wágner L. 4c? 10$; Morocco 5km N from Reserves de Granka 947m W07°3T45.6” N31°32’51.8” 21.06, 2008 Leg. Ábrahám L., Bognár L., Nagy L. lc?; 04-05.07,2008 Leg. Ábrahám L., Bognár L., Nagy L. lc?; Morocco 5km from Anezol 1533m W07°17’59.1” N30°47’21.7” 24.06, 2008 Leg. Ábrahám L„ Bognár L., Nagy L. 3c? 5$;

02.07, 2008 Leg. Ábrahám L., Bognár L., Nagy L. 2c? 2$; 30.06, 2009 Leg. Ábrahám L., Malgay V., Szalóki D. 3$; 10.06, 2010 Leg. Ábrahám L., Kisbenedek T., Wágner L. 1 $; Morocco Tiz-n-Bachkoun 10km N from Tazenakt 1594m W07°16’20.7” N30°41T2.0” 17.06, 2010 Leg. Ábrahám L., Kisbenedek L., Wágner L. 4c? 1$; 28.06, 2008 Leg. Ábrahám L., Bognár L., Nagy L. 8c? 11$; 01.07, 2008 Leg. Ábrahám L., Bognár L., Nagy L. 2c? 1$; 02.07, 2008 Leg. Ábrahám L., Bognár L., Nagy L. lc? 1$; 11.06, 2010 Leg. Ábrahám L., Kisbenedek L., Wágner L. 2c? 2$; Morocco Draa Valley 5km Taokilt 791m W06°07’42.5” N30°23’28.6”

26.06, 2008 Leg. Ábrahám L., Bognár L., Nagy L. 2c? 4$.

Remarks: The type material was collected in Morocco. According to Güsten (2003), North African Myrmecaelurus species should be thoroughly revised in the future. The presently recorded material belongs to the same taxon from Morocco. It is a sporadic pit building species, flies in June and July and sometimes on wing in daytime, too.

Distribution: This species is known in Morroco, Algeria, Tunisa and Libya (Aspöck et al. 2001).

Nohoveus lepidus (Klug, 1834)

Specimens examined: Morocco 5km from Tissint 647m W07°16’45.8” N29°52’20.0” 07.05, 2008 Leg. Ábrahám L., Fábián Gy., Rozner Gy. 1$; 22.09, 2009. Leg. Ábrahám L., Kisbenedek T., Orsik M. 5c? 9$; Morocco 5km N from Reserves de Granka 947m W07°32’21.2” N31°32’36.7” 06.07, 2009 Leg. Ábrahám L., Malgay V., Szalóki D. 1$; Morocco Erg Hamada Mhamid 573m W05°35’41.8’N29°50’51.9” 25-26.09, 2009 Leg. Ábrahám L., Kisbenedek X, Orsik M. 4$; 14.06, 2010 Leg. Ábrahám L., Kisbenedek X, Wágner L. 1 $. 15.04, 2009 Fábián Gy., Maklári-Kis A., Szappanos A. 1$; Morocco Tiz-n-Bachkoun 10km N from Tazenakt 1594m W07°16’20.7” N30°41’12.0” 23.09, 2010 Leg. Ábrahám L., Kisbenedek X, Orsik M. lc?.

Remarks: It is the type species of genus. Nohoveus Navás, 1919 is characterised by narrower wings, longer abdomen of male and genitalia than that of Myrmecaelurus Costa, 1855. This pit building species prefers sandy habitats. It flies from May to October in Morocco.

Distribution: It is a widespread species from NW Africa to the Arabian Peninsula. It was the first time to collect in Morocco.

Nohoveus palp alls (Klapálek, 1914)

Specimens examined: Morocco Erg Hamada Mhamid 573m W05°35’41.8’ N29°50”51.9’ 27.06, 2008 Leg. Ábrahám L., Fábián Gy., Rozner Gy. 1 $.

Remarks: This species prefers sandy habitats and is collected at light. It flies in summer in this region.

Distribution: It is a widely distributed in NW Africa: Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, Egypt and in Asia: Israel, Iran, Saudi Arabia (Stange 2004) and the UAE (Ábrahám & van Harten 2014). This species is new record for the Moroccan fauna.

Nop his teillardi Navás, 1912

Specimens examined: Morocco 13km SW from Agdz 1050m W06°33’51.2” N30°39’11.6” 13.06, 2010 Leg. Ábrahám L., Kisbenedek L., Wágner L. 2<? 2$; 16.06, 2010 Leg. Ábrahám L., Kisbenedek L., Wágner L. 4(? 5$; Morocco 5km from Tissint 647m W07°16’45.8”N29°52’20.0” 07.05, 2008 Leg. Ábrahám L„ Fábián Gy., Rozner Gy. 2$; 25.06, 2009 Leg. Ábrahám L., Malgay V., Szalóki D. 4c? 4$; Morocco Erg Hamada Mhamid 573m W 05°35’41.8’N29°50’51.9” 27.06, 2009 Leg. Ábrahám L„ Malgay V., Szalóki D. lc? 8$; 14.06, 2010 Leg. Ábrahám L., Kisbenedek X, Wágner L. 2$.