Neuroleon leptaleus (Navás, 1912)

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

Neuroleon leptaleus (Navás, 1912)

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Neuroleon leptaleus (Navás, 1912) : 222 (Odescr), Hölzel 1972: 50 (Dist), Aspöck et al. 2001: 282 (Mon), Krivokhatsky 1996: 302 (Dist).

Material examined: 1♀ IRAQ, Sulaymaniyah, Sangaw, Zhallay Darband Village , 35°19’55.6”N, 45°17’44.3”E, 10.IX.2023 leg: Farhad A. Khudhur & Aland Nwab .

Remarks: This species also belongs to the Polycentric Iranoeremian faunal element in the Sahara and the Arabian Peninsula. In the xeromontane highlands of South Asia, it has was previously documented from Iraq by Aspöck et al. (2001).

It can be distinguished from other Neuroleon species in the region by the pattern of the pronotum ( Fig. 5O ) and abdomen. The abdomen of males is strikingly long.

Figures

FIGURE 5. A—Habitus of Macronemurus persicus, B—Head in frontal view, C—Pronotum in dorsal view; D—Habitus of Delfimeus friedeli, E—Basal part of forewing; F—Habitus of Quinemurus cinereus, G—Part of hindwing, H—Pronotum in dorsal view; J—Habitus of Neuroleon erato, I—Head in frontal view K—Pronotum in dorsal view; L—Habitus of N. leptaleus, M– Pronotum in dorsal view; N—Habitus of N. fanaticus,O—Pronotum in dorsal view Abbreviations: lp—labial palp, R—Radius, Rs—Radius sector, Cup—Cubitus posterior, A1—Anal vein 1, ca—cubital area, (Scale bar: 10 mm)