Neuroleon pardalice ( Banks, 1911 )

Michel, Bruno & Akoudjin, Massouroudini, 2012, Review of Neuroleon Navás of West Africa with descriptions of four new species (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae), Zootaxa 3519, pp. 32-52 : 43-44

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3519.1.2

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6181914

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Neuroleon pardalice ( Banks, 1911 )
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Neuroleon pardalice ( Banks, 1911) View in CoL

( Figs. 41–45 View FIGURES 41 – 45 )

Nemoleon pardalice Banks, 1911: 21 View in CoL .

Neuroleon pardalice (Banks) View in CoL : Hölzel 1982 (new combination).

Diagnosis. General coloration dark brown ( Fig. 41 View FIGURES 41 – 45 ). Characterized by conspicuous brown markings on forewings and the short, stout antennae ( Figs 42, 43 View FIGURES 41 – 45 ).

Redescription. The description by Banks (1911) is quite detailed and precise. Only complementary data are provided here.

Head. Antennae short, stout. Thorax. Pronotum pattern as in figure 43. Foreleg. Coxa with five long white setae. Tibial spurs about 2/3 of T1. Sensory setae short. Middle leg. As in foreleg. Hind leg. Tibial spurs 1/2 of T1. Wings. Forewing 3 16–17 mm. Hind wing 3 15–16 mm. Two to four crossveins in apical field. Abdomen. 3 12 mm. Tergite III–VII with two lateral round yellowish markings, sometimes difficult to see on dried specimens ( Fig 43 View FIGURES 41 – 45 ). Male. Ectoprocts dark ventrally. Parameres short, V-shaped. No seta on the parameres. Gonosaccus with six long black setae. Sub-genital plate rounded apically ( Figs 44, 45 View FIGURES 41 – 45 ). Female. Unknown.

Type material examined. Nemoleon pardalice Banks, 1911 . Type 3 Har[r]ar [09°18’N 04°07’E] ETHIOPIA (Coll. ZMUC). GoogleMaps

Additional material examined (4 3). BURKINA FASO Bobo-Dioulasso 23 10.III.2005 Forêt du Kou, gallery forest, J. Bouyer leg. NIGERIA Gadau [11°49’N 10°10’E], 13?. II.1933, P.A. Buxton leg. ( BMNH) GoogleMaps . ERITREA Dorfu [15°28’N 38°57’E] 13 1939 F. Vaccaro leg. ( MCSN). GoogleMaps

Ecology. Unknown.

Distribution. Known from Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia ( Hölzel 1982, 1998). Recorded here for the first time from Burkina Faso, Nigeria and Eritrea.

ZMUC

Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen

MCSN

Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Neuroptera

Family

Myrmeleontidae

Genus

Neuroleon

Loc

Neuroleon pardalice ( Banks, 1911 )

Michel, Bruno & Akoudjin, Massouroudini 2012
2012
Loc

Nemoleon pardalice

Banks 1911: 21
1911
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