Contributions to the Fauna of Turkish Myrmeleonidae (Neuroptera, Insecta) from Ardahan, Iğdır, and Kars

Authors: İSMAİL ARI, METİN AKTAŞ, SUAT KIYAK

Abstract: This study is based on 349 specimens belonging to 24 species of 17 genera of Myrmeleonidae of the order Neuroptera, and these insects were collected from Ardahan, Iğdır, and Kars provinces between 2001 and 2003. Among the species, Deutoleon turanicus Navas, 1927 and Distoleon luteomaculatus Hölzel, 1972 are new to the fauna of Turkish Myrmeleonidae. The distribution of each species in Turkey and in the rest of the world is presented.

Keywords: Fauna, Myrmeleonidae, Neuroptera, Turkey

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