Published July 22, 2025 | Version v1

Creoleon griseus

  • 1. Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Sulaimani, Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
  • 2. The Rippl-Rónai Museum, H- 7400 Kaposvár, Hungary

Description

Creoleon griseus (Klug in Ehrenberg, 1834)

(Fig. 6D)

Creoleon griseus (Klug in Ehrenberg, 1834) pl. XXXVI (Odescr), Aspöck et al. 2001: 282 (Mon), Stange 2004: 138 (Mon).

Material examined: 1♀ IRAQ, Sulaymaniyah, Sharbazher, Gmo Mt. Hazarkanian 35°54’44”N, 45°33’42”E, 26.VIII.2023 leg: Farhad A. Khudhur; 1♂ IRAQ, Sulaymaniyah, Gapilon, Balkhé Village Qulla Chankh 35°46’59.9”N, 45°22’34.2”E, 18.IX.2023 leg: Farhad A. Khudhur.

Remarks: This species is a widespread, polycentric eremial faunal element (Aspöck et al. 2001). Its occurrence in eremial areas has been documented from the Sahara, the Arabian Peninsula, and the arid mountains of Asia to India (Oswald 2024).

It can be distinguished from other Creoleon species in the region by the yellow wing venation, the pattern of the pronotum in dorsal view, the narrow yellow distal ring of the abdomen segments, and the missing cross-vein in the anal area of the forewing between A2 and A3.

Notes

Published as part of Khudhur, Farhad A. & Ábrahám, Levente, 2025, A report on the lacewing fauna of Iraqi Kurdistan (Neuroptera: Mantispidae, Nemopteridae, Myrmeleontidae, Ascalaphidae), pp. 223-238 in Zootaxa 5665 (2) on page 234, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5665.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/16608436

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Event date
2023-08-26 , 2023-09-18
Verbatim event date
2023-08-26 , 2023-09-18
Scientific name authorship
Klug in Ehrenberg
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Neuroptera
Family
Myrmeleontidae
Genus
Creoleon
Species
griseus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Creoleon griseus (in, 1834) sec. Khudhur & Ábrahám, 2025

References

  • Aspock, H., Holzel, H. & Aspock, U. (2001) Kommentierter Katalog der Neuropterida (Insecta: Raphidioptera, Megaloptera, Neuroptera) der Westpalaarktis. Denisia, 2, 1-606.
  • Stange, L. A. (2004) A systematic catalog, bibliography and classification of the world antlions (Insecta: Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 74, 1-565.
  • Oswald, J. D. (2024) Neuropterida Species of the World. Lacewing Digital Library, Research Publication No. 1. Available from: http://lacewing.tamu.edu/SpeciesCatalog/Main (accessed 20 December 2024)