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)
82 Natura Somogyiensis ISRAEL Camp Ziouani - cn Ziw an (Golan tills) III - VL 1996 leg R ROSA 5858 / 465 Fig. 15: The female specimen from the collection of USMB (Bytom) determined by Krivokhatsky as "P. aeshnoides" [sic!] Following Hagen (1858) and Krivokhatsky (1998b), the species was mentioned by Stange (2004) as a valid taxon as Palpares aeschnoides Illiger in Rossi 1807. It can be concluded after all, that the name of P. aeschnoides is a nomen nudum. Based on the work of Hagen (1858), the name is reoccurring in the neuropterological literature, and the taxon, significantly different from P. libelloides or P. hispanus was only revealed by some entomologists investigating the fauna of Middle East and the eastern Mediterranean. This was emphasized mainly by Morton (1926), but the species was not described due to the nomenclatural ambiguity in the literature. The current status of the taxon is an invalid. Actual and supposed synonyms of Palpares libelloides Myrmeleon libelluloides var. nigriventris Costa, 1855 Myrmeleon libelluloides var. nigriventris Costa, 1855 — Costa 1855 (Odescr), Pantaleoni 1999 (Tax) According to Pantaleoni (1999), the status of the taxon is a nomen dubium or a junior synonym. In Costa’s collection, he could not find the type species originating from Calabria. The description of taxon provided by Costa was based on Petagna’s (1787) work. According to our present knowledge, in Italy only the nominotypical form of P. libelloides can be found. Specimens of the species with different colours have no taxo- nomical value. The current status of the taxon is an invalid.
