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
110 Natura Somogyiensis Thorax'. Pronotum somewhat longer than wide, dark brown with yellow pattern. Short sparse and white hairs on pronotum dorsally and some stiff prominent and white bristles on lateral margin. Mesonotum and metanotum dominantly dark brown with a few yellow spots and with short sparse and white pubescence. Side dark brown with short sparse and white hairs. Legs'. Slender. Fore coxa brown outside, yellow inside covered with short white setose and some stiff prominent upstanding and white bristles in two rows. Middle and hind coxae dark brown with short sparse and white hairs. Fore and middle femora somewhat shorter than tibiae, hind femur as long as hind tibia. Femora dark brown. Fore and middle femora with white hairs and rigid white bristles in two rows which prominent especially on fore femur. Hind femur with long rigid and black bristles inside and some white ones outside. Tibiae dominantly brown inside and yellow outside with brown half ring outside close to basal joints. Middle and hind tibiae with dark brown ring on distal ends. Tibiae covered with white hairs and upstanding stiff white and black bristles. Tarsal segment 1 yellow basally, black distally, other segments black. Segment 5 somewhat shorter than segment 1 -4 combined. Tibial spurs on fore and middle legs as long as segment 1-4 and on hind leg those as long as segment 1-3 together. Tibial spurs almost straight. Claws long shiny reddish brown. Wings: Fore wing: 18-19 mm long. Hind wing: 15-17 mm long, narrow. Apices round, apical field with cross-veins, 5-7 radial cross-veins before origin of Rs. 6 braches in Rs. Membrane transparent with some brownish shadows and dots on fore wing as in Fig. 39. C yellow, other longitudinal veins yellow interrupted with dark brown at intersections of cross-veins. Pterostigma distinct dark brown basally, white distally with 3-4 cross-veins. Hind wing with indistinct white pterostigma and little brown shadow both sides of basal cross-vein of prestigmatic cell otherwise transparent. Abdomen: 18-19 mm long, dark brown with narrow yellow ring on distal edges. Pubescence short sparse and black on tergal side and same but white on sternal side. Genitalia: Male as in Figs. 43-45. Females: Dark pattern variable on legs. Abdomen shorter than length of wings. Remarks: After the original description, only Aspöck & Hölzel (1996) mentioned this species. Some time later, Aspöck et al. (2001) listed it as the nomen dubia and Stange (2004) documented it as a valid species in their monographs. Aspöck & Hölzel (1996) combined it to Distoleon traditionally based on the original combination Formicoleo gafsanus Navás, 1921. Neuroleon danieli (Lacroix, 1922) (syn. n.) from Morocco is a new junior synonym of Neuroleon gafsanus (Navás, 1921). This species is easily recognised by characteristic dark shadow along the CuA and CuAl (Lacroix 1922: Plate 2. Fig. 5). It was collected at ligth in the High Atlas Mts, flies in June and July. Distribution: So far, only the type material has been known from Tunisia and newly synonymed type materials are from Algeria and Morocco. Neuroleon leptaleus (Navás, 1912) Specimens examined: Morocco 13km SW from Agdz 1050m W06°33’51.2” N30°39’ 11.6” 16.06, 2010 Leg. Ábrahám L., KisbenedekT. Wágner L. 1$ 5£; Morocco 5km fromTissint 647m W07°16’45.8”N29°52’20.0” 25.06, 2009 Leg. Ábrahám L., Malgay V., Szalóki D. 4c? 1?; 12.06, 2010 Leg. Ábrahám L., Kisbenedek T. Wágner L. 1$; 05.07, 2008 Leg. Ábrahám L., Bognár L., Nagy L. \$\ 22.09, 2009 Leg. Ábrahám L., Kisbenedek T., Orsik M. 6c? 6$ 1- (missing the tip of abdomen); Morocco Erg Hamada Mhamid 573m W05°35’41.8” N29°50’51.9” 27.06, 2009 Leg. Ábrahám L., Maigay V., Szalóki D. Id1 2$; 14.06, 2010 Leg. Ábrahám L., Kisbenedek T., Wágner L. 2$; Morocco 6km Ait Saoun 1606m W06°35’59.0” N30°42’22.5” 25.06, 2008 Leg. Ábrahám L., Kisbenedek L., Wágner L. 1$.
