Myrmeleon (Myrmeleon) obscurus Rambur, 1842

Insom, Emilio & Terzani, Fabio, 2024, Some Neuroptera of the Horn of Africa from the Museum of Zoology of the University of Rome “ La Sapienza ” (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae, Mantispidae, Ascalaphidae, Myrmeleontidae), Fragmenta entomologica 56 (1), pp. 39-52 : 48-49

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scientific name	Myrmeleon (Myrmeleon) obscurus Rambur, 1842
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Myrmeleon (Myrmeleon) obscurus Rambur, 1842 View in CoL

Myrmeleon obscurus Rambur, 1842: 403 (Od). Myrmeleon capensis Rambur, 1842: 404 (Od). Myrmeleon secretus Walker, 1853: 375 (Od).

Myrmeleon fictus Walker, 1853: 380 View in CoL (Od).

Myrmeleon malignus Walker, 1853: 380 View in CoL (Od). Myrmeleon fusiformis Esben-Petersen, 1912: 268 View in CoL (Od). Congoleon sociatus Navás, 1936: 337 View in CoL (Od).

Specimens examined – Ethiopia: 1♀, Sagan Omo, (For- tino di) El Banno, Tertale , 30.IV.1939 , 04°39’N ‒ 37°40’E, Miss. E. Zavattari (A.O.I.); 1 ♀, Gemu Gofa (loc. 54), Arba Mintch (ca. 1570 m), 14.XI.1973, A. Vigna Taglianti leg. – Somalia: 1♂, (SO.11) Togdheer, Gahan Libah (1700 m), 9°52’N – 44°50’E, 17-18. V.1988, A. Vigna Taglianti leg. GoogleMaps ; 1♀, (SO.14) Togdheer, Sheikh (1440 m), 19-20. V.1988, A. Vigna Taglianti leg.

Distribution – Widespread species in Africa ( Senegal east to Ethiopia and south to South Africa) including

Madagascar and the western Indian Ocean islands. The species was not known from Somalia.