Solter naevipennis Navás, 1913b

Michel, Bruno, 2014, A revision of the genus Solter Navás, 1912 for Maghreb and West Africa with descriptions of five new species (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae), Zootaxa 3887 (5), pp. 529-554 : 541-543

7. Solter naevipennis Navás, 1913b

Figs 40–44 , 71, 72 .

Solter naevipennis Navás, 1913b: 450 .

Redescription. Medium-sized species ( Fig. 40 ). Forewings 23–26 mm, hind wings 20–23 mm. Coloration of dorsal surface ochre-yellow and light brown. Vertex dark, raised ( Fig. 41 ). Tentorial pit closed ( Fig. 41 ). Last segment of labial palp strongly enlarged with a short apical part and a small palpimacula narrowing basally ( Fig. 42 ). Pronotum with more or less contrasted markings, except the two dots in the posterior angles which are always clearly defined. Mesoscutum spotted laterally. Forewings with sub-rounded apices. Main longitudinal veins of forewings with alternating pale and light brown bands. Membrane hyaline with a row of smoked areas along the anterior branch of CuA, rhegmal and cubital marks conspicuous. Forewings with 4–7 presectoral crossveins, hind wings with 4–5 presectoral veins. Pterostigma brown basally. Legs yellow. Fore and mid tibiae with light brown median and apical markings. Hind tibiae dark apically. Tibial spurs in fore and mid legs as long as tarsomeres 1+2, in hind legs shorter than tarsomere 1+2 ( Fig. 44 ). Abdomen with tergite 1 yellow, tergite 2 light brown with fine yellow anterior line, remainder of abdomen with alternating yellow and light brown bands. From tergite 2 covered with minute black setae.

Male genitalia ( Figs 71, 72 ). Gonarcus moderately arched. Parameres enlarged and strongly projected backwards in basal half. Inner edge of basal half strongly raised forward.

Material examined. Holotype ♂ ALGERIA Oued Nssa Ghardaïa [32.47122 3.69097] to Guerrara [32.79144 4.49534] 03–05.vi.1912, Hartert & Hilg. leg. ( BMNH 1927-307). Biskra [34.84994 5.73209] 1♀, Martin leg., 1920 ( MNHN). MOROCCO Bouânane [32.08075–3.094426] 1♂ 1♀ 20.viii.2012, alt. 933 m, reg with Launea sp., at light, B. Michel & A. François leg.

Distribution ( Fig. 86 ). Known from northern Algeria and one locality in North-East Morocco.

Figures

FIGURE 86. Distribution of the Solter species represented in the area covered by the study.

FIGURES 40 – 44. Solter naevipennis. 40 — Habitus of holotype ♂ (BMNH). 41 — Face. 42 — Last segment of labial palp. 43 — Head and thorax, dorsal view. 44 — Hind tarsus. (Legend as in fig. 5).

FIGURES 68 – 73. Male genitalia of Solter spp. 68 — S. liber, caudal view. 69 — S. lucretii, caudal view. 70 — idem, frontal view. 71 — S. naevipennis, caudal view. 72 — idem, caudo-lateral view. 73 — S. neglectus, caudal view. (Legend as in figures 61 - 67; rp = right paramere).