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
98 Natura Somogyiensis Remarks: Pronotum pattern is variable (cf. Aspöck et al. 1980, 2001). It is a pit building species, flies in second half of the year. Distribution: Its occurrence is known in the West Mediterranean area and also in Morocco. Myrmeleon hyalinus Olivier, 1811 Specimens examined: Marokko Agadir 08-22.08, 1982 Leg. M. Ströhle 19; Morocco 13km SW from Agdz 1050m W06°33’51.2” N30°39’11.6” 24.09, 2009 Leg. Ábrahám L„ Kisbendek T., Orsik M. lc? 19; 13.06, 2010 Leg. Ábrahám L., Kisbenedek T., Wágner L. 5c? 29; 16.06, 2010 Leg. Ábrahám L., Kisbenedek T., Wágner L. 6c? 99; 19.07, 2010 Leg. Ábrahám L., Kisbenedek T., Wágner L. 19 exlarva; 12.07, 2010 Leg. Ábrahám L., Kisbenedek T., Wágner L. 19 exlarva; 16-19.08, 2010 Leg. Ábrahám L., Kisbenedek T., Wágner L. 2c? 29 exlarva; 20-24.09, 2010 Leg. Ábrahám L., Kisbenedek T., Wágner L. 2c? 19 exlarva; 29.09-06.10, 2010 Leg. Ábrahám L., Kisbenedek T., Wágner L. 1$ exlarva; Morocco S from Tiz-n-Tichka 1693m W07°26’52.1” N31°09’05.9” 02.05, 2008 Leg. Ábrahám L., Fábián Gy., Rozner Gy. 1<?; 14-25.07, 2008 Abrahám L., Fábián Gy., Rozner Gy. lc? exlarva; Morocco Tiz-n-Bachkoun 10km N from Tazenakt 1594m W07°16’20.7” N30°41’12.0” 01.07, 2008 Leg. Ábrahám L., Bognár L., Nagy L. 19; Morocco 5km from Anezol 1533m W07°17’59.1” N30°47’21.7” 08.09, 2008 Leg. Ábrahám L., Bognár L., Nagy L. 19 exlarva; Morocco 15km from Anezol 1530m W07°16’03.3” N30°ll’35,9” 06.07, 2010 Leg. Ábrahám L., Kisbenedek T., Wágner L. lc? exlarva; Morocco 3km from Taddert 1684m W07°23’47.8” N31°20’57.6” 30.08, 2008 Leg. Ábrahám L., Fábián Gy., Rozner Gy. 19 exlarva; Morocco Erg Hamada Mhamid 573m W05°35’41.8” N29°50’51.9” 27.06, 2009 Leg. Ábrahám L., Malgay V., Szalóki D. lc? 29; Morocco Erg Hamada Mhamid 573m W05°35’41.8” N29°50’51.9” 14.06, 2010 Leg. Ábrahám L., Kisbenedek T., Wágner L. lc?; Morocco 25km from FoumZguid 847m W06°5 IT 7.4” N30°2r42.2” 25.06,2009 Leg. Ábrahám L., Malgay V., Szalóki D. lc?; Morocco 5km from Tissint 647m W07°16’46” N29°52’20” 14.04, 2009 Leg. Gy. Fábián, B. Maklári- Kis & A. Szappanos 29; 12.06, 2010 Leg. Ábrahám L., Kisbenedek T., Wágner L. lc?; 16.-19.08, 2010 Leg. Ábrahám L., Kisbenedek T., Wágner L. 3c? exlarva; 06-10.09, 2010 Leg. Ábrahám L., Kisbenedek T., Wágner L. 2c? 19 exlarva; 20-24.09, 2010 Leg. Ábrahám L., Kisbenedek T., Wágner L. 2c? 29 exlarva; 27.09-06.10, 2010 Leg. Ábrahám L., Kisbenedek T., Wágner L. 39 exlarva; Morocco 35km SW of Zagora 800m 16.04, 2009 Leg. Gy. Fábián, B. Maklári-Kis & A. Szappanos 19Remarks: It is the most frequent pit building species, flies at night and daytime too, prefers the sandy areas. Distribution: It is a widespread species in the West Palearctic. Known in N Africa: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt but also in the Saharan Zone from Senegal, Gambia to Sudan moreover collected in West and Middle Asia (Aspöck et al. 2001, Stange 2004). Myrmeleon pseudohyalinus Holzel, 1972 (Fig. 25) Specimens examined: Morocco 6km Ait Saoun 1606m W06°35’59.0” N30°42’22.5” 06.25, 2008 Leg. Ábrahám L., Bognár L., Nagy L. lc?; 29.06, 2009 Leg. Ábrahám L., Malgay V., Szalóky D. lc?; Morocco 14km Ait Saoun 1606m W06°35’59.0” N30°42’22.5” 28-29.06, 2009 Leg. Ábrahám L., Malgay V., Szalóky D. lc?. Remarks: It is a little known species and very similar to the previous species but it is easily distinguished by the shape of broadened fore wing, rounded apices and pronotum with a central wide brown band. In the fore wing of this species MP2 usually reaches the CuAl before the Cu fork. While Myrmeleon hyalinus has a narrow elongated wing, acute apex, pronotum with 5-6 small separate dark brown spots (Ábrahám & van Harten 2014) and MP2 reaches CuAl after the Cu fork. Distribution: Hitherto, it has been known only around the Persian Gulf (Iran, Afghanistan) (Hölzel 1972) and the UAE (Ábrahám & van Harten 2014). Unpublished data are from Pakistan based on the entomological collection of Museum, Kaposvár. It is new record for the Moroccan fauna.
