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Insecta, Neuropteroidea) V CONTRIBUCION AL CONOCIMIENTO DE LOS NEUROPTEROS DE MARRUECOS (INSECTA, NEUROPTEROIDEA) V. J. Monserrat *, L. M. Díaz-Aranda ** y H. Hölzel *** RESUMEN Se anotan nuevos datos sobre la biología y distribución de 50 especies de neurópteros colectadas en Marruecos. Cueta lineosa (Rambur, 1842), Pterocroce capillaris (Klug, 1836), Haller halteratus (Forskal, 1775), Mallada subcubitalis (Navás , 1901), Chrysoperla mutata (McLachlan, 1898), Suarius caviceps (McLachlan, 1898), Suarius tigridis (Morton, 1921) y Coniopteryx mucrogonarcuata, Meinander, 1979, se citan por primera vez en la fauna marro- quí. Las larvas atribuibles a Semidalis pluriramosa (Karny, 1924) y Semidalis pseudounci- nata, Meinander, 1963, se describen y discuten. Se cuestiona la validez de Coniopteryx mu- crogonarcuata, Meinander, 1979, y se describe la genitalia masculina de Suarius tigridis (Morton, 1921). Palabras clave: Neuroptera, faunística, biología, Semidalis, larvas, Suarius, genitalia, Marruecos. ABSTRACT A contribution to the knowledge of the Neuroptera from Morocco (Insecta, Neuropteroi- dea). New data on the biology and distribution of 50 species of Neuroptera collected in Mo- rocco are given. Cueta lineosa (Rambur, 1842), Pterocroce capillaris (Klug, 1836), Halter halteratus (Forskal, 1775), Ma/lada subcubitalis (Navas, 1901), Chrysoperla mutata (McLachlan, 1898), Suarius caviceps (McLachlan, 1898), Suarius tigridis (Morton, 1921) and Coniopteryx mucrogonarcuata, Meinander, 1979 are new for the Moroccan list. The pre- sumptive larvae of Semidalis pluriramosa (Karny, 1924) and Semidalis pseudouncinata Mei- nander, 1963 are described and discussed. The validity of Coniopteryx mucrogonarcuata, Meinander, 1979 is questioned and male genitalia of Suarius tigridis (Morton, 1921) is descri- bed. Key words: Neuroptera, faunistic, biology, Semidalis, larvae, Suarius, genitalia, Morocco. INTRODUCCION se vienen realizando recolecciones periódicas en el Magreb, habiéndose ya publicado resultados de los La fauna neuropterológica de la región paleártica primeros muestreos efectuados (MONSERRAT y RE- occidental está alcanzando un nivel de conocimiento VIEJO, 1980; MONSERRAT, 1985b), representando los muy aceptable, excepción hecha del norte de Africa, que aquí se anotan, como resultados de la última ex- donde la información sobre este orden de insectos es pedición. insuficiente, dispersa y en muchos casos precisa de En el presente artículo se anotan los datos obteni- revisiones generales que aclaren definitivamente el dos por los autores en 41 localidades de Marruecos, status de numerosos taxones. en las que se han colectado 50 especies de neurópte- Con el fin de contribuir a mejorar esta situación, ros de las que se aportan nuevos datos sobre su mor- * Departamento de Biología Animal 1. Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense. 28040 Madrid (España). Departamento de Biología Animal. Universidad de Alcalá de Henares. 28871 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid (España). Eppersdorf 1, A 9371 Brückl (Austria). 