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)
Abrahám L: "On the other hand, what is this Eastern aeschnoides?' 89 First Rambur (1842) listed the published figures under different taxa: the male specimen under the name of "Var. Papilionoides” was presented as "Palpares papilionoides", while the female specimen was specified as "P libelluloides". Walker (1853) adopted the species concept of Rambur (1842) and noted that the female illustrated in Klug in Ehrenberg (1834) monograph had uncertain taxonomical status, and designated it as assumed synonym of P libelloides (as "Myrmeleon papilionoides, Fern. ? fig, Symb. Phys. dec. 4, 2, pi. 35, fi 2."). McLachlan (1873) also pointed out that "P. papilionoides had nothing whatsoever to do with P. aeschnoides" but he made a mistake. Hagen (1887) adopted McLachlan’s (1873) opinion regarding the status of species Palpares papilionoides (Klug in Ehrenberg, 1834). Therefore, the synonymization of Hagen (1887) was not taken into consideration in later publication however, it was not denied either. Later Navás (1911) reported Palpares papilionoides from Palestine (Jerusalem, today Israel). Morton (1926) found the distribution of this species incorrect. The presently known distribution of the species really does not reach as far as Palestine but it is reported from the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula and from Africa (East and Middle Africa) (Aspöck et al. 2001, Prost 2010). The current status of the taxon is a valid. Description of a new species Palpares assyriorum sp. n. (Figs 23-24) Material examined: Holotype male: Syria, Prov. As Suwayda, 30 km SE As Suwayda 15 km E of Bosra Salkhad 32°29,686’N; 36°39.050’E 1211m 21.05, 2007 Leg. Rozner, I, Rozner, Gy. & Rozner, lb. Paratypes 5 males and 2 females as holotype, 2 males Jordan NW Jarash Burma env. Al Huna 15.05.2010. leg. Snizek; male or female Jordan SW S of At Tafila 12.05.2010 leg. Snizek. Holotype and paratypes are deposited in the entomological collection of Somogy County Museum, Kaposvár; 1 male [SE Turkey] /white label: Enyusek/ /white label: aeschnoid. Klapálek/ /white label: MNCN_Ent N° Cat. 81333 /; 1 male the same / MNCN_Ent N° Cat. 81334 / in the collection of Museo Nációnál de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Spain; 1 female Israel Camp Ziouani en. Ziwan (Gollan hills) III-IV. 1996 leg. R. Rosa” „P. aeshnoides 111. [sic!] det. Krivokhatsky in the collection of the Upper Silesian Museum (USMB) Bytom, Poland Head: Vertex shining black, strongly arched and rectangular shape in frontal view; top of vertex yellow with shining black median strip and two small lateral black spots; decumbent and pale hairs on vertex. Frons shining black with short and pale hairs. Gena, clypeus and labrum yellow with short ochreous hairs. Mandible yellow with black apex. Maxillary palps long, shining black. Labial palps brown. Eye brown. Antenna 6-6.5 mm long. Scape shining black with rigid outstanding and black hairs, pedicel black with narrow yellow margins, flagellar segments and club dark brown. Thorax: Pronotum wider than long, anterior and posterior margins flexed upward with pale hairs, yellow with wide and black median strip. Black pattern spreads along shallow transversal inflection. Lateral margin black. Mesonotum shining black with dense medium long and pale hairs. Metanotum shining black with dense medium long and pale hairs. Two yellow spots on metascutum. Sides dark with dense medium long and pale hairs. Mesopleuron with soft dense and white hairs.
