Nemoleon poecilopterus (Stein, 1863)

Khudhur, Farhad A. & Ábrahám, Levente, 2025, A report on the lacewing fauna of Iraqi Kurdistan (Neuroptera: Mantispidae, Nemopteridae, Myrmeleontidae, Ascalaphidae), Zootaxa 5665 (2), pp. 223-238 : 233-234

* Nemoleon poecilopterus (Stein, 1863)

( Fig. 6C )

Material examined: 1♂ IRAQ, Sulaymaniyah, Gapilon, Balkhé Village Qulla Chankh, 35°46’59.9”N, 45°22’34.2”E, 18.IX.2023 leg: Farhad A. Khudhur .

Remarks: This species range extends from southern Europe through the arid mountains of the Middle East to Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia ( Aspöck et al. 2001). A distributional record from Niger ( Fraser 1950) is unlikely. We report this species as a new country record for Iraq.

This is the only known Nemoleon species in the region. The wing pattern is slightly variable but characteristic of the species ( Fig. 6C ). On the legs, the tarsal segment 1 is conspicuously elongated, the tibial spurs are straight and as long as the tarsal segment 1.

Figures

FIGURE 6. A—Habitus of Distoleon formosus, B—Hed an pronotum in dorsal view; C—Habitus of Nemoleon poecilopterus, D—Habitus of Creoleon griseus; E—Habitus of Gymnocnemia variegata, F—Head in frontal view, G—Head and pronotum in dorsal view, H—Habitus of Mansellasca fabiani Abbreviations: T3—Tegite 3, gv—gradate veins, (Scale bar: 10 mm)