Omoleon Navás, 1936

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3821.1.10
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6124860
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scientific name	Omoleon Navás, 1936
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Type species. Omoleon jeanneli Navás, 1936 ; by original designation and monotypy.

Distribution. This monospecific genus is known only from East Africa.

Remarks. Omoleon jeanneli Navás, 1936 superficially resembles Doblina tristigatus (Fraser, 1951) , but it is easily distinguishable by the costal area of the forewing. Species of the genus Doblina Navás, 1927 have two rows of cells, but that of Omoleon Navás, 1936 has only a single row of cells. Based on the wing shape, non-opposable tarsal claws and the tibial spurs, the genus Omoleon can be differentiated from all other African Dendroleontini genera ( Cymothales Gerstaecker, 1893 , Bankisus Navás, 1912 , Tricholeon Esben-Petersen, 1925 ). The following characters separate the genus Omoleon from the genus Dendroleon Brauer, 1866 : Rs arises close to cubital fork in Omoleon but they are far from each other in Dendroleon . Species of the genus Dendroleon are distributed in the Oriental and Palearctic realms, while Omoleon has an isolated distribution in Eastern Africa.