First record of Dielocroce chobauti (Neuroptera: Nemopteridae) from the Madina region of Saudi Arabia, including ecological and morphological analyses

Peer review under responsibility of Taibah University.

Figures & data

Fig. 1 Study location: (A) Al Figrah Mountains and (B) Al Hazim valley.

Fig. 2 The population fluctuation of male and female of D. chobauti in (A) Al Figrah Mountains and (B) Al Hazim Valley.

Fig. 3 The morphological analyses of male wings of D. chobauti (A and B) male whole view, (C) male forewing and (D) male hindwing.

Fig. 4 The morphological analyses of female wings of D. chobauti (A and B) female whole view, (C) female forewing and (D) female hindwing.

Fig. 5 (A–F) Head and mouthparts of Dielocroce chobauti (SEM micrographs). (A) Head in ventral view, MA – maxillae (arrows), LP – labial palp, ST – stipes; (B) head in dorsal view, CL – clypeus, LP – labial palp, LR – lubrum and Fig. 3; (C) M – mandibles (arrows), MP – maxillary palp (arrow). (D) Dorsal view, AN – antenna, CL – clypeus, MA – maxilla (arrow), from lateral side; (E) magnification of epical part of (D), G – galea, LC – lacinia, and (F) high magnification of apical part of (E), and H – hooks (arrows) in the inner apical point of lacinia.