Species Glenurus gratus

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

Caddisflies type bug with soft pink area near wing tip with small black dot in center. - Glenurus gratus

Transparent wings, edged with black and pink - Glenurus gratus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Neuroptera (Antlions, Lacewings and Allies)

Suborder Myrmeleontiformia

Family Myrmeleontidae (Antlions)

Tribe Nemoleontini

Genus Glenurus

Species gratus (Glenurus gratus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Glenurus gratus (Say 1839)

Explanation of Names

Latin gratus 'pleasing, agreeable/grateful'(1)

Size

body ca. 36 mm; length to wingtips 52 mm, wingspan 94 mm (Hagen 1861)

Identification

Very large, wings mottled in brown-and-pink towards the distal ends (pattern distinctive)

larva

Range

se. US (NJ-IN to MO-FL)(2)

Habitat

Larvae found in tree holes among sawdust and in burrows of Gopher Tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus(3)(4)(5) (a threatened species)

Print References

Miller & Stange 1983 (species fact sheet)

Hagen H. (1861). Synopsis of the Neuroptera of North America. Washington, Smithsonian Institution (Text)

Works Cited

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

2.	Species catalog of the Neuroptera, Megaloptera, and Raphidioptera of America North of Mexico By N.D. Penny, P.A. Adams, & L.A. Stange

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

4.	Florida's Fabulous Insects By Mark Deyrup, Brian Kenney, Thomas C. Emmel

5.	A Checklist and Bibliography of the Megaloptera and Neuroptera of Florida (by L. Stange)

Contributed by Cotinis on 3 August, 2005 - 12:02pm
Additional contributions by Tony D, v belov
Last updated 17 October, 2010 - 2:29pm

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