Parapalpares solidus (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 : 228

Parapalpares solidus (Gerstaecker, 1894)

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Palpares klapaleki Navás 1912: 53 (Odescr) , Hölzel 1972: 7 (Tax).

Material examined: 1♀ IRAQ, Sulaymaniyah, Gapilon, Balkhé Village, Qulla Chakh 35°46’52.2”N, 45°22’28,7”E, 20.VIII.2023 leg Farhad A. Khudhur .

Remarks: This species belongs the Expansive Iranoeremian faunal element having a distribution that extends from eastern Anatolia ( Aspöck et al. 2001) to Uzbekistan ( Kerimova et al. 2023) and Pakistan ( Iqbal & Yousuf 1997). It also occurs in Egypt ( El Hamouly & Fadl 2011) and the Arabian Peninsula ( Kerimova et al. 2023) in the south. It is reported here as a new country record for Iraq.

The pattern of the wings is very variable and therefore many synonyms for this species are known ( Hölzel 1972). The pronotum is uniformly brown, the apical band of the hindwing can be of various shapes, but it is never segmented and does not include a bright spot or any pattern.

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)