Palpares Rambur, 1842

Genus Palpares Rambur, 1842 View in CoL

Palpares Rambur, 1842:365 (Odescr) View in CoL . Type species: Hemerobius libelluloides Linnaeus, 1764:401 ; Negretus Navás, 1912b:56 (Odescr) , Stange, 2004:47 (Syn). Type species: Negretus ertli Navás, 1912b:57 (Odescr) View in CoL .

Remarks. The genus Palpares Rambur, 1942 was the first to be described in the tribe Palparini . Based on recent studies, some African species in Palpares were separated and placed into different genera ( Insom & Carfi, 1988; Mansell, 1990, 1992a, 1992b, 1996, 2004, 2018; Hévin et al., 2023). Indopalpares pardus ( Rambur, 1842) and Palparellus astutus ( Walker, 1853) are the only included species in these studies from Indian fauna. Palpares contrarius ( Walker, 1853) is morphologically very different from the type species Palpares libelluloides (Linnaeus, 1867) . So it is likely that Palpares contrarius should be placed in a different genus. It will only be revealed by future revision on Palpares species. Therefore, we do not provide a genus-level diagnosis for the species, as this would only provide incorrect information.

Distribution. Palearctic, Afrotropical and Oriental regions ( Stange, 2004; Machado et al., 2019).