The Egyptian fauna of family Hemerobiidae (Neuroptera) is reviewed. Three species belonging to two genera; Wesmaelius (Kimminsia) navasi (Andreu, 1911), Wesmaelius (Kimminsia) nervosus (Fabricius, 1793) and Sympherobius (Sympherobius) fallax Navas, 1908 are recognized, with the first species is a new record for the Neuroptera fauna of Egypt. Male genetalia of W. navasi and W. nervosus are dissected and photographed. A key to Egyptian taxa is included together with color images. Synonyms, diagnoses, specimen examined and distributional data are also given.
El Hamouly, H., & Sawaby, R. (2019). Review of Hemerobiidae (Insecta:Neuroptera) from Egypt, with a new record. African Journal of Biological Sciences, 15(1), 63-71. doi: 10.21608/ajbs.2019.63988
MLA
Hayam El Hamouly; Rabab Sawaby. "Review of Hemerobiidae (Insecta:Neuroptera) from Egypt, with a new record", African Journal of Biological Sciences, 15, 1, 2019, 63-71. doi: 10.21608/ajbs.2019.63988
HARVARD
El Hamouly, H., Sawaby, R. (2019). 'Review of Hemerobiidae (Insecta:Neuroptera) from Egypt, with a new record', African Journal of Biological Sciences, 15(1), pp. 63-71. doi: 10.21608/ajbs.2019.63988
VANCOUVER
El Hamouly, H., Sawaby, R. Review of Hemerobiidae (Insecta:Neuroptera) from Egypt, with a new record. African Journal of Biological Sciences, 2019; 15(1): 63-71. doi: 10.21608/ajbs.2019.63988