Neuroleon erato Hölzel, 1972

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 : 231-232

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5665.2.4

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0E08D055-8777-4083-8A69-8F3BF5B8DC00

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16754779

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AEB520-FFC2-FFB0-FF69-DF9CE5869AD9

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scientific name

Neuroleon erato Hölzel, 1972
status

 

* Neuroleon erato Hölzel, 1972 View in CoL

( Fig. 5F View FIGURE 5 )

Material examined: 1♂ 3♀ 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 GoogleMaps .

Remarks: This species is part of the Iranoeremian faunal element whose distribution extends towards Central Asia ( Krivokhatsky et al. 2015 as N. lukhtanovi Krivokhatsky, 1996 (syn.)). It is newly reported here as a new country record for Iraq.

This is the smallest known Neuroleon species (length of the forewing: 11-12 mm), and it is easily distinguished from other Neuroleon species by the pattern of the head, pronotum ( Fig. 5G and H View FIGURE 5 ) and tergites.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Neuroptera

Family

Myrmeleontidae

Genus

Neuroleon

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