Nesoleon tumidus Banks, 1913: 156

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 : 51

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.13133/2284-4880/1591
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12763058
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scientific name	Nesoleon tumidus Banks, 1913: 156
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Nesoleon tumidus Banks, 1913: 156 View in CoL (Od).

Nesoleon tumidus View in CoL : Esben-Petersen, 1928: 444 (Dst). Cueta tumida View in CoL : Hölzel et al. 1999: 362 (Dst); Stange 2004: 294 (Tax, Dst).

Specimens examined – Ethiopia: 1♂, Gemu Gofa , (loc. 54 bis) Arba Mintch (ca. 1570 m), 14.XI.1973, A. Vigna Taglianti leg. – Somalia: 1♀, (SO.02) Lower Shabelle , Afgooye , Lafoole (Facoltà di Agraria), 8. V.1988, at light, A. Vigna Taglianti leg. ; 2♀♀, (SO.07) Lower Shabelle , Shabelle swamps, Abarey, Joware Lake, 14. V.1988, at light, G. Carpaneto leg. ; 6♀♀, idem, 14-15. V.1988, at light, A. Vigna Taglianti leg.

Distribution – The species was only known from Ethiopia, now these new records extend its distribution to Somalia.