Review of Neuroleon Navás of West Africa with descriptions of four new species (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae) Author Michel, Bruno Author Akoudjin, Massouroudini text Zootaxa 2012 2012-10-17 3519 32 52 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3519.1.2 f033be9c-7235-4a96-8642-8185cf173666 1175-5326 282634 E7E9CC12-4ECF-4A13-8E81-F56803F9B0B6 Neuroleon nubilatus ( Navás, 1912 ) ( Figs. 34–40 ) Klapalekus nubilatus Navás, 1912: 46 . Neuroleon nubilatus (Navás) : Stange 2004 (new combination). Oligoleon longipennis Esben-Petersen, 1931: 202 , syn. nov. Neuroleon longipennis (Esben-Petersen) : Hölzel 1972 (new combination). Diagnosis. Medium sized species ( Fig. 34 ). Tibial spurs of fore and middle legs shorter than T1. Tibial spurs of hind legs minute or absent. Redescription. Head. Face yellow with black marking surrounding base of antennae ( Fig. 35 ). Thorax. Pronotum pattern as in figure 36. Foreleg. Coxa yellow with row of about 10 long white setae. Femur dark dorsally covered by flat-lying white setae, and four to five black and five to six erect white setae. Tibia with incomplete dark ring at the apical 1/3 and dark distally. Five to six erect black or white setae. Tibial spurs about ½ of T1. Tarsomeres dark apically. Middle leg. As in foreleg. Hind leg. Yellow. Tibial spurs minute (about 0.05 µ) or absent. Wings. Forewing 3 15–18 mm, ♀ 12–21 mm . Hind wing 3 15–18 mm, ♀ 12–20 mm . Membrane hyaline. Veins yellowish. Longitudinal veins brown at the junctions with crossveins. Forewing. No crossveins in apical field. Cubital mark conspicuous. Gradates brown. Pterostigma brown basally. Hind wing. Longitudinal veins suffused apically along the posterior margin ( Fig. 34 ). In some males shaded area less visible. Abdomen . 3 10–13 mm, ♀ 11–13 mm . Brown with large lateral yellow stripes not always visible on dried specimen ( Fig. 37 ). Male. Parameres long with a seta on inner margin. Gonosaccus with six to seven long setae. Extremity of sub-genital plate flat ( Figs 38, 39 ). Gonarcus U-shaped. Female. Gonapophyseal plate stout and straight ( Fig. 40 ). Type material examined. Klapalekus nubilatus Navás, 1912 . Type ♀ Zungeru [ 09°48’N 06°09’E ] NIGERIA (Coll. BMNH ) . Oligoleon longipennis Esben-Petersen, 1931 . Type ♀ Port Sudan [ 19°37’N 37°12’E ] SUDAN (Coll. NHMW ) Additional material examined (103, 13♀♀). MALI Sikasso 1♀ 15.II.1996 , Wayerma District, light trap. Natiékoura 1♀ 24.II.1997 , between 16:00–17:00 ; 33 04.III.1998 ; 33 18.III.1996 . Koulikoro [ 13°48’N 07°26’W ] 1♀ 04.XI.1995 . Banamba 1♀ 08.XII.1991 at light, degraded savannah with trees, fields and mango orchards, ½ km from dry stream, J. Beerlink leg. ( ZMAN ). BURKINA FASO Bobo-Dioulasso 13 10.III.2005 , Forest of the Kou, gallery forest J. Bouyer leg. ; 1♀ 26.III.2010 ; 1♀ 29.III.2010 ; 13 09.IV.2010 ; 1♀ 19.V.2010 , ONEA ; 13 06.X.2009 ; 1♀ 29.X.2009 , all M. Akoudjin leg. W National Parc [ 11°52’N 02°07’E ] 13 5♀♀ 01.IV.2003 , J. Bouyer leg. Ecology. In Mali and Burkina Faso adults fly at the end of the rainy season and during the dry season. Distribution. Probably widely distributed within the Sudano-Sahelian region.