Filter element for an air-filter device of a motor vehicle, and air-filter device

An air filter device for a motor vehicle, having a filter element (10) having a frame (16) which at least partially surrounds a filter material (18) of the filter element (10), wherein the frame (16) comprises a front wall (20) which extends essentially perpendicularly to an insertion direction (22), in which the filter element (10) can be inserted into a receiving space (14) of a housing (12) of the air filter device, wherein at least one fastening element (26) is arranged on a front side (24) of the front wall (20), onto which a cover (34) of the air filter device designed to close the receiving space (14) can be fixed,

• characterised in that
• a plate-shaped base body (60) of the front wall (20) has a narrow side (72) beyond which a retaining tab (76) of the filter element (10) formed separately from the at least one fastening element (26) projects;
• and,
• wherein the filter element (10) can be secured against movement in or opposite to the insertion direction (22) by introducing the retaining tab (76) into a retaining recess (80) provided on the side of the housing (12) of the air filter device, wherein the filter element (10) is introduced into a receiving space (14), which is formed in a housing (12) of the air filter device, wherein, when the retaining tab (76) of the filter element (10) engages in a retaining recess (80) provided on the side of the housing (12) of the air filter device, the receiving space (14) can then be closed by means of a cover (34) of the air filter device, which can be fixed to the at least one fastening element (26) of the filter element (10).