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

Neuroleon pardalice ( Banks, 1911)

( Figs. 41–45 )

Nemoleon pardalice Banks, 1911: 21 .

Neuroleon pardalice (Banks) : Hölzel 1982 (new combination).

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

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 ). 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 ). Female. Unknown.

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

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) . ERITREA Dorfu [15°28’N 38°57’E] 13 1939 F. Vaccaro leg. ( MCSN).

Ecology. Unknown.

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

Figures

FIGURES 41 – 45. Neuroleon pardalice (Banks). 41 — Habitus of male. 42 — Face. 43 — Forebody. 44 — Right view of male genitalia and ectoproct. 45 — Ventral view of male genitalia.