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

Ábrahám, L.: New data to the Moroccan Myrmeleontiformia fauna 119

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Remarks: From taxonomic point of view, Creoleon species need revision. In Affotropic and Palearctic areas, some widely distributed species were probably described more than once. It is not easy to clarify the validity of the taxa because of the poor condition of the type specimens, difficult access, lack of photographs and good illustrations and high degree of similarities between the species. According to the literature (Aspöck et al. 2001, Stange 2004), Creoleon neurasthenicus (Navás, 1913) is a little-known species. Stange (2004) cited only the collecting site of the type. Navás intensively investigated the fauna of North Africa and he repeatedly described the same species from different countries. Thus, Creoleon antennatus (Navás, 1914) (syn.n.) described from Egypt and also Creoleon arenosus (Navás, 1934) (syn.n.) from Tunisia are new junior synonyms of Creoleon neurasthenicus (Navás, 1913).

Distribution: This species has a wide distribution area is in North Africa, the Middle East via the Arabian Peninsula to Pakistan based on the entomological collection of Museum, Kaposvár. It is a new species for the fauna of Morocco.

Fig. 49. Habitus of Creoleon neurasthenicus (Navás, 1913), male