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Issue: Vol. 5529 No. 3: 29 Oct. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-10-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5529.3.9
Page range: 583-592
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Nadus overlaeti (Navás, 1931) redescribed—new to the fauna of Mozambique, Namibia and Tanzania (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae)

Upper Silesian Museum; Sobieskiego 2; PL-41-902 Bytom; Poland
Rippl-Rónai Museum H-7400 Kaposvár; Hungary
Department of Systematic Zoology; Adam Mickiewicz University; Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6; PL-61-614 Poznań; Poland
Neuroptera Antlion taxonomy redescription synonymy Africa Afrotropical

Abstract

Two species used to be included in the African genus Nadus: Nadus overlaeti (Navás, 1931) and Nadus sudanensis Navás, 1935. Following our revision of the genus, we propose that Nadus sudanensis Navás, 1935 (syn.nov.) should be a new junior synonym of Nadus overlaeti (Navás, 1931). The monobasic genus and species are redescribed. Several photographs illustrate morphological features. The distribution, habitat, and seasonal activity of the species are given.

 

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