101 Eos, 66(2): 101-115 (1990) V. J. MONSERRAT. L. M. DIAZ-ARANDA Y H. HÖLZEL fología, distribución, biología y estados larvarios. De 13. Ichren 2.020 m ellas, ocho especies se citan por primera vez en este 14. Ifrane 1.590 m 15. Kasba-Tadla 540 m país y en algunos casos se amplía enormemente su 16. Ketama 1.450 m área de distribución anteriormente conocida. 17. Mahirija 610 m 18. Marrakech 453 m 19. Meski 695 m METODO 20. Missour 860 m 21. Ouarzazate 1.190 m 22. Oued Moulouya 20 m Para la toma de datos se trazó un itinerario a lo lar- 23. Ourika 1.220 m go del cual se escogieron 41 localidades de muestreo 24. Restinga 5 m que pudieran resultar suficientemente representati- 25. Rich 1.430 m 26. Seflien 1.350 m vas de los distintos biotopos existentes en Marrue- 27. Selouane 25 m cos. La recogida de material se llevó a cabo en mayo 28. Sidi Bouhouria 825 m de 1987 mediante barrido sobre la vegetación con 29. Taforalt 250 m manga entomológica durante el día y mediante tram- 30. Tanout ou Fillali 1.860 m 31. Taounate El Kchour 920 m pas de luz por la noche. Para completar los datos ob- 32. Taourirt 335 m tenidos con el material capturado en estado adulto, 33. Tarda 1.110 m se recogió también material en estado larvario, ob- 34. Tetouan 20 m 35. Timandite 1.920 m teniéndose posteriormente los imagos en condiciones 36. Tirhboula 750 m de laboratorio. 37. Tizi-n'Taddert 1.360 m Para su mejor localización en el mapa n.° 1, a con- 38. Tizi-n'Talrhent 1.810 m 39. Toufliht-1 1.400 m tinuación se enumeran ordenadas alfabéticamente las 40. Toufliht-2 1.470 m localidades de muestreo, indicándose sus respectivas 41. Zagora 790 m altitudes. 1. Ain-Kansera 320 m 2. Ait-Barka 1.285 m 3. Ait-Saouni 1.380 m MATERIAL ESTUDIADO 4. Armesid 1.160 m 5. Arrir 1.080 m 6. Bab-Besen 1.600 m Durante los muestreos efectuados se han colecta- 7. Bab-Taza 840 m do 533 ejemplares, pertenecientes a 50 especies de 8. Benizouli 900 m Neurópteros, de las que ocho se citan por primera 9. El Hart-n'Igouramene 1.210 m 10. El Kbab 1.330 m vez en Marruecos. 11. El Kelaa des Srarhna 420 m El material colectado queda anotado indicándose P. Gorges du Todra 1.420 m la localidad (mediante la numeración establecida an- teriormente), fecha de captura, número de m y h y en su caso, la planta o sustrato sobre el que se halla- ban. 2 34 • El mencionado material queda depositado en la co- 7 • lección de los autores. 26 •• 6 270 31 016 220 e 29 Si 320 170 •14 190 •35 •20 36 10• RAPHIDIOPTERA Handlirsch, 1908 15 .4 110 • • 1 1 .4o 300 038 •39 RAPHIDIIDAE Latreille, 1810 •2 •25 130 12 • •9 •5 •33 21 • •37 Raphidia (Harraphidia) harpyia (Steinman, 1963) •3 • 23 • 8 041_, 30 LON Especie conocida del norte de Marruecos y esca- A- •2" samente citada. Se han colectado tres ejemplares so- bre Cistus ladaniferus, uno en Quercus rotundifolia y Mapa 1.-Localización de los puntos de muestreo. otro en Erica arborea. 6: 26-V-87, 3 m. 28: 20-V-87, Geographical situation of the sampling sites. 