Palpares chrysopterus Navás, 1911

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 : 226-228

* Palpares chrysopterus Navás, 1911

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Material examined: 1♀ IRAQ, Erbil, Choman, Halgurd Mt. , 5 km NW Nawanda Village, 36°42’38,6”N, 44°52’12.5”E, 31.VII.2024 leg: Farhad A. Khudhur & Aland Nwab .

Remarks: This species also belongs to the Iranoeremian faunal element. Its distribution extends from the eastern half of Anatolia through the southern part of the Caucasus to the Zagros Mountains in Iran and extending southward to Israel (Ábrahám 2012). We report it here as new record for Iraq.

Species in the tribe Palparini can be distinguished by the pattern of the hindwings, along with other morphological characters. In the areas adjacent to Iraq, this is the largest ( Fig. 3G ) species of Palpares . The most closely related species in the region is the slightly smaller Palpares libelluloides (Linnaeus, 1764) ( Fig. 3I ). The two species can be distinguished by the pattern of the hindwings and the abdomen in lateral view ( Fig. 3H and J ).

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)