Dielocroce ephemera (Gerstaecker, 1894)

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 : 226

Dielocroce ephemera (Gerstaecker, 1894)

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Dielocroce ephemera (Gerstaecker, 1894) : 172 (Odescr), Hölzel 1975: 71 (Dist), Aspöck et al. 2001: 203 (Mon).

Material examined: 2♀ IRAQ, Erbil, Choman, Khoshkan Village , 36°36’04,5”N, 44°56’11.8”E, 05.VII.2024, leg: Farhad A. Khudhur .

Remarks: Iranoeremian faunal element. Its distribution data has been documented from Eastern Anatolia, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, and Iraq ( Aspöck et al. 2001).

The pterostigma of the forewing of this species is dark basally and white distally. Dark shadows are on both sides of the cross-veins in the costal area of the forewing ( Fig. 3C ).

Figures

FIGURE 3. A—Habitus of Mantispa scabricollis, B—Pronotum in dorsal view; C—Forewing of Dielocroce ephemera, magnified, D—Forewing of Dielocroce elegans, magnified E—Habitus of D. elegans; F—Habitus of D. elegans; G—Habitus of Palpares chrysopterus H—Abdomen in lateral view; I—Habitus of Palpares libelluloides; J—Abdomen in lateral view; K—Habitus of Parapalpares solidus. Abbreviations: Sc—Subcosta, Rs—Radius sector, B—Bulla, (Scale bar: 10 mm)