Taxon classification Animalia Neuroptera Dilaridae

Dilar syriacus Navas, 1909

Dilar syriacus Navás, 1909: Navás 1913, 1914, 1925, Monserrat 1988, Legrand and Lachaise 1994, Oswald 1998.

Remarks.

This species has been described based on a single male specimen without abdomen deposited in the MNHN, Paris. According to the description of Navás (1909), the specimen resembles Dilar turcicus . As the type lacks the abdomen, it cannot be identified reliably. Therefore, Monserrat (1988) has declared Dilar syriacus as a nomen dubium, which was confirmed by Legrand and Lachaise (1994). The type was collected most probably near Beirut. Perhaps it will be possible to clarify the species as soon as one can collect there and find out which species occur in the surroundings of Beirut.