Neuroleon leptaleus (Navás, 1912)

(Fig. 5N)

Neuroleon leptaleus (Navás, 1912): 222 (Odescr), Hölzel 1972: 50 (Dist), Aspöck et al. 2001: 282 (Mon), Krivokhatsky 1996: 302 (Dist).

Material examined: 1♀ 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 .

Remarks: This species also belongs to the Polycentric Iranoeremian faunal element in the Sahara and the Arabian Peninsula. In the xeromontane highlands of South Asia, it has was previously documented from Iraq by Aspöck et al. (2001).

It can be distinguished from other Neuroleon species in the region by the pattern of the pronotum (Fig. 5O) and abdomen. The abdomen of males is strikingly long.