Stenares completus Banks,1915: 144

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 : 47

Stenares completus Banks,1915: 144 (Od).

Specimens examined – Somalia: 5♂♂, 4♀♀, (SO.14) Togdheer, Sheikh (1440 m), 19-20.V.1988, A. Vigna Taglianti leg.

Distribution – Ethiopia and Somalia.

Remaks – The comparison of the Stenares specimens (5♂♂ and 4♀♀) collected at Sheikh (northern Somalia) was made with the only male of Stenares irroratus Navás, 1912 from the Museum of Zoology of the University of Florence collected in Mogadishu (southern Somalia) [see Insom & Carfì (1988b; figs. 14, 28, 64-66) where Stenares irroratus is indicated as Stenares sp. ]. Although the two species are very similar in general appearance, the comparison revealed some differences especially in the genital area of the male, which allows their distinction. From a comparison of the various descriptions and distributions of known Stenares species, the description that best fits the Sheihk specimens is that of Stenares completus Banks, 1915 [holotype ♀ from Abyssinia, Dire Dawa [Dire Daona] ( Ethiopia), described without figures]. No other reports and description of the male are known to us so far. We have also compare the females with the pictures of holotype [MCZ:Ent:10554 Stenares completus Banks, 1915 ] published by Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University [http://mczbase. mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:10554] and see by GBIF.

A comparison of the taxonomic characters with the corresponding figures between the males of Stenares completus and S. irroratus is shown in the Table 1 below.

Acanthaclisini Navás, 1912