Review of Hemerobiidae (Insecta:Neuroptera) from Egypt, with a new record | ||||
| African Journal of Biological Sciences | ||||
| Article 6, Volume 15, Issue 1, 2019, Page 63-71 PDF (283.35 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ajbs.2019.63988 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Hayam El Hamouly  ; Rabab Sawaby
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| Department of Entomology, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams Univ., Abbassia-Cairo, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The Egyptian fauna of family Hemerobiidae (Neuroptera) is reviewed. Three species belonging to two genera; Wesmaelius (Kimminsia) navasi (Andreu, 1911), Wesmaelius (Kimminsia) nervosus (Fabricius, 1793) and Sympherobius (Sympherobius) fallax Navas, 1908 are recognized, with the first species is a new record for the Neuroptera fauna of Egypt. Male genetalia of W. navasi and W. nervosus are dissected and photographed. A key to Egyptian taxa is included together with color images. Synonyms, diagnoses, specimen examined and distributional data are also given. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Brown lacewing; Hemerobiidae; Neuroptera; Predators; Distribution; new record | ||||
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