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Issue: Vol. 5665 No. 2: 22 Jul. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-07-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5665.2.4
Page range: 223-238
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A report on the lacewing fauna of Iraqi Kurdistan (Neuroptera: Mantispidae, Nemopteridae, Myrmeleontidae, Ascalaphidae)

Department of Biology; College of Science; University of Sulaimani; Sulaymaniyah; Kurdistan Region; Iraq; Department of Forest Ecology; Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology; University of Mendel; Brno; Czechia.
The Rippl-Rónai Museum; H-7400 Kaposvár; Hungary
Neuroptera Faunistic Neuropterans new records distribution

Abstract

In 2023 and 2024, 150 neuropteran specimens belonging to 20 species were collected using light traps in Iraqi Kurdistan during summer and autumn. Of these, 13 species are new records to the Iraqi fauna. The most important species from a faunistic point of view are: Cueta anomala Navás, 1915, Cueta minervae Hölzel, 1972, Distoleon formosus Hölzel, 1972, Quinemurus cinereus Kimmins, 1943 (Myrmeleontidae) and Mansellasca fabiani (Mészáros & Ábrahám, 2005) (Ascalaphidae).

 

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How to Cite

Khudhur, F.A. & Ábrahám, L. (2025) A report on the lacewing fauna of Iraqi Kurdistan (Neuroptera: Mantispidae, Nemopteridae, Myrmeleontidae, Ascalaphidae). Zootaxa, 5665 (2), 223–238. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5665.2.4