Myrmeleon inconspicuus Rambur, 1842

Hassan, Muhammad Asghar, Zheng, Yuchen & Liu, Xingyue, 2022, Taxonomic notes on the antlion tribe Myrmeleontini Latreille (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae, Myrmeleontinae) from Pakistan, with description of a new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 831, pp. 1-44 : 35

Myrmeleon inconspicuus Rambur, 1842

Myrmeleon inconspicuus Rambur, 1842: 406 . Type locality: unknown.

Myrmeleon incertus Rambur, 1842: 406 . Type locality: probably from Southern France.

Myrmeleon erberi Brauer, 1868: 190 . Type locality: unknown.

Myrmeleon ariasi Navás, 1913b: 114 . Type locality: Morocco.

Myrmeleon inconspicuus leoninus Navás, 1912d: 30 . Type locality: unknown.

Diagnosis

Myrmeleon inconspicuus can be characterized by a wholly dark black vertex with yellow markings at distal half in dorsal view; pronotum dark brown with a narrow median longitudinal yellow marking at proximal to anterior transverse furrow and two rounded yellow markings at distal half ( Akhtar et al. 2018: fig. 4a; Hajiesmaeilian et al. 2020: figs 11–12). No new specimens of this species were found in this study.

Distribution

Pakistan: Punjab Province (District Chakwal, Lal Sunahara National Park, District Bhakkar, Darya Khan, Mithi, District Dera Ghazi Khan, Chak Talpur, District Sahiwal, Harappa); Southern Europe (widespread), Northern Africa (widespread), Middle East to Iran ( Aspöck et al. 1980, 2001; Akhtar et al. 2018; Hassan et al. 2019; Hajiesmaeilian et al. 2020; Oswald 2020).