Parapalpares inclemens (Walker, 1853)

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 : 45

Parapalpares inclemens (Walker, 1853)

Myrmeleon inclemens Walker, 1853: 303 (Od).

Palpares inclemens (Walker, 1853) : Hagen, 1887: 89; Kolbe, 1897: 7 (Rd); Ábrahám, 2011: 101 (Ct).

Parapalpares latipennis : Insom & Carfì, 1988b: 76 (Tax).

Specimens examined – Somalia: 7♂♂, 2♀♀, Mogadiscio , IV.1938, S. A. Nicotra leg. ; 2♀♀, idem., IV-V.1938, S. A. Nicotra leg. ; 1♂, Basso Giuba, Gelila , 1-20.IV.1940, Calcagno leg. ; 1♀, (SO.02) Lower Shabelle, Afgooye, Lafoole ( Facoltà di Agraria ), 7. V.1988, S. Bruschi leg.

Distribution – Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa (Kwa- Zulu-Natal), Tanzania, Yemen (islands: Socotra).

Remarks – Concerning Parapalpares latipennis some clarifications are necessary. The drawings of this species in Insom & Carfì, (1988b) must be considered as referring to P. inclemen s, after having seen the observations and the redescription made by Prost (1995; 2018) for P. latipennis . Indeed, the genital structures, terminalia and palpi in Insom & Carfì (1988b) are different from those drawn in Prost (2018), as is the wing pattern which is different from that observed in Prost (1995; 2018). However, it should be noted that the gonarcus-parameres complex and labial palp drawn by Prost (2018) correspond to those drawn in Insom & Carfì (1988b) for P. interioris , [considered by Esben-Petersen (1928: 443) to be synonymous with P. papilionoides ]. Furthermore, it is also noteworthy that the distribution of the spots and the shape of the wings depicted in Prost (1995; 2018) correspond to both the figure of Ábrahám (2012, fig. 20) and the drawing of Klug in Ehrenberg (1834) “Tab. XXXV. Fig. 2 ” also reported by Ábrahám l.c. for P. papilionoides .

Figures

Fig. 2 – Gonarcus-parameres complex: A, Goniocercus reticulatus (lateral view), B, id. (caudal view); C, G. similis (lateral view), D. id. (caudal view); E, G. klugi (lateral view), F, id. (caudal view). – [Scale bar: 0.5 mm].