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

84

Natura Somogyiensis

Remarks: Imago flies in daytime, too, the seasonal activity spreads from May to July. It prefers sandy covered habitats e.g. dry river valleys (wadi) and sandy dune area.

Distribution: It is a widespread species, occurs in the Saharan Zone: the Arabian Peninsula and Israel. It is new record for the Moroccan fauna.

Lopezus arabicus Hölzel, 1972

Specimens examined'. Morocco Erg Hamada Mhamid 573m W05°35’41.8” N29°50’51.9” 15.04, 2009 Leg. Gy. Fábián, B. Maklári-Kis, A. Szappanos 1<? 2?; Morocco 25km E of Tinerhir stone desert 1100m W05°15’34” N31°26’28” 23.04, 2009 Leg. Gy. Fábián, B. Maklári-Kis, A. Szappanos 1(?.

Remarks: Imago is typically active in spring time (Güsten 2002). It lives in stone (hamada) and sandy desert area.

Distribution: This species is a widespread, occurs in the Saharan Zone: Algeria (Aspöck et al 2001), Tunisia (Güsten 2002) and the Arabian Peninsula (Hölzel 1982). It is new record for the Moroccan fauna.

Tribe Gepini Marki, 1954

Subgulina lineatu (Navás, 1913)

Specimens examined: Morocco Erg Hamada Mhamid 573m W05°35’41.8’ N29°50”51.9’ 04.05, 2008 Leg. Ábrahám L., Fábián Gy., Rozner Gy. 27$; 27.06, 2009 Leg. Ábrahám L., Fábián Gy., Rozner Gy. lc? 7$;

14.06, 2010 Leg. Ábrahám L., Kisbenedek T., Wágner L. 2$.

Remarks: It was collected in sand covered habitat in May and June.

Distribution: It is also a widespread species in the Saharan region from NW Africa to the Arabian Penisula. This species is new record for the fauna of Morocco.

Gepus invisus Navás, 1912

Specimens examined: Morocco 10km from Taddert 1656m W07°22’49.6” N31°19’59.8” 02.09, 2008 exlarva 1<?; Morocco 6km Ait Saoun 1606m W06°35’59.0” N30°42’22.5” 06.25, 2008 Leg. Ábrahám L., Bognár L., Nagy L. 1$; Morocco 5km from Tissint 647m W07°16’45.8” N29°52’20.0” 25.06, 2009 Leg. Ábrahám L., Malgay V., Szalóki D. 2c? 6$; Morocco Erg Hamada Mhamid 573m W05°35’41.8” N29°50’51.9” 27.06, 2008 Leg. Ábrahám L., Bognár L., Nagy L. 7c?; 27.06, 2009 Leg. Ábrahám L., Malgay V., Szalóky D. 5c? 9$; 25-26.09, 2009 Leg. Ábrahám L., Kisbenedek T., Orsik M. 1$.

Remarks: It lives in both rocky and sandy habitats, flies from June to October in the drier southern part of Morocco.

Distribution: It occurs not only in the northern Subsaharan Zone (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt) but also found in the Saharan countries: Mauritania, N Sudan. In Asia: Israel, Iran, Saudi Arabia was mentioned by Stange (2004) and in Pakistan, Oman, the UAE based on the entomological collection of Museum, Kaposvár.

Gepus tersus Navás, 1919

Specimens examined: Morocco Erg Hamada Mhamid 573m W05°35’41.8” N29°50’51.9” 04.05, 2008 Leg. Ábrahám L., Fábián Gy., Rozner Gy. 2$; 27.06, 2008 Leg. Ábrahám L., Bognár L., Nagy L. 1 $; 27.06, 2009 Leg. Ábrahám L., Malgay V., Szalóki D. 10c? 12$; 14.06, 2010 Leg. Ábrahám L., Kisbenedek X, Wágner L. It? 2$; Morocco Tioke village 1297m W07°12’21.21” N30°57’14.5” 06.05, 2008 Leg. Ábrahám L., Fábián Gy., Rozner Gy. 1$; Morocco 5km from Tissint 647m W07°16’45.8” N29°52’20.0” 25.06, 2009 Leg. Ábrahám L., Malgay V., Szalóki D. lc?.

Remarks: It prefers sandy habitats, flies from May to July.

Distribution: Its area is restricted to N Africa: Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt (Stange 2004). It was the first time to collect in Morocco.