Suarius nanus (McLachlan, 1893)

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Chrysopa nanus McLachlan, 1893: 231 . Type locality: Turkey (Adana).

Chrysopa pretiosa Gerstaecker, 1894: 158 . Type locality: Unknown.

Chrysopa nymphula Navás, 1910c: 475 . Type locality: Greece (Attica).

Cintameva egena Navás, 1940: 101 . Type locality: Cyprus (Limassol).

Diagnosis

Suarius nanus is similar to Suarius walsinghami orientalis in having similar brownish marking at the proximal crossvein of third intracubital cell (icu3) in the forewing (Hölzel 1978: figs 1–2), but can be distinguished by the presence of basal dilation of pretarsal claws. No additional specimens were added in this study.

Distribution

Pakistan. Balochistan (Quetta), Gilgit-Baltistan (Gilgit, Hunza, Nagar), –– Afghanistan, South-Eastern Europe (Macedonia, Greece), Northern Africa (Algeria), Middle East (widespread) (Hölzel 1967, 1978; Ari et al. 2007; Doboz et al. 2018; Hassan et al. 2019; Oswald 2022).