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)

Ábrahám L: "On the other hand, what is this Eastern aeschnoides?'

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Palpares libelluloides var. nigripes Navás, 1912 Palpares libelluloides var. nigripes Navás, 1912 - Navás 1912 (Odescr), Devetak 1992 (Tax)

Navás (1912) mentioned only some differences in colour when he described this variety from the current distribution of the species {"Portugal, Spain, Italy, N. Dalmacia, Asia Minor"). Based on the syntypes described by Navás (1912) from N. Dalmacia Gylek (MZBS), Devetak (1992) synonymized it.

The current status of the taxon is an invalid.

Myrmeleon nordmanni Kolenati, 1846

Myrmeleon nordmanni Kolenati, 1846 - Kolenati 1846 (Odescr), Hagen 1858, 1860a,b (Tax), Krivokhatsky 2003 (Tax)

Kolenati (1846) described the taxon from the area of Caucasus. The scientific name was used by Hagen (1858, 1860a,b) in several papers, each time accompanied by Hagen’s comments claiming it to be conspecific with the species of Palpares libelloides. Although Hagen admitted that he personally could not examine the species but, based on the description given by Kolenati (1846), he said it could easily be identified with the well-known and common species of the Mediterranean {Palpares libelloides). Hagen (1860a,b) upheld his synonymization in his later papers as well. Thereafter, in later monographs, the name of the species only occurred on the list of synonyms (Brauer 1876, Aspöck et al. 1980, 2001, Stange 2004).

Finally, the status of Myrmeleon nordmanni Kolenati, 1846 was clarified by Krivokhatsky (2003, 2011) when he designated a lectotype specimen labeled as "Myrmeleon Nordmanni Caucasus" by Kolenati in the ZIN collection (Saint-Petersburg), consequently confirming its synonymization with P. libelloides.

The current status of the taxon is an invalid.

Palpares chrysopterus Navás, 1910

Palpares chrysopterus Navás, 1910 - Navás 1910 (Odescr), Navás 1913 (Descr), Aspöck et al. 1980, 2001 (Tax), Oswald 2007 (Tax)

Navás gave two descriptions of the species: first he described a male specimen (Navás 1910) then a female (Navás 1913); both specimens were from the area known today as Iran.

When describing the species for the first time, Navás (1910) also published two illustrations. However, the published drawings did not feature the same specimen. The characteristic genitalia of "Palpares chrysopterus Nav. (fig. 3), Persia, Bazouft, Hout Karoum, Junio de 1899, S, cotipo (Escalara)" can be seen in reversed position (Fig. 16). This specimen, in addition to another six specimens (2 males, 4 females), is part of the collection of Museo Nációnál de Ciencias Naturales (MNMS) Madrid, Spain (lectotype and paralectotypes are designated by Ábrahám Fig. 17.). In this paper Navás (1910) the wing pattern of a female specimen of "Palpares chrysopterus sp.n." ("Kourdistan de Sineh (R. de Mecquenem, J. de Morgan, 1908") was presented which otherwise can be seen in the Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, Paris (MNHN), France (Fig. 16). The description of the above mentioned female specimen was published only three years later (Navás 1913) without an illustration.

The species described by Navás (1910) was synonymized by Banks (1913) in a paper focusing on Palpares genus. Banks (1913) considered the taxon as a variety of P. libelloides.