Genus Glenurus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat · Print References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Neuroptera (Antlions, Lacewings and Allies)

Family Myrmeleontidae (Antlions)

Genus Glenurus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Glenurus Hagen, 1866

Explanation of Names

Appears to be from Greek, glen, gleno a pit, or socket; also wonders; plus suffix uruae (or a related Greek root) meaning hindmost (1). Likely refers to the wonderful pink shading of the rear of the wings, but glen might also refer to the eyes.

Numbers

Nearctica (2) lists two species, G. grata and G. snowi.

Arnett, p. 354, lists three species. (3)

nine species total (Stange, 2000)

Identification

Larvae have only two mandibular teeth (Stange, 2000).

Range

Arnett, p. 354, mentions two species in west and one in eastern US, presumably G. gratus (3). Genus is confined to the New World (Stange, 2000).

Habitat

Larvae live in tree holes or rotting wood, occasionally tortoise burrows (G. gratus).

Print References

Arnett, p. 354 (3)

Borror, entries for glen, uruae (1)

Stange, L.A. (2000). Observations on the biology of the antlion genus Glenurus Hagen (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae). Insecta Mundi 14 (4): 227-228. (link)

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms By Donald J. Borror

2.	Nearctica: Nomina Insecta Nearctica

3.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico By Ross H. Arnett

Contributed by Cotinis on 3 August, 2005 - 12:02pm
Last updated 6 October, 2009 - 12:45pm

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