1 m. 31: 26-V-87, 1 m. 102 Eos, 66(2): 101-115 (1990) CONTRIBUCION AL CONOCIMIENTO DE LOS NEUROPTEROS PLANIPENNIA Handlirsch, 1908 Macronemurus appendiculatus (Latreille, 1807) MYRMELEONTIDAE Latreille, 1803 Especie de distribución holomediterránea. 15: 25-V-87, 2 m. Palpares libelluloides (Linnaeus, 1764) Elemento holomediterráneo. 34: 26-V-87, 4 m, 1 h. Creoleon lugdunensis (Villers, 1789) Elemento del Mediterráneo occidental. 15: Myrmecaelurus lachlani Navás, 1912 25-V-87, 2 m, 2 h. 34: 26-V-87, 1 m. Especie conocida del norte de Africa, de la que se ha capturado 1 h en 8: 23-V-87. Creoleon sp. Dos machos de este género no pueden ser identi- Cueta lineosa (Rambur, 1842) ficados a nivel específico hasta que una adecuada re- Especie extendida por el Mediterráneo oriental visión de las especies africanas de este género sea rea- hasta Irán, Afganistán y Pakistán. Las citas que a lizada. 5: 22-V-87, 1 m. 32: 20-V-87, 1 m. continuación se dan, representan las más occidenta- les en su distribución. La mayoría de los ejemplares se colectaron en estado de larva, la cual fabrica cono ASCALAPHIDAE Rambur, 1842 de caza. Se indican las fechas en que éstas fueron cap- pupación y las de emergencia de los turadas, las de Libelloides ictericus (Charpentier, 1825) imagos. 25: larva en ribera: 22-V-87, pupa: 1-VII-87, 1 m ExL: 9-VIII-87; larva en ribera: 22-V-87, pupa: Especie de distribución atlantomediterránea. 7: 7-VII-87, 1 h ExL: 18-VIII-87; larva en ribera: 26-V-87, 7 m. 24: 26-V-87, 2 m, 1 h. 34: 26-V-87, 22-V-87, pupa: 9-VII-87, 1 h ExL: 23-VIII-87. 33: 1 m. larva en cueva: 22-V-87, pupa: 27-VII-87, 1 m ExL: 26-VIII-87. 41: 23-V-87: 1 m. NEMOPTERIDAE Burmeister, 1839 Myrmeleon (Morter) hyalinus Olivier, 1811 Pterocroce capillaris (Klug, 1836) Elemento de distribución holomediterránea. 17: larva en cono: 20-V-87, pupa: 1-VII-87, 1 h ExL: Especie conocida únicamente de Arabia, Irán, 5-VIII-87; larva en cono: 20-V-87, pupa: 1-VII-87, Egipto, Argelia, Chad y Península Ibérica (HÖLZEL, 1 h ExL: 9-VIII-87. 19: 21-V-87: 1 h. 21: larva en 1975; MONSERRAT, 1983), resultando por ello nueva cono bajo palmera: 23-V-87, pupa: 24-VI-87; 1 h para Marruecos. ExL: 22-VII-87; larva en cono bajo palmera: Las larvas de esta especie son muy frecuentes en 23-V-87, pupa: 28-VI-87, 1 m ExL: 1-VIII-87. cuevas y oquedades de ramblas y ocasionalmente en alguna cueva antropomorfizada. Se han conservado en alcohol 17, 7 y 2 larvas en distintos estadíos ha- 33: 22-V-87, res- Myrmeleon (Morter) fasciatus (Navás 1912) lladas en 32: 20-V-87, 37: 23-V-87 y pectivamente. Otras larvas fueron cultivadas en el la- Elemento erémico del que todos los ejemplares boratorio, obteniéndose los imagos que a continua- fueron capturados en estado larvario. 20: larva en ción se indican: 20: larva: 21-V-87, pupa: 27-VI-87, 27-VI-87, cono en cueva: 21-V-87, pupa: 12-VI-87, 1 h ExL: 1 m ExL: 1-VIII-87; larva: 21-V-87, pupa: larva en cono en cueva: 21-V-87, pupa: 1 h ExL: 2-VIII-87. 36: larva: 25-V-87, pupa: 6-VII-87; pupa: 27-VI-87, 1 m ExL: 15-VII-87; larva en cono en cue- 30-VI-87, 1 ni ExL: 27-VII-87; larva: 25-V-87, 25-V-87, pupa: va: 21-V-87, pupa: 23-VI-87, 1 h ExL: 16-VII-87.
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