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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings and Allies (Neuroptera) » Antlions (Myrmeleontidae) » Brachynemurus

Genus Brachynemurus

Classification · Other Common Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Antlion - Brachynemurus nebulosus not quite a damselfly - Brachynemurus Antlion A - Can it be IDed to genus or species? - Brachynemurus sackeni - female Antlion A - Can it be IDed to genus or species? - Brachynemurus sackeni - female Damselfly ? - Brachynemurus sackeni Greenish Antlion - Brachynemurus abdominalis Damselfly Immature? - Brachynemurus abdominalis Antlion species ID? - Brachynemurus abdominalis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Neuroptera (Antlions, Lacewings and Allies)
Family Myrmeleontidae (Antlions)
Genus Brachynemurus
Other Common Names
Common Antlions
Numbers
18 spp. north of Mexico(1)
Size
25-50 mm body length
Identification
Rather common large antlions, with soft, slender, long abdomen extending beyond wingtips and long, barely marked wings with fine net-like venation. (Species closely similar(1))
Range
Much of NA, especially south, with 8 spp. in the East and 11 in the West (B. abdominalis is the only transcontinental sp.)(1)
Habitat
Sandy areas.
Season
April-September (B. abdominalis in e. NC)
Food
Adults reported to feed on small insects. Larvae predaceous.
Life Cycle
Adults mostly nocturnal. Larvae reported to be pit formers.
Print References
Powell & Hogue(2) -- images of larva and adult
Brimley(3) lists several species for NC (some under different genera)
Internet References
CalPhotos
North Carolina State University Entomology Collection lists abdominalis, carolinus, longicaudis, nebulosum, pumilis, and ramburi for NC (abdominalis, and longicaudis being by far the commonest)
Antlion Pit--photos of B. ferox adult and larva
Neuroptera of Florida lists 6 species.
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
By Ross H. Arnett
2.California Insects
By Jerry A. Powell, Charles L. Hogue
3.Insects of North Carolina
By C.S. Brimley
Contributed by Cotinis on 31 December, 2005 - 10:17am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 27 January, 2010 - 10:42am

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