Myrmeleon rapax Kolbe, 1897: 20

Insom, Emilio & Terzani, Fabio, 2024, Some Neuroptera of the Horn of Africa from the Museum of Zoology of the University of Rome “ La Sapienza ” (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae, Mantispidae, Ascalaphidae, Myrmeleontidae), Fragmenta entomologica 56 (1), pp. 39-52 : 49

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.13133/2284-4880/1591
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12763027
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scientific name	Myrmeleon rapax Kolbe, 1897: 20
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Myrmeleon rapax Kolbe, 1897: 20 View in CoL (Od).

Myrmeleon (Macroleon) quinquemaculatus View in CoL : Banks, 1911: 9 (Ct).

Macroleon quinquemaculatus View in CoL : Navás 1914: 16 (Ct); Navás 1923: 144 (Ct); Navás 1934: 47 (Ct).

Distoleon quinquemaculatus View in CoL : Whittington, 2002: 382 (Ct).

Specimens examined – Somalia: 1♂, (SO.14) Togdheer, Sheikh (1440 m), 19-20.V.1988, A. Vigna Taglianti leg.

Distribution – Widespread sub-Saharan African species ( Togo east to Kenya and south to Namibia and Mozambique) including Madagascar. The species was not known from Somalia.