Palpares interioris Kolbe, 1897: 9 (Od). Palpares tristis var. ugandanus Stitz, 1912: 106 (Od), fide Esben-Petersen, 1928: 443. Palpares interioris: Banks, 1913: 181, pl. 21, fig. 49 (Ct); Van der Weele, 1922: 321, Pl. In 2, figs. 2-4 (Mont Karoli, Afrique Orientale Anglaise) (Ct); Esben-Petersen, 1928: 443 (Syn). Palpares papilionoides: Banks, 1913: 188 (Tax); Esben-Petersen, 1928: 443 (Rd); Hölzel et al., 1999: 363 (Dst); Aspöck et al., 2001: 228 (Tax, Dst, Syn); Ábrahám 2012: 87 (Tax, Dst). Parapalpares interioris: Insom & Carfì, 1988b (Tax). Specimens examined – Ethiopia: 7♀♀, Gemu Gofa, (loc. 54) Arba Mintch (ca. 1570 m), 13.XI.1973, C. Consiglio leg.; 7♀♀, idem., (loc. 54 bis), 14.XI.1973, at light, C. Consiglio leg.; 2♂♂, idem., A. Vigna Taglianti leg.; 4♂♂, 11♀♀, idem., (loc. 54 ter), 15.XI.1973, at light, C. Consiglio leg. – Somalia: 4♂♂, [SO.02] Lower Shabelle, Afgooye, Lafoole (Facoltà di Agraria), 7-12. V.1988, A. Vigna Taglianti leg.; 2♂♂, (SO.14) Togdheer, Sheikh (1440 m), 19-20. V.1988, A. Vigna Taglianti leg. Distribution – East Africa (Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania, Zaire, Ethiopia, Somalia). Asia (Arabia Saudita, Yemen). Element of tropical Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Remarks – In Insom & Carfì (1988b) the Fig. 5 was incorrectly referred to as P. somalicus Insom & Carfì, 1988a, but refers to P. interioris (Kolbe, 1897) now considered synonymous with P. papilionoides (Klug, 1834), while the Fig. 6 refers to P. somalicus.

Published as part of Insom, Emilio & Terzani, Fabio, 2024, Some Neuroptera of the Horn of Africa from the Museum of Zoology of the University of Rome " La Sapienza " (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae, Mantispidae, Ascalaphidae, Myrmeleontidae), pp. 39-52 in Fragmenta entomologica 56 (1) on pages 45-47, DOI: 10.13133/2284-4880/1591, http://zenodo.org/record/12762987