Cueta lineosa
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Ordo: Neuroptera
Familia: Myrmeleontidae
Genus: Cueta
Name
Cueta lineosa (Rambur, 1842) – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Material examined
Al Bahah Province: Al Mekhwah, 10 km NNW of Al Makhwah, 20°10.750'N, 41°19.072'E, 554 m, 30 Mar 2017, LT, S.A. El-Sonbati leg., 2♀ and 1♂; Wadi Reyam (NE Al Makhwah), 19°50'28"N, 41°22'34"E, 473 m, 7 Apr 2019, LT, D. Baiocchi et al. leg., 1♂. Jizan Province: Al Darb, Wadi Reem, 17°51.56'N, 42°16.21'E, 139 m, 3 Apr 2017, LT, D. Baiocchi leg., 2♀ and 3♂. Riyadh Province: Hotat Bani Tamim, Ibex Reserve Protected Area (W Hotat Bani Tamim), 23°21.07'N, 46°21.36'E, 709 m, 11 Apr 2017, LT, D. Baiocchi leg., 2♀ and 5♂. Ramah, Rawdat Khuraim (100 km NE Riyadh), 25°23.13'N, 47°16.45'E, 550 m, 9 Apr 2016, LT, D. Baiocchi leg., 1♂ (AL).
Distribution
Africa: Egypt, Djibouti, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia; Asia: Afghanistan, Cyprus, Israel, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Yemen. Europe: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, North Macedonia. It is a Palaearctic species.
Biology
This antlion species is common in deserts and steppe-like habitats on the southern edge of the Western Palaearctic. C. lineosa larvae construct pits by digging traps in exposed conditions (Badano et al. 2018[1]).
Notes
This species was previously documented in various Saudi provinces, including Asir, Al Bahah, Eastern Province, Jizan, Madinah, and Riyadh (Hölzel 1982[2]). The listed adult specimens were collected in sandy areas with Acacia woodlands at low elevations (139‒554 m) in southwestern Saudi Arabia and Rhazya stricta communities at elevations of 550‒709 m in central Saudi Arabia.
Taxon Treatment
- Letardi, A; Abdel-Dayem, M; Al Dhafer, H; 2020: New faunal data on lacewings (Insecta, Neuroptera) collected from Saudi Arabia ZooKeys, 936: 111-148. doi
Other References
- ↑ Badano D, Makris C, John E, Hadjicostantis M, Sparrow D, Sparrow R, Thomas B, Devetak D (2018) The antlions of Cyprus: review and new reports (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae).Fragmenta Entomologica50(2): 95–102. https://doi.org/10.4081/fe.2018.307
- ↑ Hölzel H (1982) Insects of Saudi Arabia. Neuroptera: Fam. Myrmeleontidae.Fauna of Saudi Arabia4: 244–270.
